1951: Liberal Swedish Party merged with SFP People's Party 1917: Progressive liberals formed the People's Party (Kansanpuolue) 1918: The People's Party merged into the ⇒ National Progressive Party Free-minded League 1951: The ⇒ National Progressive Party fell apart and the Free-minded League (Vapaamielisten Liitto) is formed 1965: The League merged with the ⇒ Finnish People's Party into the ⇒ Liberal People's Party Centre Party / Finnish Centre Centrists 1965: The agrarian Agrarian League (Maalaisliitto) reorganised itself into the Centre Party (Keskustapuolue). 1988: The Centre Party is renamed Finnish Centre (Suomen Keskusta) Åland Liberals for Åland 1967: Liberals organised itself into the Centrist Liberals (Mittenliberalerna) 1971: The Centrist Liberals are renamed Electoral Union Liberal Assembly (Valforbundet Liberal Samling) 1978: VLS and ⇒ LoS–Liberals merged into the Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland) Centre Party 1967: The Rural and Archipelago Electoral Union (Landsbygdens och Skargardens Valforbund) was founded 1975: The LoS–Liberals (LoS–Liberalerna) seceded from the Rural and Archipelago Electoral Union 1976: The Rural and Archipelago Electoral Union is renamed Åland Centre (Åländska Centern) 1978: VLS and ⇒ LoS–Liberals merged into the ⇒ Liberals for Åland Liberal and centrist leaders Kansallinen Edistyspuolue: Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Maalaisliitto/Keskustapuolue: Urho Kekkonen Keskusta: Esko Aho - Anneli Jäätteenmäki - Matti Vanhanen - Mari Kiviniemi - Juha Sipilä Svenska Folkpartiet: Ole Norrback - Jan-Erik Enestam - Stefan Wallin - Carl Haglund Liberal thinkers In the Contributions to liberal theory the following Finnish thinker is included: Santeri Alkio (Finland, 1862-1930) Anders Chydenius (Finland, 1729-1803) See also History of Finland Politics of Finland List of political parties in Finland References Finland Politics of Finland Finland