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.
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Sweden since 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of parliament (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.
Björn Olof Söder is a Swedish Sweden Democrats politician who served as Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from September 2014 to September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (SD) for Stockholm County since October 2010. He previously served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2014 and Secretary of the Sweden Democrats from 2005 to 2015.
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has been serving as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014. She previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from November 2021 to October 2022,the first woman to hold the post. She served as Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee from 2020 to 2022.
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.
Lars David Lång is a Swedish member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats since 2010. He is currently taking up seat number 235 for Örebro County.
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.
Robert Olov Stenkvist is a Swedish politician for the Sweden Democrats,and youth worker,living in Botkyrka Municipality. He has been a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats since the 2014 general elections. He initially served as a substitute member of the Riksdag,taking over from Christoffer Dulny who had been asked by the SD to resign his seat following a series of controversies before becoming a full member of the Riksdag. He is currently taking up seat number 176 and is a member of the Education Committee since April 2015,a position he was an alternate for before becoming a member.
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).
Per Oscar Evert Sjöstedt is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party. He has also served as the SD's finance and economics spokesman since 2014.
Yasmine Eriksson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Sweden Democrats party who has been an MP in the Riksdag since 2018.
Gabriel Eugen Kroon is a Swedish politician representing the Sweden Democrats party,who served as member of the Riksdag for the Stockholm Municipality constituency in 2022.
The 2022 Swedish general election was held on 11 September to determine the 349 seats of Sweden's parliament,the Riksdag,for the term lasting until 2026. The opposition right-wing bloc won a majority of seats and later formed the TidöAgreement. The agreement paved the way to the Kristersson cabinet,a minority government of Ulf Kristersson's Moderate Party,the Christian Democrats,and Liberals that relies on confidence and supply from the Sweden Democrats (SD),the first time the party is holding direct influence on government policy.
Rashid Farivar is an Iranian-born Swedish engineer and politician of the Sweden Democrats party who was elected to the Riksdag in 2022 general election representing the Västra Götaland County West constituency.
Leonid Yurkovskiy is a Swedish-Russian politician affiliated with the Sweden Democrats.
Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician for the Liberals. She has served as the Minister for the Environment since 2022 in the Kristersson Cabinet. She has also been a member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality since 2022. She is the youngest-ever minister of a cabinet in Sweden,having ascended to her position at the age of 26.
Daniel Riazat is a Swedish politician. Since September 2014,he serves as Member of the Riksdag. He is affiliated with the Left Party. He represented the constituency of Dalarna County from 2014 to 2022 and since 2022 he represents Stockholm County.
Rasmus Giertz is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats party who has served as a Member of the Riksdag for the Dalarna County constituency since September 2022.
