The Swedish Social Democratic Party,formally the SwedishSocial Democratic Workers' Party,usually referred to as The Social Democrats,is a centre-left social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Sweden. Globally,it is a full member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists.
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 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,and has been described as being centre-right. The party is a member of the Liberal International and Renew Europe.
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 Centre Party is a liberal political party in Sweden,founded in 1913.
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.
The Alliance,was a centre-right liberal-conservative political alliance in Sweden. The Alliance consisted of the four centre-right political parties in the Riksdag. The Alliance was formed while in opposition,and later achieved a majority government in the 2006 general election and a minority government in the 2010 general election,governing Sweden from 2006 to 2014 with Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party serving as Prime Minister of Sweden until 2014. The Alliance was co-chaired by every component party's individual leaders.
General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance,consisting of the Moderate Party,the Centre Party,the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats;and the opposition centre-left coalition the Red-Greens,consisting of the Social Democrats,the Left Party and the Green Party.
Jan Arne Björklund is a Swedish Liberal politician. He was member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2019,representing Stockholm County,and served as leader of the Liberals from 2007 to 2019. Björklund served as Minister for Education from 2007 to 2014,and as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2010 to 2014.
Annie Marie Therése Lööf is a Swedish politician and lawyer. She was Member of the Riksdag,representing her home constituency of Jönköping County,from 2006 to 2023,and leader of the Centre Party from September 2011 to February 2023. Lööf served as Minister for Enterprise from 2011 to 2014,in the Reinfeldt Cabinet.
Anna-Karin Hatt is a Swedish corporate leader and former politician. Since 2015,she is the CEO of Almega,the employers’organisation for the Swedish service sector. She is also a member of the board at Alecta,Ratio Institute and the publicly held real estate company Castellum. She served as Minister for IT and Energy from 2011 to 2014,having previously served as Minister for IT and Regional Affairs from 2010 to 2011. She also served as the party's state secretary in the central coordination office of the Government of Sweden from 2006 to 2010.
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.
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served 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,Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee from 2020 to 2022.
Events from the year 2001 in Sweden
Ebba-Elisabeth Busch is a Swedish politician,serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden,Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry since October 2022. She has served as Leader of the Christian Democrats since April 2015.
Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind is a politician for the Swedish Green Party. From 2019 to 2021,she was the Minister for Culture and Democracy,with responsibility for sport and national minorities in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.
Linda Modig,née Ylivainio,is a Swedish Centre Party politician. In the 2018 parliamentary election,she was elected Member of Parliament for Norrbotten County constituency.
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.
The Swedish Centre Party's party leadership election was held at an extraordinary party meeting on 2 February 2023 in Helsingborg. The Centre Party nominated Muharrem Demirok to succeed to outgoing party leader Annie Lööf.
