The politics of Sweden take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government,led by the prime minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament,elected within a multi-party system. The judiciary is independent,appointed by the government and employed until retirement. Sweden is formally a monarchy with a monarch holding symbolic power.
Norrtälje Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.
The Riksdag is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971,the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members,elected proportionally and serving,since 1994,fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election.
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.
General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 2006,to elect members to the Riksdag,the Swedish national legislature. All 349 seats were up for election:310 fixed seats in 29 constituencies and 39 adjustment seats,used to ensure that parties have representation in the Riksdag proportional to their share of the national vote. The electoral system used was semi-open list proportional representation using the Sainte-Laguëmethod of allocating seats. Elections for County and Municipal councils were also held on the same day.
Anna Kristina Axén Olin is a Swedish Moderate politician and member of the Riksdag,she is currently a member and the Second vice-Speaker of the Education Committee. She currently takes up seat number 244 in the Riksdag. She was a member of the Justice Committee from her entry in the Riksdag until February 2019. She held the post of Mayor of Stockholm between 2006–2008,being the city's second female mayor. She also served as deputy chairman of the party from 2003 to 2009,when she was replaced by Beatrice Ask.
Sweden,formally the Kingdom of Sweden,is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north,Finland to the east,and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge–tunnel across the Öresund. At 447,425 square kilometres (172,752 sq mi),Sweden is the largest Nordic country,the third-largest country in the European Union,and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million,and a low population density of 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi),with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas,which cover 1.5% of the entire land area,in the central and southern half of the country.
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.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 18 October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election,representing MalmöMunicipality (2002–2022) and Stockholm County.
Cristina Maria Husmark Pehrsson is Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for Social Security and as Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2006 to 2010. She is a certified nurse and was a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Skåne County West from 1998 to 2014.
Anders Ingvar Ygeman is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy,Minister for Integration and Minister for Sports since November 2021. He previously served in the Swedish Government as Minister for Energy and Minister for Digital Development from 2019 to 2021 and as Minister for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He has been a member of the Riksdag since 1996.
Carl Robert Mikael Oscarsson,in Ödeshög in Östergötland County,is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democratic party. He's been a member for the Swedish Riksdag since 1998,taking up the number 28 seat for Uppsala County constituency.
Markus Wiechel is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) of Sweden following the resignation of Lars Isovaara on 29 November 2012. He's currently serving as member for the Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as Deputy for the Committee on the Labour Market,the Committee on Civil Affairs,the Committee on European Union Affairs as well as the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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.
Hannah Bergstedt is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician.
Halland County is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag,the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Halland. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 258,794 registered electors.
Members of Parliament in Sweden sit in the Riksdag.
Jan Riise is a Swedish politician. He was elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2022. He represents the constituency of Halland County. He is affiliated with the Green Party.
Leif Georg Nysmed is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag,the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party,he has represented Stockholm County since September 2014.
Karl Einar Göran Magnusson was a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag,the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party,he represented Västmanland County between October 1985 and October 2006. He was also a substitute member of the Riksdag twice:between October 1982 and November 1982;and between October 1984 and September 1985. He died on 19 February 2010 aged 70.
