The Sweden Democrats is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. 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. Within the European Union,the party is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists 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. The party is a member of the Liberal International and Renew Europe.
Lars-Olof Mikael Jansson is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Sweden Democrats (SD) from 1995 to 2005. He served as defence spokesman for the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Jansson is currently the Deputy Chairman of Alternative for Sweden.
Feminist Initiative is a radical feminist political party in Sweden. The party was formed in 2005 from a pressure group of the same name,and has since taken part in every election to the Riksdag and the European Parliament. The party won its first elected representative in 2014,with Soraya Post taking one seat in the European Parliament.
Charlie Andreas Weimers is Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden since 2019. He is a member of the Sweden Democrats,part of European Conservatives and Reformists.
Fredrick Erik Federley is a former Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden. He was a member of the Centre Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He was a member of the Parliament of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and MEP since 1 July 2014. On 24 September 2015 he was elected Second Vice Chairman of the Centre Party.
Sören Axel Wibe was a European economist and eurosceptic politician,born in Östersund. He was a Social Democratic Member of the European Parliament (MEP) 1995–1999,member of the Riksdag 2002–2006,and who since 6 July 2008 was party leader of the June List. In January 2009 he was elected President of the EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies,a eurorealist European political party with members from 15 European countries.
Kent Alexander Ekeroth is a Swedish politician and economist,who represented the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Ekeroth has been involved with operating the news website Samhällsnytt and its predecessors since the beginning of his parliamentary term.
European Parliament elections in Sweden took place on 25 May 2014. At the election,twenty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were from the Swedish constituency. In the election,voters choose members of registered Swedish parties whose elected members then form political groups in the European Parliament,together with members of parties from other Member States with the same political affiliation.
Soraya Viola Heléna Post is a Swedish politician who was a member of European Parliament from Sweden. She is a member of the Feminist Initiative,part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Kristina Eva Martina Winberg is a Swedish former politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the Sweden Democrats,part of the European Conservatives and Reformists. She was elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 European Parliament election in Sweden. In 2019,she was excluded from the Sweden Democrats.
Paula Bieler is a Swedish former politician for the Sweden Democrats party. She became a member of the party in 2009. In November 2013 Bieler became an elected member of Sweden Democrats party council. In the 2014 Swedish general election,Bieler was the party's number six national candidate for the Riksdag,and was elected a member of the Riksdag. Since April 2014 Bieler has also been the party's official political spokesman on gender and gay rights. On 11 February 2020,Bieler revealed that she was leaving the Riksdag in an interview with the Swedish tabloid Expressen. Shortly afterwards the podcast Lögnarnas Tempel revealed that she has also left the Sweden Democrats.
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.
Sara Magdalena Skyttedal is a Swedish politician previously of the Christian Democrats party. She was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.
Jasenko Selimović is a Bosnian-born Swedish director,artistic director,writer and politician representing the Liberal People's Party. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 2015 until 2019.
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.
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).
European Parliament elections were held in Sweden in May 2019 to elect the country's twenty members of the European Parliament.
The 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This will be the seventh European Parliament election held in Sweden,and the first to take place after Brexit.
Hans Johnny Skalin is a Swedish politician who was a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party between 2010 and 2022.
