folkpartist

Swedish

Etymology

folkparti +‎ -ist

Noun

folkpartist c

  1. (politics, historical) a member or supporter of the People's Party (Folkpartiet (FP)), or the Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna (FP)) after the party changed its name in 1990
    Synonym: (after 2015 name change to the Liberals (Liberalerna (L))) liberal

Usage notes

Formed as Folkpartiet (the People's Party) in 1934, then renamed to Folkpartiet liberalerna (the Liberal People's Party) in 1990, and then renamed to Liberalerna (the Liberals) in 2015.

Declension

Declension of folkpartist
nominative genitive
singular indefinite folkpartist folkpartists
definite folkpartisten folkpartistens
plural indefinite folkpartister folkpartisters
definite folkpartisterna folkpartisternas

See also

  • centerpartist (“member or supporter of the Centre Party (Centerpartiet (C))”)
  • kristdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna (KD))”)
  • liberal (“member or supporter of the Liberals (Liberalerna (L))”)
  • miljöpartist (“member or supporter of the Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP))”)
  • moderat (“member or supporter of the Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet (M))”)
  • piratpartist (“member or supporter of the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet (PP))”)
  • socialdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna (S))”)
  • sosse (“colloquially, member or supporter of the Social Democrats”)
  • sverigedemokrat (“member or supporter of the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna (SD))”)
  • vänsterpartist (“member or supporter of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet (V))”)

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