Climate Alliance (Sweden)

Last updated
Climate Alliance
Klimatalliansen
Leader Gudrun Schyman
K. G. Hammar
Founders Gudrun Schyman
K. G. Hammar
Pontus Bergendahl
William Grönlund
Mariam Jallow Tholozan
FoundedAutumn 2021
Registered17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)
Ideology Environmentalism
Colours  Black
  Yellow
Website
klimatalliansen.nu

The Climate Alliance (Swedish : Klimatalliansen) is a Swedish political party with a focus on climate issues [1] that describes itself as a non-ideological, party- and bloc-crossing influence organization, neither of the right nor left. [2] The party's electoral platform has been described by classical liberal business think tank Timbro and newspaper Norran editorial board as left-wing. [3] [4] [ better source needed ]

Contents

The Climate Alliance was started in autumn 2021 by people who have long been active in the social debate within various parties or outside party politics, such as Gudrun Schyman, Anders Wijkman, Kristina Persson and K. G. Hammar. [1] The party decided in February 2022 to stand in the parliamentary election, [1] further, on 17 March 2022, the Climate Alliance registered as a party with the electoral authority. [5] The party's parliamentary list is topped by Gudrun Schyman and K. G. Hammar. [6]

In connection with the party announcing that they are standing in the parliamentary elections, Wijkman announced that he will not participate in party work. [7] The party received 0.03% of the vote in the 2022 parliamentary elections. [8]

In June 2022, the party announced that they would also stand in the municipal elections in 2022, including in the city of Stockholm. [9] The list was topped there by former Green Party regional politician Petra Schagerholm. [9] Party leader Gudrun Schyman was elected as a member of the municipal council of Simrishamn in the 2022 elections, though this was on the list of the formally separate Climate Initiative (Swedish : Klimatinitiativ) Simrishamn. [10]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gudrun Schyman</span> Swedish politician (born 1948)

Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work after a tax evasion scandal. She remained an independent member of the Riksdag until 2006. She co-founded Feminist Initiative in 2005 and was its co-spokesperson from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. She left the party in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Democrats (Sweden)</span> Political party in Sweden

The Christian Democrats is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party; in 1991, the party won seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch.

The Green Party, commonly referred to as Miljöpartiet in Swedish, is a political party in Sweden based on green politics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fredrik Reinfeldt</span> Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mona Sahlin</span> Swedish politician (born 1957)

Mona Ingeborg Sahlin is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency</span> Swedish aid agency

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is a government agency of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden's official development assistance to developing countries. According to the OECD, 2022 official development assistance from Sweden increased to US$5.5 billion, representing 0.9% of their Gross National Income (GNI).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonas Sjöstedt</span> Swedish politician (born 1964)

Tor Jonas Sjöstedt is a Swedish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Party since 2024. He served as the leader of the Left Party from 2012 to 2020, was a member of the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, from 2010 to 2020, and was a member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2006.

Maria Robsahm is a Swedish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009. She was elected as a member of the Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. However, she defected to Feminist Initiative on 1 March 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Feminist Initiative (Sweden)</span> Political party in Sweden

Feminist Initiative is a radical feminist political party in Sweden. The party was formed in 2005 from a pressure group of the same name, and has since taken part in every election to the Riksdag and the European Parliament. The party won its first elected representative in 2014, with Soraya Post taking one seat in the European Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Håkan Juholt</span> Swedish politician (born 1962)

Håkan Juholt is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Social Democrats from 2011 to 2012. He was member of the Swedish parliament from 1994 to 2016, representing Kalmar län. Juholt served as Sweden's Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland from September 2017 to August 2020, and has served as Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa since September 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-Greens (Sweden)</span> Former political alliance in Sweden

The Red-Greens is an umbrella term which refers to the three centre-left to left-wing political parties of Sweden; the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claes Borgström</span> Swedish lawyer and politician (1944–2020)

Claes Gustaf Borgström was a Swedish lawyer and politician. He served as Equality Ombudsman (JämO) from 2000 until 2007. A member of the Social Democratic Party prior to 2013, he joined the Left Party in that year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Left Party (Sweden)</span> Socialist political party in Sweden

The Left Party is a socialist political party in Sweden. On economic issues, the party opposes privatizations and advocates for increased public expenditures. In foreign policy, the party is Eurosceptic, being critical of the European Union and opposing Sweden’s entry into the eurozone. It attempted to get Sweden to join the Non-Aligned Movement in 1980, but did not succeed. The party is eco-socialist, and supports republicanism. It stands on the left wing of the political spectrum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ann Heberlein</span> Swedish author, ethicist and theologian

Ann Helen Heberlein is a Swedish academic and author, who writes extensively on theology and ethics. She is best known for her autobiographical account of life with bipolar disorder, Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kajsa Ekis Ekman</span> Swedish writer and activist

Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Swedish author, journalist, and debater. Her works have sparked debate in subjects regarding prostitution, surrogacy, transgender issues, and capitalism. She identifies as a feminist and has written a book and several articles from a gender-critical perspective,. She participated in the Swedish launch of Women's Declaration International. Until 2022 she wrote for Dagens ETC, but she was let go amid controversy in 2022. Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of Arbetaren, but let go shortly afterwards, which generated extensive debate. Currently, she is the editor-in-chief of Parabol Press and contributes to a number of other Swedish publications. The awards she received include the Robespierre Prize in 2010 and Lenin Award in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ebba Busch</span> Swedish politician (born 1987)

Ebba-Elisabeth Busch is a Swedish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry since October 2022. She has served as Leader of the Christian Democrats since April 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Skyttedal</span> Swedish politician

Sara Magdalena Skyttedal is a Swedish politician previously of the Christian Democrats party. She was Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.

Alternative for Sweden is a far-right political party in Sweden. It was founded in March 2018 by Gustav Kasselstrand and William Hahne, along with other members of the Sweden Democratic Youth, who were collectively expelled from the Sweden Democrats in 2015. It advocates the forced remigration of immigrants and Sweden's withdrawal from the European Union.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nuance Party</span> Political party in Sweden

The Nuance Party is a Muslim minority rights party in Sweden, founded in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Romina Pourmokhtari</span> Swedish politician (born 1995)

Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician for the Liberals. She has served as the Minister for the Environment since 2022 in the Kristersson Cabinet. She has also been a member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality since 2022. She is the youngest-ever minister of a cabinet in Sweden, having ascended to her position at the age of 26.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Klimatalliansen ställer upp i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ↑ ""Hög tid för en klimatallians över höger/vänster-gränsen"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rädda oss från Gudrun Schymans klimatextremism" (in Swedish). Expressen. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Det behövs en klok klimatpolitik, inte klimatpartism" (in Swedish). Norran. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Registrerade partibeteckningar" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lämnar Fi: "Blev en konflikt"" (in Swedish). TV4. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tungviktare på avbytarbänken när nystartade klimatpartiet siktar på valet". 2022-02-16.
  8. ↑ Martorell, Jenny (2022-09-18). "Så gick det i riksdagsvalet för partierna under spärren". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Sveriges Television . Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  9. 1 2 "Klimatalliansen satsar på kommunval". 2022-06-20.
  10. ↑ Granestrand, Cecilia (2022-09-12). "Fi åker ur – Schyman sitter kvar: "Jag har inte bytt åsikt"". Dagens Samhälle (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.