National Progressive Party (Finland)

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The National Progressive Party (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was a liberal<ref name="Capoccia2005">Template:Cite book</ref> political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded 8 December 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party<ref name=ppt>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (the next day the monarchists of both parties founded the National Coalition Party.<ref name=ppt/>)

In December 1918, the National Progressive Party adopted a social liberal programme that contained a wide range of progressive proposals. Amongst others,<ref>NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY PROGRAMME (Approved at the founding meeting in Helsinki on 8 December 1918) (In Finnish)</ref> these included land reform, state job creation work and unemployment schemes, state participation in the provision of housing-building schemes and compulsory sickness insurance pensions, legislation guaranteeing contracts, conditions of work and a minimum wage, and a progressive income and wealth tax to pay for this social reform programme. As noted by one study, “The spirit of the NPP’s programme, in short, was clearly that of social liberalism.”<ref>Liberal Parties in Western Europe Edited by Emil J. Kirchner, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988, P.346-347</ref> Later programmes adopted by the National Progressive Party contained a number of reformist proposals as well.<ref>National Progressive Party programmes from 1918-1945 (In Finnish)</ref>

Famous members of the party included Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg and Risto Ryti, the first and fifth Presidents of Finland, and Sakari Tuomioja.

The National Progressive Party finished its existence in early 1951, as most of its active members had joined the People's Party of Finland. A minority group including Sakari Tuomioja founded the Liberal League.

Election results

Parliament of Finland

Date	Votes			Seats		Position	Size
	No.	%	± pp	No.	±
1919	123,090	12.81	New	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Yes2	4th
1922	79,676	9.21	Template:Decrease 3.60	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 11	Template:Yes2	Template:Decrease 6th
1924	79,937	9.09	Template:Decrease 0.12	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Yes2	Template:Steady 6th
1927	61,613	6.77	Template:Decrease 2.32	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:Maybe	Template:Steady 6th
1929	53,301	5.60	Template:Decrease 1.17	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 3	Template:Maybe	Template:Steady 6th
1930	65,830	5.83	Template:Increase 0.23	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 3	Template:Yes2	Template:Increase 5th
1933	82,129	7.41	Template:Increase 1.58	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Yes2	Template:Steady 5th
1936	73,654	6.28	Template:Decrease 1.13	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:Yes2	Template:Decrease 6th
1939	62,387	4.81	Template:Decrease 1.47	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Yes2	Template:Steady 6th
1945	87,868	5.17	Template:Increase 0.36	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Yes2	Template:Steady 6th
1948	73,444	3.91	Template:Decrease 1.26	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 4	Template:No2	Template:Steady 6th
1951	Did not run.

See also

• Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose
• Liberalism and centrism in Finland

References

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