Caps (party)
Mössorna ( " the Hat" ), or Mösspartiet, was the name of a political party in the 18th century Sweden. She was able to counter the so-called " Hutpartei " ( hatt arne ).
The name Mössorna is already in use since 1737 for the supporters of the law firm president Arvid Horn, but the creation of a genuine political party took place only two years later, after deduction from the law firm president. The main objective of Mössorna was to prevent a declaration of war against Russia, after which they were referred to by the other side as "soft nightcaps " ( nattmössor ). The Mössorna accused the Hutpartei the waste of state funds, but, in principle, the two parties have supporters of mercantilist doctrines and there was no dispute about the laws which concerned the economy. Their supporters had their caps at higher officials, the distinguished gentry, among priests and peasants, among citizens of smaller cities as well as small merchants and craftsmen of the larger cities. They were split into a moderate part, sought a rapprochement with the hats for the preservation of internal peace, and a conservative part that was closely connected with Russia.
In the Reichstag of 1740, the party suffered an election defeat, and so it came to war against Russia, the Swedes lost. This meant an upswing for the caps, but the next Reichstag in 1742 showed that the party leadership was strongly with the Russian Ambassador John Albert von Korff connected to what diminished their reputation among the people. The highest representative of the party, Samuel Åkerhielm, was deposed, and after 1747 it was temporarily as resolved.
In the 1750s there was a new foundation of the caps. This time, however, dominated the economic aspects of the policy. The financial housekeeping and monetary policy of the hats was denounced, and their waste and partiality in the distribution of state funds has been criticized. The caps were still a peace party, but that could be said in the 1760s for the hats. By tradition, likes and dislike of hats and France, the connections between Russian officials and their caps increased again. At the Diet of 1765, the party emerged as the winner and in 1772 they were in power, when Gustav III. his coup at all, the king again made the sole ruler in Sweden.
- History of Sweden in the early modern period
- Historic Party ( Sweden)