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.

National parties

The letter(s) after each Swedish party name are the abbreviations commonly used in

the Swedish media
.

Parties with official representation

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

Party Abbr. Leader Ideology Political position
MPs
MEPs EP group
Swedish Social Democratic Party
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet
S/SAP Magdalena Andersson Social democracy
Centre-left
107 / 349
5 / 21
S&D
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna
SD Jimmie Åkesson
  • Anti-immigration
far-right
73 / 349
3 / 21
ECR
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet
M Ulf Kristersson Liberal conservatism
Centre-right
68 / 349
4 / 21
EPP
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet
V Nooshi Dadgostar Left-wing
24 / 349
1 / 21
GUE/NGL
Centre Party
Centerpartiet
C Muharrem Demirok Liberalism
centre-right
24 / 349
2 / 21
Renew
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna
KD Ebba Busch Centre-right to right-wing
19 / 349
2 / 21
EPP
Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna
MP Daniel Helldén
Märta Stenevi
Centre-left
18 / 349
3 / 21
Greens/EFA
Liberals
Liberalerna
L Johan Pehrson
  • European federalism
Centre-right
16 / 349
1 / 21
Renew
  • According to a threshold rule, any one particular party must receive at least 4% of the votes to be allocated a seat in the Riksdag.
  • 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.[1]

Minor parties

Defunct and historical parties

  • Caps (Mössorna, 18th century)
  • Hats (Hattarna, 18th century)
  • Junker Party (1850s)
  • Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden
    (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Vänsterparti, 1921–1923)
  • Communist Party of Sweden – Höglund Faction (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, 1924–1926)
  • Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1929–1945)
  • Clerical People's Party (Kyrkliga Folkpartiet, 1930s)
  • National Socialist Workers Party
    (Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet, 1933–1945)
  • Left Socialist Party (Vänstersocialistiska Partiet, 1940–1963)
  • Revolutionary Socialist Party (Revolutionära Socialistiska Partiet, 1950–1951)
  • Communist Labour League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetareförbund, 1956–1967)
  • Communist League Marxist-Leninists/Communist Party of Sweden/Solidarity Party
    (Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna/Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti/Solidaritetspartiet, 1967-199?)
  • Progress Party (Framstegspartiet, existed in various forms between 1968 and 2000)
  • Marxist-Leninist Struggle League for the Communist Party of Sweden (m-l)
    (Marxist-Leninistiska Kampförbundet, 1970–1981)
  • Centre Democrats (Centrumdemokraterna, 1974–2006)
  • Communist Unity Groups (Kommunistiska Enhetsgrupperna, 1975–1977)
  • Communist Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarförbund, 1977–?)[citation needed]
  • Communist Party of Sweden (marxist-leninists)/Communist Workers Party of Sweden
    (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (marxist-leninisterna)/Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarparti, 1980–1993)
  • Communist Party in Sweden (Kommunistiska Partiet i Sverige, 1982–1993)
  • The Marxists (Marxisterna, 1990s)
  • Workers' List/People's Democrats (sv) (Arbetarlistan/Folkdemokraterna, 1990–2002)
  • New Democracy (Ny Demokrati, 1991–2000)
  • Natural Law Party (Partiet för naturens lag, 1992–2004)
  • Gottland Party Gotland's Future [sv] (Gottlandspartiet Gotlands framtid, 1993–2006)
  • New Future (Ny Framtid, 1993–2006)
  • The New Party [sv] (Det nya partiet, 1998)
  • National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna, 2001–2014)
  • Party of the Swedes (Svenskarnas Parti, 2008–2015)
  • Revolutionary Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Revolutionära Arbetarförbund, 1975–1983)
  • Unique Party (Unika partiet, 2006)
  • Communist League (Kommunistiska Förbundet, 1980–2010)
  • Liquor Party
    (Spritpartiet, 2009–2010)
  • Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1971–present) - as of 2019, the Socialist Party actively encourages its members to vote for the Left Party.
  • June List (Junilistan, 2004–2014) – Represented in the European Parliament 2004–2009. Did not participate in the 2019 election.

Joke parties

Regional and local parties

The following is a list of currently active[a] and defunct (†) parties on the local (municipal and regional) levels.

Parties that are:

  • active only at the regional levels are listed in bold
  • active at both the regional and municipal levels are bold and are marked with an asterisk (*)
  • simultaneously campaigning on the national level are underlined

Blekinge

Dalarna

Gävleborg

Halland

Jämtland

Jönköping

Kalmar

Kronoberg

Norrbotten

Scania

Södermanland

Stockholm

Uppsala

Västerbotten

Västernorrland

Västra Götaland

Örebro

Östergötland

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For the purposes of this article, a party qualifies as "active" if they have campaigned for a legislature since 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Putting out ballot papers". Valmyndigheten. 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Internetfenomenet som fick Hanif Bali i blåsväder". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 November 2019.

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