The Free-minded National Association () was a

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. The party was in government from 1905 to 1906 and from 1911 to 1914 under the leadership of

Karl Staaff Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party (1907–1915) and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden (1905–1906 and 1911–1914). Staaff ...

, from 1917 to 1920 under the leadership of

Nils Edén Nils Edén (25 August 1871 – 16 June 1945) was a Swedish historian and liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1917 to 1920, and along with Hjalmar Branting acknowledged as co-architect of Sweden's transition from a c ...

, from 1926 to 1928 and from 1930 to 1932 under the leadership of Carl Gustaf Ekman and briefly from August to September 1932 under the leadership of

Felix Hamrin Felix Teodor Hamrin (14 January 1875 – 27 November 1937) was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the liberal Freeminded People's Party and served as Prime Minister of Sweden from August to September 1932. Hamrin was born in Mönst ...

. Established in 1902, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1843 in 1923 the party split over the issue of

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and the anti-ban minority formed the

Liberal Party of Sweden The Liberal Party of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges Liberala Parti) was a political party in Sweden. It was formed in 1923 by the anti-prohibition minority of the Free-minded National Association as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohib ...

. The two parties reunited again in 1934 as the People's Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p1861

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Sixten von Friesen Sixten, Sigsten or Sighsten is a masculine given name of Swedish origin. The name is derived from the Old Swedish words (victory) and (stone). It is earliest attested in a runestone as sikstain. People named Sixten include: *Sixten Boström (bor ...

, 1900–1905 *

, 1905–1915 *

Daniel Persson Daniel Persson (born 1982) is a Swedish politician. He was elected as Member of the Riksdag Members of Parliament ( Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag. Description ''Members of Parli ...

, 1915–1918 *

, 1918–1924 * Carl Gustaf Ekman, 1924–1932 *

, 1932–1935

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