The Sweden Democrats is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. As of 2024,it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing bloc and the second-largest party in the Riksdag. It provides confidence and supply to the centre-right ruling coalition. Within the European Union,the party is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party.
The Riksdag is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom 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.
Richard Johannes Jomshof,néLohikoski,is a Swedish politician affiliated with the Sweden Democrats (SD) party and former pop musician. He served as Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats from 2015 to 2022 and has been a Member of the Riksdag since September 2010. In 2022,he was appointed as chairman of the Justice Committee in the Riksdag.
Kent Alexander Ekeroth is a Swedish politician and economist,who represented the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Ekeroth has been involved with operating the news website Samhällsnytt and its predecessors since the beginning of his parliamentary term.
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.
Anna Hagwall is a Hungarian-born Swedish politician. She was a member of the Swedish Riksdag from 21 February 2013 until 2018. She was a formerly a member of the Sweden Democrats and served as second deputy leader of the party from 2006 to 2009.
The iron pipe scandal was a political scandal in Sweden involving individuals related to the Sweden Democrats. It occurred in 2010 but was only brought to mainstream public attention in 2012.
Carl Linus Bylund is a Swedish politician for the Sweden Democrats (SD). Bylund was elected to the Riksdag in 2014. Prior to that,he served as press secretary for Jimmie Åkesson and chief of staff for the SD group in the Riksdag.
Julia Maria Kronlid is a Swedish politician for the Sweden Democrats and a member of the Riksdagen since the 2010 general election. She represents the Stockholm County electorate.
Martin Anders Kinnunen,is a Swedish-Finnish member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats party. He was previously the press secretary for the party,as well as leader for the party's youth organisation the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) between 2005 and 2007. He took over that position from Jimmie Åkesson and was succeeded by Erik Almqvist.
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.
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).
Tobias Joachim Friden Andersson is a Swedish politician. He has been Member of the Riksdag since September 2018,representing the constituency of Västra Götaland County East for the Sweden Democrats party.
Sven-Olof Sällström was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats between 2010 and 2024.
Medine Sara Borita Gille formerly Seppälä is a Swedish politician and a member of the Riksdag for Sweden Democrats party.
Roger Karl-Göran Richthoff is a Swedish politician and former soldier who was a member of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2022.
Robert Aron Emilsson is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party. He represents the Östergötland County constituency. He also serves as the SD's spokesman on foreign policy.
Adam Erik Marttinen is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats party who is a member of the Riksdag.
Ola Thoralf Alfsson is a Swedish blogger and former politician of the Sweden Democrats party who served as a member of the Riksdag.
Louise Erixon is a Swedish media commentator and politician of the Sweden Democrats party who served as the mayor of Sölvesborg from 2019 to 2022.
