Leader of the Opposition (Sweden)

Leader of the Opposition
Logo of the largest opposition party
Incumbent Stefan Löfven since 27 January 2012
Term length	While leader of the largest political party not in government

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The Leader of the Opposition (Swedish: Oppositionsledaren) is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in the Riksdag, the national legislative assembly and the supreme decision-making body in Sweden. As of 2013 the Leader of the Opposition is Stefan Löfven, the Chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Worker's Party.

List of Leaders of the Opposition (since 1930)

The table lists the people who were, or who acted as, Leaders of the Opposition since 1930.

Between 1939 and 1945, Per Albin Hansson from the Social Democrats led a national unity government consisting the Social Democrats, the National Organisation of the Right, the Farmers' League and the People's Party to keep the Socialist Party and the Swedish Communist Party outside Governmental influence during the Second World War.

Håkan Juholt resigned with immediate effect on 21 January 2012. The Social Democrats were without party leader from 21 January to 27 January 2012, during which time the second largest opposition party leaders, Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson from the Green Party, served as opposition leaders. This was the first time in Swedish history that the position of Leader of the Opposition was held by two persons.

Date		Principal Opposition Party	Leader of the Opposition		Prime Minister (Duration)
7 June 1930		National Organisation of the Right	Arvid Lindman		Carl Gustaf Ekman (1930-1932)
					Felix Hamrin (1932)
					Per Albin Hansson (1932-1936)
1935			Gösta Bagge
19 June 1936		Social Democrats	Per Albin Hansson		Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1936)
28 September 1936		National Organisation of the Right	Arvid Lindman		Per Albin Hansson (1936-1946)
13 December 1939		Socialist Party	Nils Flyg
October 1940		Communist Party of Sweden	Sven Linderot
31 July 1945		National Organisation of the Right	Gösta Bagge
					Tage Erlander (1946-1969)
January 1949		Liberal People's Party	Bertil Ohlin
June 1958		Rightist Party	Jarl Hjalmarson
January 1961		Liberal People's Party	Bertil Ohlin
January 1969		Centre Party	Gunnar Hedlund
					Olof Palme (1969-1976)
1971			Thorbjörn Fälldin
8 October 1976		Social Democrats	Olof Palme		Thorbjörn Fälldin (1976-1978)
					Ola Ullsten (1978-1979)
					Thorbjörn Fälldin (1979-1982)
8 October 1982		Moderate Party	Ulf Adelsohn		Olof Palme (1982-1986)
23 August 1986			Carl Bildt		Ingvar Carlsson (1986-1991)
4 October 1991		Social Democrats	Ingvar Carlsson		Carl Bildt (1991-1994)
7 October 1994		Moderate Party	Carl Bildt		Ingvar Carlsson (1994-1996)
					Göran Persson (1996-2006)
4 September 1999			Bo Lundgren
25 October 2003			Fredrik Reinfeldt
6 October 2006		Social Democrats	Göran Persson		Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006-present)
17 March 2007			Mona Sahlin
25 March 2011			Håkan Juholt
21 January 2012		Green Party	Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson
27 January 2012		Social Democrats	Stefan Löfven

See also

• Prime Minister of Sweden