Editing Moderate Party (section)

=== Conservative Party (1952–1969) ===
[[File:Hjalmarson (2).JPG|thumb|366x366px|Jarl Hjalmarsson, leader of the party between 1950 and 1961.]]
At the beginning of the 1950s, the party re-emerged after being renamed the '''Rightist Party''' ({{langx|sv|Högerpartiet}}); its name outside Sweden remained ''Conservative Party.'' Under the leadership of [[Jarl Hjalmarson]] (1950–1961) the party became a prominent voice against the rising levels of taxation and a defender of [[private property|private ownership]] from, what the party saw as, the growing tendencies of [[Sovereign state|state]] [[centralization]].

The party had significant success in the elections during the 1950s and became the largest party of the opposition in 1958. However, the next decade brought changes to the political climate of Sweden. The [[1968 Swedish general election|election of 1968]] gave the Social Democrats an [[absolute majority]] in the parliament and made the Rightist Party into the smallest party of the opposition.