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.
Carl Johan Henrik Forssell is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 10 September 2024,having served as Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation prior to that. and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election,representing Stockholm Municipality. He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League,the youth wing of the Moderate Party,from 2004 to 2006.
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.
Tove Anna Helena Soo Hee Jensdotter Lifvendahl is a Swedish politician,editor-in-chief,and author who served as Chairwomen of the Moderate Youth League from 2000 to 2002 and political editor-in-chief of Svenska Dagbladet since 2013.
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.
Lena Elisabeth Adelsohn Liljeroth is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Culture and Sports from 2006 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party,she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2014.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish former politician of the Moderate Party. He served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2006 to 2014,briefly as Minister for Employment in 2010 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2024.
Richard Johannes Jomshof,néLohikoski,is a Swedish politician affiliated with the Sweden Democrats (SD) party and former pop musician. He worked as a teacher and was active in the music industry before he was elected as a Member of the Riksdag in September 2010. He served as Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats from 2015 to 2022. In 2022,he was appointed as chairman of the Justice Committee in the Riksdag.
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.
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
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.
Jessica Marie Susanne Ohlson is a Swedish politician and lawyer. She was chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from September 2015 to 2017 and served as party secretary for Alternative for Sweden from 2018 to 2020. Ohlson is an assistant lawyer at her father's law firm Lars Ohlson AB in Nyköping.
Events in the year 2022 in Sweden.
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.
Mats Persson is a Swedish politician for the Liberal party. Since September 2024,he has served as the Minister for Employment and Integration in the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet,having previously served as Minister of Education.
Events in the year 2023 in Sweden.
Jamal El-Haj is a Swedish politician,trade unionist and member of the Riksdag,the national legislature. A former member of the Social Democratic Party,he has represented MalmöMunicipality since September 2018. He had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag for Leif Jakobsson between June 2016 and September 2018.
Folklistan was a Swedish electoral alliance between individual candidates running in the 2024 European Parliament elections. Folklistan was launched by Jan Emanuel,a former Social Democratic Party MP,and Sara Skyttedal,an MEP previously with the Christian Democrats in April 2024. They are also the group's main candidates for the European Parliament elections 2024.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson carried out the first cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 10 September 2024,announcing it during his Declaration of Government speech at the Opening of the Riksdag. The cause for the reshuffle was that Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Jessika Roswall had earlier in the year,following the 2024 European Parliament election,been nominated by the government to become Sweden's European commissioner for the 2024–2029 term,forcing her to leave her ministerial role. Later,on 4 September,Foreign Minister Tobias Billström announced his surprise resignation,creating another hole to fill in Kristersson's cabinet.
