The Riksdag is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971,the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members,elected proportionally and serving,since 1994,fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election.
Sveriges Television AB,shortened to SVT,is the Swedish national public television broadcaster,funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag. Prior to 2019,SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom,and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart,the BBC.
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.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 18 October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election,representing MalmöMunicipality (2002–2022) and Stockholm County.
Fadime Şahindal was a Kurdish immigrant who moved to Sweden from Turkey at the age of seven. She was murdered by her father,Rahmi,in January 2002 in an honour killing.
Per Olof Andreas Norlén is a Swedish politician and member of the Moderate Party who has served as Speaker of the Riksdag since September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for Östergötland County since October 2006. Norlén has previously been a member of the Committee on the Constitution,2014–2018 as chair of the committee.
Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin.
The Ombudsman for Children in Sweden is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs tasked with public advocacy and the dissemination of information about the rights and needs of children and young people. The Ombudsman should represent children regarding their rights and interests on the basis of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Ombudsman has legal authority to request information and to summon representatives from the municipalities,counties and other authorities to talks,but hold no regulatory powers. There's no government mandate to focus or issue an opinion on individual cases. However,the Ombudsman has a legal duty of notification,meaning they are required by law to report to the local social services,whenever they become aware of an abused child.
Pela Atroshi was a 19-year-old Kurd from Farsta,Sweden. She was murdered in an honor killing by family members after being taken from Sweden to Duhok in Kurdistan. She was deemed to have brought shame on the family by moving out of the family home and trying to achieve some independence.
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 that relies on confidence and supply from the Sweden Democrats (SD).
The second cabinet of Stefan Löfven was the government of Sweden from 21 January 2019 to 9 July 2021. It was a coalition,consisting of two parties:the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The cabinet was installed on 21 January 2019,following the 2018 general election.
Sara Mohammad is an Iraqi Kurdish-born Swedish human rights activist and pharmacist. She claimed asylum in Sweden as a quota refugee in 1993 after fleeing from her child marriage a day before the wedding. Her brother had threatened to shoot her,holding a Kalashnikov rifle to her head. After Fadime Şahindal was murdered in Uppsala in 2002,Mohammad founded Gapf,an organization which campaigns against honour killing.
Sweden's unique response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the subject of significant controversy in both domestic and international circles. Unlike most countries,which strongly recommended or introduced widespread sector closures,quarantining,and lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019,the government of Sweden took a more lenient approach to the pandemic,prioritizing the economy and only pursuing social distancing measures such as bans on large gatherings and limited travel restrictions.
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.
Ola Thoralf Alfsson is a Swedish blogger and former politician of the Sweden Democrats party who served as a member of the Riksdag.
A government crisis began on 21 June 2021 in Sweden after the Riksdag ousted Prime Minister Stefan Löfven with a no-confidence vote. This was the first time in Swedish history a Prime Minister was ousted by a no-confidence vote. After winning the 2014 Swedish general election,the Löfven II Cabinet's government budget was rejected by the Riksdag,causing a government crisis that lasted for nearly a month. The 2021 government crisis was the second government crisis suffered by a Löfven cabinet. The vote was called on 17 June 2021 by the Sweden Democrats after the Swedish Left Party withdrew support for Löfven over rent control reform,which is an important issue for many voters.
Honor-related violence in Sweden first received public attention in Sweden due to the honor killings of Sara Abed Ali in 1996,Pela Atroshi in 1999 and Fadime Sahindal in 2002. Honor related violence includes forced marriage,female genital mutilation,and other forms of coercion. According to the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society in 2009,about 70 thousand women and men reported pressure to marry against their will. In 2019,the Swedish Police Authority started to specifically track honor-related crimes,and by November 2021,4500 suspected honor-related crimes had been reported.
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.
In the run-up to the next Swedish general election,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Sweden. The date range for these opinion polls are from the 2022 Swedish general election,held on 11 September,to the present day. The next election is scheduled for 13 September 2026,but a snap election may be held earlier.
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.
