The Liberal Coalition Party was a political party

Political party

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 in Sweden

Sweden

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 represented in the Swedish parliament

Parliament of Sweden

The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...

 from 1900 to 1924. The party was in government from 1905 to 1906 and from 1911 to 1914 under the leadership of Karl Staaff

Karl Staaff

Karl Albert Staaff was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden ....

, and from 1917 to 1920 under the leadership of Nils Edén

Nils Edén

Nils Edén was a Swedish historian and liberal politician, Prime Minister of Sweden 1917–1920, and along with Hjalmar Branting acknowledged as co-architect of Sweden's transition from quasi-absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy with equal male and female suffrage.Edén was born in...

.

In 1924 the party was split over the issue of alcohol prohibition

Prohibition

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. The pro-ban majority of the party formed the Freeminded People's Party

Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)

The Freeminded People's Party was a political party in Sweden represented in the Riksdag from 1924 to 1935. It was formed in 1924 by the pro-ban majority of the Liberal Coalition Party as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohibition...

  while the anti-ban minority formed the Liberal Party of Sweden

Liberal Party of Sweden

The Liberal Party of Sweden was a political party in Sweden. It was formed in 1923 by the anti-prohibition minority of the Liberal Coalition Party as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohibition...

 . The two parties reunited again in 1934 as the People's Party

Liberal People's Party (Sweden)

The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...

  which still exists today.

Leaders

• Sixten von Friesen, 1900–1905
• Karl Staaff
  Karl Staaff
  Karl Albert Staaff was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden ....
  
  , 1907–1915
• Daniel Persson, 1915–1918
• Nils Edén
  Nils Edén
  Nils Edén was a Swedish historian and liberal politician, Prime Minister of Sweden 1917–1920, and along with Hjalmar Branting acknowledged as co-architect of Sweden's transition from quasi-absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy with equal male and female suffrage.Edén was born in...
  
  , 1918–1924