Timeline of liberal parties in Denmark - Definition

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This article gives an overview of liberalism in Denmark. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The timeline

2.1 National Liberal Party
2.2 From The United Left to Left (Venstre)
2.3 Moderate Left
2.4 Radical Left (Social Liberal Party)
2.5 Liberal Center

3 Liberal leaders

4 References

5 See also

Introduction

Liberalism became a dominant force in 1840, but developed into a conservative direction. After 1870 a second liberal current, based on farmers, arose. This current got finally divided in a rather small social liberal party, Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, member LI, ELDR), and a major conservative liberal party, Left (Venstre Danmarks liberale parti, member LI, ELDR).

The timeline

National Liberal Party

1840: The National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Parti)) is formed
1884: The National Liberal Party merged into the conservative Right (Høyre)

From The United Left to Left (Venstre)

1870: Liberal farmers formed the liberal party The United Left (Det Forenede Venstre)
1892: The United Left fell apart in the Left Reform Party (Venstrereformpartiet) and the ⇒ Moderate Left
1905: A radical faction of the party seceded as present-day ⇒ Radical Left
1910: The VRP and the ⇒ Moderate Left merged into Left (Venstre, now usually not translated into English)
1934: A right-wing faction seceded as the conservative Free People's Party (Det Frie Folkeparti)
1965: A left-wing faction formed the ⇒ Liberal Center

Moderate Left

1892: A right wing faction of the ⇒ United Left formed the Moderate Left (Det Moderate Venstre)
1910: The Moderate Left merged into the new ⇒ Left

Radical Left (Social Liberal Party)

1905: A radical faction of the ⇒ Left Reform Party seceded as the present-day Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, now usually not translated or translated as the Social Liberal Party)

Liberal Center

1965: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ Left formed the Liberal Center (Liberalt Centrum)
1968: LC disappeared

Liberal leaders

Radikale Venstre: Carl Theodor Zahle - Hilmar Baunsgaard
Venstre: Poul Hartling

References

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