The Liberals,previously known as the Liberal People's Party until 22 November 2015,is a conservative-liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of liberal tendencies. Currently they are seen as following classical liberalism and economic liberalism,and have been described as being centre-right. The party is a member of the Liberal International and Renew Europe.
The Centre Party is a liberal political party in Sweden,founded in 1913.
Björn Gustaf von Sydow is a former speaker (talman) of the Riksdag,the Swedish parliament. He held this office following the 2002 election,when he succeeded Birgitta Dahl,until he was replaced on 2 October 2006. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party,he had been Minister of Defence in Göran Persson's government between 1997 and 2002,preceded by a short term as Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg is a Swedish politician,Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006–2007. During a ten-year period from 1997 to 2007,he served as chairman of the Liberal People's Party.
Anna Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade from 2014 to 2019. She previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden from 1999 to 2006.
Per Axel Ahlmark was a Swedish politician and writer. He was the leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1975 to 1978,and Minister for Employment and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government from 1976 to 1978. He also served as a member of the Swedish parliament from 1967 to 1978.
Jan Arne Björklund is a Swedish Liberal politician. He was member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2019,representing Stockholm County,and served as leader of the Liberals from 2007 to 2019. Björklund served as Minister for Education from 2007 to 2014,and as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2010 to 2014.
Carl Fredrik Malm is a Swedish politician and Member of Parliament for the Liberal People's Party. He was chairperson of the Liberal Youth of Sweden from 2002 to 2006.
Fredrick Erik Federley is a former Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden. He was a member of the Centre Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He was a member of the Parliament of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and MEP since 1 July 2014. On 24 September 2015 he was elected Second Vice Chairman of the Centre Party.
Per Gustav Edvard Fridolin is a Swedish journalist,author,teacher and former politician who served as Minister for Education from 2014 to 2019 and as one of two spokespersons of the Green Party from 2011 to 2019.
Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz is a Swedish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the Swedish government between 17 June 2009 and 5 October 2010.
Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura is a Sierra Leonean politician and social activist who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) since 2018,appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She served as the second United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2012 to 2017,in succession to the first holder of the post,Margot Wallström. In 2017 she was succeeded by Pramila Patten.
The Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism (IICC) is a Sweden-based non-profit and non-governmental human rights organization,founded in 2008,with the stated purpose of "spreading essential information on the crimes of communism and to promote vigilance against all totalitarian ideologies and antidemocratic movements". The institute is a member organization of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience,an educational project of the European Union bringing together government institutions and NGOs active in research,documentation,awareness raising and education about the crimes of totalitarian regimes.
Franziska Katharina Brantner is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013. Since 2024,she has also been serving as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens,alongside Felix Banaszak.
General elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect all 349 seats in the Riksdag,alongside elections for the 21 county councils,and 290 municipal assemblies.
Sundsvalls Tidning is a local morning newspaper published in Sundsvall,Sweden. It has been in circulation since 1841.
Martin Claes Lind is bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Linköping in the Church of Sweden and former bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. He was Bishop of Linköping from 1 February 1995 to 2 March 2011. He was appointed bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain in January 2014 and retired in 2019.
Hilde Vautmans is a Belgian politician of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since January 2015,representing the Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium.
Maj-Inger Klingvall is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician,who's serving as a member of the Riksdag,Minister of Health and Social Affairs,Minister for International Development Cooperation,and Minister for Migration. She was statsråd from 1996 to 2002.
Muharrem Daniel Demirok is a Swedish politician who has been the leader of the Centre Party since 2 February 2023. Additionally,Demirok has been a member of parliament since September 2022.
