List of political parties in Sweden

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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 with representation in the Riksdag and/or European Parliament:

Name Ideology MPs MEPs Membership
Swedish Social Democratic Party
Sveriges Socialdemokratiska arbetarparti		 S Democratic socialism, social democracy, Third Way, feminism 113 5 103,027 (2009)[1]
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet		 M Liberalism, economic liberalism, liberal conservatism 84 3 55,612[2]
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna		 SD National conservatism, social conservatism, nationalism 49 2 10,000 (2013)[3]
Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna		 MP Green politics, environmentalism, feminism 25 4 10,635 (2009)[4]
Centre Party
Centerpartiet		 C liberalism, social liberalism, green politics, decentralism 22 1 37,340 (2009)[1]
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet		 V Democratic socialism, socialism, feminism, Green politics / environmentalism 21 1 8,706 (2009)[1]
Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet Liberalerna		 FP Liberalism, social liberalism, liberal feminism 19 2 17,875 (2009)[1]
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna		 KD Christian democracy, social conservatism, economic liberalism 16 1 22,320 (2009)[1]
Feminist Initiative
Feministiskt initiativ		 FI Feminism,equity and gender feminism, anti-racism 0 1 22, 240

Other parties

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.[5]

Minor parties

Local parties

Historical

Joke parties

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT.
  2. ↑ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Thurfjell, Karin (October 11, 2013), "Åkesson: Svenska kyrkan har blivit mindre svensk och kristen", Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish)
  4. ↑ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Valmyndigheten, Valsedeldistribution

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