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 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.
The Green Party,commonly referred to as Miljöpartiet in Swedish,is a political party in Sweden based on green politics.
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.
John Fredrik Reinfeldt is a Swedish economist,lecturer,former Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He was the last rotating President of the European Council in 2009. He is chairman of the Swedish Football Association since 25 March 2023.
Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg is a Swedish politician,Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006–2007. During a ten-year period from 1997 to 2007,he served as chairman of the Liberal People's Party.
Thomas Östros is a Swedish economist and Social Democratic politician who has been serving as vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) since 2020. Earlier in his career,he held positions as CEO of the Swedish Bankers' Association and Executive Director for Northern Europe at the International Monetary Fund.
Marie Cecilia StegöChilò was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days,from 6 to 16 October 2006. Prior to her appointment as a cabinet member she was Chief executive officer of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation,and Director of Timbro,a neoliberal,free-market think-tank. A former journalist and editorialist,she is a member of the Moderate Party. From 2007 she is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture.
Matilda Elisabeth Ernkrans is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2021 to 2022 and previously served as Minister for Higher Education and Research January 2019 to November 2021. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006 and a replacement member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2006.
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.
Anton AmadéAbele is a Swedish activist,debater and politician who was Member of Parliament for Stockholm County,replacing former Minister for Culture and Sports Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth,from the 2010 general election until the 2014 general election. At the age of 18,he is the youngest person ever to become a Member of Parliament in Sweden,as well as the youngest ever member of any national legislature in the world.
Nug is a Swedish graffiti artist.
The Gender War is a documentary in two parts by journalist Evin Rubar on radical feminism in Sweden and its influence on Swedish politics. It was produced by Nordisk Film and broadcast by Sveriges Television in the series Dokument inifrån on 15 and 22 May 2005. The Gender War was also part of Evin Rubar being awarded the TV award Kristallen and Sveriges Television's equality award the same year.
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.
Hanif Bali is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party and a former board member of the party. He was member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County between 2010 and 2022. He lives in Österåker,Åkersberga,where he is now active in municipal politics.
World Art Day is an international celebration of the fine arts which was declared by the International Association of Art (IAA) in order to promote awareness of creative activity worldwide.
Makode Alexander Joel Linde is a Swedish artist,musician and DJ. He became internationally known for his controversial art piece Painful Cake,which he created in Stockholm in 2012.
The 2014 Swedish government crisis started on 3 December 2014 after the Riksdag rejected the proposed government budget in favour of a budget proposed by the centre-right opposition.
The Sleeping People is a 1993 book by Fredrik Reinfeldt,later Prime Minister of Sweden,which argues for abandoning the welfare state in Sweden and reducing the state's influence in society. Reinfeldt wrote the book when he was 28 years old,an elected Member of Parliament for the Moderate Party and chairman of its youth wing,the Moderate Youth League. The book was edited by Per Schlingmann and Christer Söderberg,and published by the Moderate Youth League.
Elsa Britt Madeleine Olefjord Widding is a Swedish politician,author and commentator.
