The Junker Party (Swedish: Junkerpartiet) was a grouping in Swedish politics in the 1850s, although it never constituted an actual party. The Junkers were conservative nobles who, in opposition to August von Hartmansdorff [sv], wished to maintain the privileges of the nobility. In other respects, the Junkers represented a conservative political stance, for example on the issue of representation – they sought to maintain the Riksdag of the Estates as opposed to forming a parliamentary system of government, the Riksdag. To this end they aligned themselves with wealthy farmers.[1] However, the party's conservative stance had some exceptions regarding customs policy, where they were more free-trade oriented. Crown Prince Charles, later Charles XV, drew his closest advisors from the Junker Party, his connection "making him suspect among liberals".[2]
Förhammar, Staffan (1975). Reformvilja eller riksdagstaktik?: junkrarna och representationsfrågan 1847–54 [A will to reform or parliamentary tactics? : the junkers and the issue of representational reform, 1847–1854]. Stockholm studies in history (in Swedish). Vol. 22. Stockholm. ISSN0491-0842.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
