| Social Democratic Students of Sweden Socialdemokratiska studentförbundet |
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| Chairperson | Magnus Nilsson |
| Secretary General | Axel Lindersson |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Ideology | Social democracy, Democratic socialism |
| Mother party | Socialdemokraterna |
| International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) |
| European affiliation | Young European Socialists (ECOSY) |
| Website | s-studenter.se |
The Social Democratic Students of Sweden (Swedish: Socialdemokratiska studentförbundet, or S-Studenter) is the student organization of the Swedish social democratic party Socialdemokraterna.
Created again in 1990, the organisation today has about 1200 members spread out over the country, most of them being students at either universities or poly-technics. The organisation is today run by Magnus Nilsson, previously a student at Göteborg University, and Axel Lindersson, a student at Uppsala University.
The Social Democratic Students of Sweden focuses at questions connected to higher education but also organises seminars and debates on various topics such as: international affairs, gender equality, discrimination and equality at the labour market. In recent years the organization has become a strong voice in the ideological debate within the Swedish Labour Movement. The Social Democratic Students of Sweden was the first social democratic organization to argue for a Swedish EU (EC) membership and also the first to call for a common European currancy. The organization has also a strong engagement in the movement for democracy in Burma which it has worked in partnership with since 1996.
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In November 2005 the Social Democratic Students of Sweden together with the Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats and the Muslim Council of Sweden invited the Palestinian-British academic Azzam Tamimi to hold a speech at a seminar at the Stockholm Mosque on the topic "Islam and Democratic Development". This led to strong criticism.[1] Tamimi has referred to Israel as a "cancer" and is especially known for his support for suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.[2]
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