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Future Party (Swedish : Framtidspartiet) was a local political party in Tingsryd, Sweden. Party leader is Ulf Nygren.
In the 2002 municipal polls it got 420 votes (5.3%) and three seats.
The party should not be confused with a marginal right-wing fringe party bearing the same name.
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