List of political parties in Sweden
This article lists political parties in Sweden.
Sweden has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
The parties
The letter or letters in brackets after each Swedish party name are the abbreviations commonly used for those parties in the Swedish media.
Parties with official representation
Parties represented in the Parliament of Sweden or the European Parliament:
Name |
|
Ideology |
MPs |
MEPs |
Membership |
|
Swedish Social Democratic Party
Sveriges Socialdemokratiska arbetarparti |
S |
Social democracy, Democratic Socialism[1] |
112 |
5 |
103,027 (2009)[2] |
|
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet |
M |
Conservatism, Corporatism |
107 |
4 |
55,612[3] |
|
Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna |
MP |
Green politics |
25 |
2 |
10,635 (2009)[4] |
|
Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet Liberalerna |
FP |
Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism |
24 |
3 |
17,875 (2009)[5] |
|
Centre Party
Centerpartiet |
C |
Centrism, Green Liberalism, Agrarianism |
23 |
1 |
37,340 (2009)[6] |
|
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna |
SD |
Nationalism, Social conservatism |
20 |
0 |
5,846 (2010)[7] |
|
Pirate Party
Piratpartiet |
PP |
Intellectual property reform |
0 |
2 |
7,847 (2011)[8] |
|
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna |
KD |
Christian democracy |
19 |
1 |
22,320 (2009)[9] |
|
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet |
V |
Socialism, Feminism |
19 |
1 |
8,706 (2009)[10] |
Note: the four cabinet parties (the Centre Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal People's Party and the Moderate Party) have formed Alliance for Sweden.
Other parties
- Feminist Initiative (Feministiskt initiativ) (fi) – represented in the European Parliament 2006–2009 through defection by Maria Robsahm
- June List (Junilistan) (jl) – represented in the European Parliament 2004–2009
Note: Any party having broken the 1% threshold in the last two EU-parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities.[11]
Minor parties
Local parties
Historical
- Caps (Mössorna, 18th century)
- Hats (Hattarna, 18th century)
- Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (Sverges Socialdemokratiska Vänsterparti, 1921–1923)
- Communist Party of Sweden – Höglund Faction (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, 1924–1926)
- Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1929–1945)
- Clerical People's Party (Kyrkliga Folkpartiet, 1930s)
- Left Socialist Party (Vänstersocialistiska Partiet, 1940–1963)
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Revolutionära Socialistiska Partiet, 1950–1951)
- Communist Labour League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetareförbund, 1956–1967)
- Communist League Marxist-Leninists/Communist Party of Sweden/Solidarity Party (Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna/Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti/Solidaritetspartiet, 1967-199?)
- Marxist-Leninist Struggle League for the Communist Party of Sweden (m-l) (Marxist-Leninistiska Kampförbundet, 1970–1981)
- Communist Unity Groups (Kommunistiska Enhetsgrupperna, 1975–1977)
- Communist Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarförbund, 1977-?)
- Communist Party of Sweden (marxist-leninists)/Communist Workers Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (marxist-leninisterna)/Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarparti, 1980–1993)
- Communist Party in Sweden (Kommunistiska Partiet i Sverige, 1982–1993)
- The Marxists (Marxisterna, 1990s)
- New Democracy (Ny Demokrati, 1991–2000)
- National Socialist Workers Party (Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet, 1933–1945)
Joke parties
- Donald Duck Party
- Ezenhemmer Plastic Bags and Child Rearing Utensils Party
- The Viking Party
- Cheaper Beer Party
See also
References
- ^ Socialdemokraternas Partiprogram
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar.
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar.
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar.
- ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar.
- ^ Valmyndigheten, Valsedeldistribution
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