The Moderate Party,commonly referred to as the Moderates,is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts,the free market,civil liberties and economic liberalism. Globally,it is a full member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.
John Fredrik Reinfeldt is a Swedish economist,lecturer,former Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He was the last rotating President of the European Council in 2009. He is chairman of the Swedish Football Association since 25 March 2023.
Carl Johan Henrik Forssell is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 10 September 2024,having served as Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation prior to that. and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election,representing Stockholm Municipality. He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League,the youth wing of the Moderate Party,from 2004 to 2006.
The Moderate Youth League,officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives,is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. Of the political youth organizations that received financial support from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society in 2019,it had the highest number of members.
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has been serving as the 35th prime minister of Sweden since 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of parliament (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014 and for Stockholm County from 1991 to 2000. He previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and as Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.
The Battle of Lycksele is the name given to the Congress of the Moderate Youth League,the youth of the Swedish Moderate Party,in 1992,set in Lycksele in Lapland. The battle was between the incumbent chairman Ulf Kristersson and Fredrik Reinfeldt,where the former were defeated by latter. The two went on to become both Leader of the Moderate Party and Prime Minister of Sweden.
Carl Johan Georg Pehrson is a Swedish politician who has been leader of the Liberal Party since 8 April 2022. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2018,representing Örebro County,and previously represented the same constituency from 1998 to 2015. He is Minister for Education since September 2024,having served as Minister for Employment and Integration before that.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish former politician of the Moderate Party. He served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2006 to 2014,briefly as Minister for Employment in 2010 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2024.
Niklas Åke Wykman is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2014 general election,representing Stockholm County. He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League,the youth wing of the Moderate Party,from 2006 to 2010.
The Minister for Foreign Trade,,formally cabinet minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,is a member and minister of the Government of Sweden and is appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister is responsible for policies related to trade and investment promotion.
The Minister for International Development Cooperation is the cabinet minister in the Swedish Government responsible for foreign aid and global development. The cabinet minister is,like the rest of the Swedish Government,nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden who in turn is appointed by the Swedish Riksdag. The cabinet minister belongs to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Anna Maria Kinberg Batra is a Swedish politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Moderate Party from January 2015 to October 2017. She was a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County from September 2006 to September 2018. She served as parliamentary leader from October 2010 to January 2015.
Per Olof Andreas Norlén is a Swedish politician and member of the Moderate Party who has served as Speaker of the Riksdag since September 2018. He has been a member of parliament (MP) for Östergötland County since October 2006. Norlén has previously been a member of the Committee on the Constitution,2014–2018 as chair of the committee.
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government,consisting of the Social Democrats and the Greens and supported by the Left Party,won 144 seats,one seat more than the four-party Alliance coalition,with the Sweden Democrats winning the remaining 62 seats. The Social Democrats' vote share fell to 28.3 percent,its lowest level of support since 1911.
Jessica Emilia Marie Rosencrantz is a Swedish politician and a Member of Parliament since 2010. She is the chair of the Parliament's EU Committee and deputy group leader in the Parliament for the Moderates,as well as a member of the Parliamentary Board. Since September 2024 she has been Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation in the Kristersson cabinet.
John Weinerhall is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been a member of the Riksdag since 2018.
Jessika Roswall is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She serves as European Commissioner for Environment,Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy and Swedish European Commissioner since 1 December 2024.
Carl-Oskar Simon Bohlin is a Swedish politician who has served as Minister for Civil Defence in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022. He is a member of the Moderate Party.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson carried out the first cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 10 September 2024,announcing it during his Declaration of Government speech at the Opening of the Riksdag. The cause for the reshuffle was that Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Jessika Roswall had earlier in the year,following the 2024 European Parliament election,been nominated by the government to become Sweden's European commissioner for the 2024–2029 term,forcing her to leave her ministerial role. Later,on 4 September,Foreign Minister Tobias Billström announced his surprise resignation,creating another hole to fill in Kristersson's cabinet.
