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.
Lars-Johan Peter Eriksson is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from January 2019 to December 2020. He previously served as Minister for Housing and Digital Development from 2016 to 2019 and was a member of Swedish Parliament and European Parliament 2014–2016. Between 2002 and 2011,he was spokesperson for the Green Party.
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag (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.
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.
Kjell Stefan Löfven is a Swedish politician who has served as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 2021 and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021.
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014. She previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from November 2021 to October 2022,Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee from 2020 to 2022.
Tomas Gunnar Tobé is a Swedish politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.
Ann Christin Linde is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Magdalena Andersson from 2019 to 2022.
Sara Magdalena Skyttedal is a Swedish politician previously of the Christian Democrats party. She was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.
General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution,regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The preliminary results presented on 15 September showed the government parties lost their majority,which were confirmed by the final results published on 17 September. After a month of negotiations following the elections that led to the TidöAgreement among the right-wing bloc,Moderate Party (M) leader Ulf Kristersson was elected prime minister on 17 October. The Kristersson cabinet is a minority government that relies on confidence and supply from the Sweden Democrats (SD).
Emma Wiesner is a Swedish politician for the Centre Party,and former energy systems engineer. Wiesner has been a Member of the European Parliament since 4 February 2021.
Events in the year 2021 in Sweden.
Jessika Roswall is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for European Union Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election,representing Uppsala County.
Anna-Caren Sätherberg is a Swedish politician. She served as minister for rural affairs in Magdalena Andersson's Cabinet between 2021 and 2022. Previously,she served as member of the Riksdag since 29 September 2014,representing the constituency of Jämtland County.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021,leaving his government in place as a caretaker cabinet until a new Prime Minister is elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson,the newly-elected head of the Social Democratic party offering to lead a government. She was formally nominated to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag,Andreas Norlén later the same day. It was the third government formation process since the 2018 general election,the first taking a record 144 days before the formation of Löfven's second cabinet. The process took place just ten months ahead of the 2022 general election.
The Andersson cabinet was the government of Sweden following the resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the hasty election of Magdalena Andersson as his successor. It was expected to be a coalition government consisting of two parties:the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Green Party. In a late turn of events after the confirmation vote,the Green Party left the government cooperation due to the government's budget proposal failing in the Riksdag. The cabinet were originally planned to be installed on 26 November 2021 during a formal government meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf,but Andersson decided to resign due to a precedent regarding changes in a government's composition;this happened just seven hours after the vote in the Riksdag. The Speaker then set Andersson up for a new confirmation vote to make sure she still had the Riksdag's approval.
Events in the year 2022 in Sweden.
Ilan de Basso is a Turkish-born ethnic Assyrian Swedish politician from the Social Democratic Party.
