The Sweden Democrats is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022,it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply,and is the second largest party in the Riksdag. The party describes itself as social conservative with a nationalist foundation. The party has also been variously characterised by academics,political commentators,and media as national-conservative,anti-immigration,anti-Islam,Eurosceptic,and far-right. The Sweden Democrats reject the far-right label,saying that it no longer represents the party's political beliefs. Founded in 1988,the Sweden Democrats originally had its roots in Swedish fascism,as well as white nationalism,but began distancing itself from its past during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Under the leadership of Jimmie Åkesson since 2005,the SD underwent a process of reform by expelling hardline members and moderating its platform. Today,the Sweden Democrats officially reject both fascism and Nazism on their platform.
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.
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.
William Nils Erich Petzäll was a Swedish politician,former member of the Sweden Democrats and Chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth. At the 2010 Swedish general election he was elected to be the parliamentary representative for Dalarna County.
Gustav Mattias Anton Kasselstrand is a Swedish politician,serving as leader of Alternative for Sweden (AfS) since 2018. He was chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from 2011 to 2015 and served as political secretary to the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2011 to 2012. Kasselstrand was expelled from the Sweden Democrats on 27 April 2015 but remained as chairman of the SDU until 12 September 2015,when Jessica Ohlson succeeded to the post and the Sweden Democrats subsequently cut their ties with the youth league.
Eve Carina Jessica Ståhl Herrstedt is a Swedish journalist and politician representing the Sweden Democrats in the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag) since the 2010 election. Since 2009 she is second vice president of the Sweden Democrats (SD) and is the chairwoman of SD-Women.
Karl Axel Jansson was a Swedish politician,belonging to the Communist Party of Sweden.
Hans Kennert Mattias Hedarv Karlsson is a Swedish politician who served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from September 2014 to November 2019. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (SD) for Scania County since October 2010. He previously served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats from 2014 to 2015. He currently heads the conservative think-tank Oikos.
Carl Linus Bylund is a Swedish politician for the Sweden Democrats (SD). Bylund was elected to the Riksdag in 2014. Prior to that,he served as press secretary for Jimmie Åkesson and chief of staff for the SD group in the Riksdag.
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.
Margareta Birgitta Larsson,née Sandstedt is a Swedish politician and MP who since 2010 has place 271 in the Riksdagen. Larsson joined the Sweden Democrats in 2004 and was elected as an MP for the party at the 2010 general elections and again in the 2014 general elections. On 30 September 2015,Larsson announced that she had left the party but insisted she would continue her work in the riksdag as an independent.
Jonas Viktor Göran Åkerlund is a Swedish politician who was Member of the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018 and first deputy party leader for the Swedish Democrats from 2006 to 2015.
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,Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU),between 2005 and 2007. He took over that position from Jimmie Åkesson and was succeeded by Erik Almqvist. Kinnunen has also worked as an office secretary for the Sweden Democrats' national organisation in Stockholm;he left the position in late 2009. Kinnunen and his fiancee were assaulted and beaten at an attack at Gullmarsplan subway station in Stockholm on 6 June 2009. Three women were later convicted for the attack on Kinnunen's fiancee,and one man was sentenced to prison for the same attack.
Alternative for Sweden is a far right political party in Sweden. It was founded in March 2018. The party was founded by Gustav Kasselstrand and William Hahne.
Tobias Joachim Friden Andersson is a Swedish politician. He has been Member of the Riksdag since September 2018,representing the constituency of Västra Götaland County East for the Sweden Democrats party.
Fredrik Eriksson is a Swedish politician and member of the Sweden Democrats party.
Yasmine Eriksson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Sweden Democrats party who has been an MP in the Riksdag since 2018.
Christoffer Robin Lech Dulny is a Swedish politician and far-right activist.
Hanna Elin Erica Wigh Mazeitaviciené is a Swedish politician and animal rights activist. She served as an MP in the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party and was elected in 2014.
