The Labour Party, formerly The Norwegian Labour Party, is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum, and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It was the senior partner of the governing red–green coalition from 2005 to 2013, and its former leader Jens Stoltenberg served as the prime minister of Norway.
Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting came to power in 1920, he was the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden. When taking office for a second term after the general election of 1921, he became the first democratic socialist head of government in Western Europe elected under universal suffrage. An early supporter of modern social democracy and democratic socialism, he led the SAP through a transformation from a radical socialist movement to Sweden's dominant party; the Social Democrats have been Sweden's largest party in every election since 1914, and formed government for 44 continuous years from 1932 to 1976.
The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Latvia and the second oldest existing Latvian political party after the Latvian Farmers' Union. It is currently represented with two seats in the parliament of Latvia as a part of the Union of Greens and Farmers alliance after an absence of 20 years. The party tends to hold a less Russophilic view than fellow social-democratic party "Harmony".
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is also a former manager, and was most recently an assistant coach, and interim head coach of Arsenal.
The People's Unity Party – Socialist Party, generally referred to as the Socialist Party, was an Icelandic political party that functioned from 1938 to 1968, when the People's Alliance party was created.
The Communist Party of Norway is a communist party in Norway.
Nils Svante Flyg was a Swedish Communist politician who turned pro-Nazi during World War II.
Carl Zeth "Zäta" Konstantin Höglund was a leading Swedish communist politician, anti-militarist, author, journalist and mayor (finansborgarråd) of Stockholm (1940–1950).
Ture Nerman was a Swedish socialist. As a journalist and author, he was a well-known political activist in his time. He also wrote poems and songs.
Otto Fredrik Ström was a Swedish politician, editor and a prolific writer. He held a seat in the Riksdag from 1916 to 1921 and from 1930 to 1948.
Karl Kilbom was a Swedish politician and one of the founders of the Communist Party of Sweden.
Otto Bernhard Grimlund was a Swedish Communist politician.
Set Persson was a Swedish communist leader.
Carl Winberg, was a Swedish communist politician and newspaper editor.
Arvo "Poika" Tuominen was a Finnish communist revolutionary and later a social democratic journalist, politician and author. He was given his nickname Poika in 1920 because of his boyish look.
Edoff Emanuel Andersson was a Swedish politician and trade unionist. He was a prominent union leader of the civilian employees in the defense sector as well as a communist member of parliament.
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third largest party in the Parliament of Finland with 43 seats.
The Left Party is a socialist political party in Sweden. On economic issues, the party opposes privatizations and capitalism and advocates increased public expenditure. In foreign policy, the party is Eurosceptic, being critical of the European Union, opposing Atlanticism, NATO and Swedish 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 also supports anti-racism, feminism, and republicanism. It stands on the left wing of the political spectrum.
Einar Olgeirsson was an Icelandic socialist politician.
Bo Toresson is a Swedish social democrat politician who served as the secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party between 1982 and 1992. He also served at the Parliament.
