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.
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.
The Christian Democrats is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985,through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party;in 1991,the party won seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch.
The speaker of the Riksdag is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.
Ibrahim Baylan is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Schools from 2004 to 2006,as Minister for Energy from 2014 to 2019,Minister for Policy Coordination from 2016 to 2019 and as Minister for Business,Industry and Innovation from 2019 to 2021.
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.
Per Jimmie Åkesson is a Swedish politician and author,serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County since 2010. He previously served as leader of the Sweden Democratic Youth from 2000 until 2005.
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.
The deputy prime minister of Sweden is the deputy head of government of Sweden. The incumbent deputy prime minister is Ebba Busch.
Carina Elisabeth Moberg was a Swedish social democratic politician who was leader of her party's group in the Riksdag from 2011 to 2012,when she was replaced by Mikael Damberg.
Urban Christian Ahlin is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician who was Speaker of the Riksdag from September 2014 to September 2018. He served as a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for the Västra Götaland County East constituency from 1994 to 2018. He was formerly Foreign Policy spokesman for the Social Democrats.
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.
Sven-Erik Österberg is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is the former Governor of Stockholm County from 1 February 2018 to 28 February 2023 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006.
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.
There are fifteen parliamentary committees in the Riksdag,Sweden's parliament. Each committee is made up of seventeen elected MPs,with at least one member from each political party. Additionally,the committee on EU Affairs,while not one of the standing committees,has a similar role.
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.
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.
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.
Ilan de Basso is a Turkish-born ethnic Assyrian Swedish politician from the Social Democratic Party.
