Swedish and German liberalism : from factions to parties 1860-1920

In Swedish and German Liberalism, the historian Martin Åberg argues that because of liberalism’s individualistic traits, which left liberals less susceptible to political organization on a mass basis, party members had to come to an uneasy compromise between individual and collective action.

Åberg compares two regions – Värmland in Sweden and Schleswig-Holstein in Germany – which historically both had a significant liberal presence.