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.

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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, Democratic Socialism[1] 112 5 103,027 (2009)[2]
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet		 M Liberal conservatism 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 Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism 24 3 17,875 (2009)[5]
Centre Party
Centerpartiet		 C Centrism, Social 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 Pirate politics 0 2 7,847 (2011)[8]
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna		 KD Christian democracy, social conservatism 19 1 22,320 (2009)[9]
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet		 V Democratic 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 the Alliance.

Other parties [edit]

  • 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 [edit]

Local parties [edit]

Historical [edit]

Joke parties [edit]

See also [edit]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Socialdemokraternas Partiprogram
  2. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. 
  3. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
  4. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 May 2011. 
  5. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. 
  6. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. 
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  9. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. 
  10. ^ Cederholm, Robert; Eliasson, Anders (15 March 2010). "Partierna tappar medlemmar". SVT. 
  11. ^ Valmyndigheten, Valsedeldistribution

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