The Moderate Party,commonly referred to as the Moderates,is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts,the free market,civil liberties and economic liberalism. Globally,it is a full member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.
Ulf Adelsohn is a Swedish politician,leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and Governor of Stockholm County from 1992 to 2001. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1982 to 1988 and served as Chairman of the Board of SJ AB 2001–2011,from where he resigned due to quarrels with the Reinfeldt cabinet on its railway deregulation policies.
The Moderate Youth League,officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives,is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. Of the political youth organizations that received financial support from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society in 2019,it had the highest number of members.
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.
Carl Johan Georg Pehrson is a Swedish politician who has been leader of the Liberal Party since 8 April 2022. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2018,representing Örebro County,and previously represented the same constituency from 1998 to 2015. He is Minister for Education since September 2024,having served as Minister for Employment and Integration before that.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has most recently served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election,representing MalmöMunicipality (2002–2022) and Stockholm County.
Niklas Åke Wykman is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2014 general election,representing Stockholm County. He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League,the youth wing of the Moderate Party,from 2006 to 2010.
Anna Maria Kinberg Batra is a Swedish politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Moderate Party from January 2015 to October 2017. She was a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County from September 2006 to September 2018. She served as parliamentary leader from October 2010 to January 2015.
Per Olof Andreas Norlén is a Swedish politician and member of the Moderate Party who has served as Speaker of the Riksdag since September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for Östergötland County since October 2006. Norlén has previously been a member of the Committee on the Constitution,2014–2018 as chair of the committee.
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government,consisting of the Social Democrats and the Greens and supported by the Left Party,won 144 seats,one seat more than the four-party Alliance coalition,with the Sweden Democrats winning the remaining 62 seats. The Social Democrats' vote share fell to 28.3 percent,its lowest level of support since 1911.
Jessica Emilia Marie Rosencrantz is a Swedish politician and a Member of Parliament since 2010. She is the chair of the Parliament's EU Committee and deputy group leader in the Parliament for the Moderates,as well as a member of the Parliamentary Board. Since September 2024 she has been Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation in the Kristersson cabinet.
Benjamin Arif Dousa is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was the national chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 2016 to 2020. He was re-elected to the position on 24 November 2018. In 2024 he was appointed as Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation in the Kristersson cabinet.
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 of the Moderates,Christian Democrats (KD) and Liberals (L) that relies on confidence and supply from the Sweden Democrats (SD).
In the 2018 Swedish general election,no political group or party won an outright majority,resulting in a hung parliament. On 9 September,the Red-Greens,led by Stefan Löfven's Social Democrats (S),emerged as the main political force in the Riksdag,while the centre-right Alliance led by Ulf Kristersson's Moderate Party only got one seat less. The right-wing populist party Sweden Democrats,led by Jimmie Åkesson,came third. As a result,protracted negotiations were required before a new government formation. On 18 January 2019,Löfven was re-elected as prime minister.
The Kristersson cabinet is the 57th government of Sweden and is formed by Ulf Kristersson,leader of the Moderate Party. It is a coalition government consisting of three parties:the Moderate Party,the Christian Democrats,and the Liberals. The cabinet works closely with the Sweden Democrats,in accordance with the TidöAgreement backed by a majority in the Riksdag.
Eva Maria Louise Malmer Stenergard is a Swedish politician and jurist. Since September 2024,she is the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Kristersson cabinet,having previously served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2022 to 2024. She has also been a Member of the Riksdag since 2014.
Pål Henning Jonson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Defence in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022.
Carl-Oskar Simon Bohlin is a Swedish politician who has served as Minister for Civil Defence in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022. He is a member of the Moderate Party.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson carried out the first cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 10 September 2024,announcing it during his Declaration of Government speech at the Opening of the Riksdag. The cause for the reshuffle was that Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Jessika Roswall had earlier in the year,following the 2024 European Parliament election,been nominated by the government to become Sweden's European commissioner for the 2024–2029 term,forcing her to leave her ministerial role. Later,on 4 September,Foreign Minister Tobias Billström announced his surprise resignation,creating another hole to fill in Kristersson's cabinet.
