Maria Nilsson (born 7 June 1979) is a Swedish politician from the Liberals. [1] On 13 April 2022, she became party secretary of the Liberals after Juno Blom's resignation. [2]
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. The party is a member of the Liberal International and Renew Europe.
The speaker of the Riksdag is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.
This article gives an overview of liberalism and centrism in Sweden. It is limited to liberal and centrist parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this article it isn't necessary for parties to have labelled themselves as a liberal party.
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.
Martin Melin, is a Swedish author, police officer, politician and former television personality, and the world's first winner of the TV reality series Expedition Robinson in 1997. Melin has been Member of the Swedish Parliament since August 2023, representing Stockholm Municipality. He previously replaced Joar Forssell as Member of the Swedish Parliament during the latters leave of absence from 31 October 2022 to 30 April 2023.
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.
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 Tidö Agreement 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).
Halland County is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Halland. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 258,794 registered electors.
Västernorrland County is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Västernorrland. The constituency currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 188,542 registered electors.
Stockholm Municipality is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the municipality of Stockholm. The constituency currently elects 29 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 728,089 registered electors.
Västmanland County is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Västmanland. The constituency currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 208,376 registered electors.
Västra Götaland County West is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Gothenburg and Bohus County in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Bohus County in 1973. It was renamed Västra Götaland County West in 1998 when the counties of Älvsborg, Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg were merged to create Västra Götaland. The constituency currently consists of the municipalities of Ale, Alingsås, Härryda, Kungälv, Lerum, Lilla Edet, Mölndal, Öckerö, Partille, Stenungsund and Tjörn. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 285,927 registered electors.
Jönköping County is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Jönköping. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 271,666 registered electors.
Bengt Eliasson is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Liberals. He joined the Riksdag after the 2014 general elections, he is currently taking up seat number 41 in the Riksdag for the constituency of Halland County.
Ingrid Sofia Nilsson is a Swedish Centre Party politician who has been a Member of the Riksdag for Skåne County North and East since 2018.
Christina Nilsson is a Swedish politician who was a Member of the Riksdag for a month in late 2021.
Volt Sweden is a political party in Sweden and part of the pan-European party Volt Europa.
Mats Persson is a Swedish politician for the Liberal party. Since 18 October 2022, he is the Minister for Education in the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet.
Mona Lisbeth Berglund Nilsson is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented Västra Götaland County West between October 1994 and October 2006. She was also a substitute member of the Riksdag for Karl-Erik Svartberg between October 1989 and November 1989.
Robert Hannah is a Swedish Liberal politician and member of the Riksdag for Gothenburg Municipality since 2014. In the 2014 election he was number 5 on the Liberal list but selected for the only Liberal seat through personal votes.