The Freedom Party was a political party in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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It was founded by some members of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Slovakia)

The Democratic Party was a political party in Slovakia. When it was founded in late 1989 , it saw itself a continuation of the historical Democratic Party....

 in March 1946 as a party mainly for Catholics. Its aim was to present an alternative of “Christian, progressive and pro-Czechoslovak″ politics to the Democratic Party http://books.google.com/books?id=3q59nMrzTAUC&pg=PA346&dq=Slovensk%C3%A1+strana+slobody&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=zFZSSYiwGJfUzAT0zM3lCg. The Freedom Party was led by Vavro Šrobár and won 3 seats in the Czechoslovak parliament in the 1946 election

Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1946

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 May 1946. The result was a victory for the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, which won 93 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 93.9%.-Background:...

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When the Communists took power in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the party joined the National Front

National Front (Czechoslovakia)

The National Front was the coalition of parties which headed the re-established Czechoslovakian government from 1945 to 1948. During the Communist era in Czechoslovakia it was the vehicle for control of all political and social activity by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia...

. Its newspaper was called "Sloboda" (Freedom).

After the Velvet Revolution

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...

, in 1990, the party adopted a new, Christian programme, but remained without any importance in Slovak politics.