List of political parties in Sweden

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Parties with representation in the Riksdag and/or European Parliament:

Name Ideology MPs MEPs Membership
Swedish Social Democratic Party
Sveriges Socialdemokratiska arbetarparti		 S Social democracy[1] 113 5 103,027 (2009)[2]
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet		 M Liberal conservatism[3] 84 3 55,612[4]
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna		 SD Social conservatism,[5] Nationalism[6] 49 2 24,723 (2016)[7]
Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna		 MP Green politics[8] 25 4 10,635 (2009)[9]
Centre Party
Centerpartiet		 C Liberalism,[10][11] Agrarianism[10][11] 22 1 37,340 (2009)[2]
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet		 V Socialism,[12] Feminist politics[12] 21 1 8,706 (2009)[2]
Liberals
Liberalerna		 L Liberalism,[13] Social liberalism[14] 19 2 17,875 (2009)[2]
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna		 KD Christian democracy,[15] Conservatism 16 1 22,320 (2009)[2]
Feminist Initiative
Feministiskt initiativ		 FI Feminism 0 1 22,240

Other parties[edit]

  • Pirate Party (Piratpartiet) (PP) – represented in the European Parliament 2009–2014.
  • 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.[16]

Minor parties[edit]

Local parties[edit]

Historical[edit]

Joke parties[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Merkel, Wolfgang; Alexander Petring; Christian Henkes; Christoph Egle (2008). Social Democracy in Power: The Capacity to Reform. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 8, 9. ISBN 0-415-43820-9. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. 
  3. ^ Björn Wittrock (2012). "The Making of Sweden". In Johann Pall Arnason; Bjorn Wittrock. Nordic Paths to Modernity. Berghahn Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-85745-270-2. 
  4. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
  5. ^ Berezin, Mabel (2013), "The Normalization of the Right in Post-Security Europe", Politics in the Age of Austerity, Polity Press, p. 255 
  6. ^ Peter Starke; Alexandra Kaasch; Franca Van Hooren (2013). The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-137-31484-0. 
  7. ^ "Medlemsantal", Bahnhof (in Swedish), June 19, 2016 
  8. ^ Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Retrieved 26 October 2015. 
  9. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 May 2011. 
  10. ^ a b Svante Ersson; Jan-Erik Lane (1998). Politics and Society in Western Europe. SAGE. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7619-5862-8. Retrieved 17 August 2012. 
  11. ^ a b T. Banchoff (1999). Legitimacy and the European Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4. Retrieved 26 August 2012. 
  12. ^ a b Claire Annesley, ed. (2013). Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge. p. 225–. ISBN 978-1-135-35547-0. 
  13. ^ Christina Bergqvist (1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 320. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4. 
  14. ^ Claire Annesley, ed. (2013). A Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-135-35547-0. 
  15. ^ Hans Slomp (2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics [2 volumes]: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8. 
  16. ^ Valmyndigheten, Valsedeldistribution

External links[edit]

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