Moderate Liberal Party
Moderate Liberal Party Moderate Venstre | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1888 |
| Dissolved | 1906 |
| Split from | Liberal Party |
| Merged into | Conservative Party |
| Newspaper | Vestlands-Posten Stavanger Aftenblad Folketidende (from 1887) Framgang (from 1894) |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Social conservatism Pietistic revivalism Unionism (from 1893) |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Coalition Party (1903–06) |
The Moderate Liberal Party (Norwegian: Moderate Venstre, literally "Moderate Left") was a political party in Norway that emerged from the moderate and religious branches of the Liberal Party in 1888. The party's turn towards cooperation with the Conservative Party caused a party split in 1891, eventually sharpening its profile as a moderate-conservative party based among the low church of south-western Norway. The party was dissolved shortly after the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905.