Caps (party)
The Caps (Swedish: mössorna) were a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden. The primary rivals of the Caps were known as the Hats. The Hats are actually responsible for the Caps' name, as it comes from a contraction of Night-cap, a name used to suggest that the Caps were the soft and timid party. The Caps represented mostly peasants and clergymen.
Caps mössorna | |
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| Leaders | Arvid Horn, Magnus Beronius, Clas Frietzcky |
| Founded | 1737 |
| Dissolved | 1772 |
| Headquarters | Stockholm |
| Ideology | Liberalism Whiggism Agrarianism Russophilia |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
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