List of political parties in Sweden

Summary

This article lists political parties in Sweden.

Sweden has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which parties often have a smaller chance of gaining power alone, and in the event a majority is not reached, can choose to work with each other to form coalition governments.

National parties edit

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

Parties with official representation edit

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
Democratic socialism
Centre-left
107 / 349
5 / 21
S&D
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna
SD Jimmie Åkesson Right-wing to 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 to 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 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 edit

Defunct and historical parties edit

Joke parties edit

Regional and local parties edit

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 edit

  • Ronneby Party [sv] (Ronnebypartiet, Ronneby)
  • SoL Party Sölvesborg and Lister [sv] (SoL-partiet Sölvesborg och Lister; Sölvesborg)

Dalarna edit

  • Residential Party [sv] † (Bopartiet; Ludvika)
  • Youth List [sv] † (Ungdomslistan, Hedemora)

Gävleborg edit

  • People's Home in Hofors-Torsåker [sv] (Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker; Hofors)

Halland edit

  • Laholm Party [sv] (Laholmspartiet; Laholm)
  • Social List Active Politics † (Samhällslistan Aktiv Politik; Falkenberg)

Jämtland edit

Jönköping edit

  • Cooperation in Mullsjö (Samverkan i Mullsjö; Mullsjö)
  • Future of Mullsjö [sv] (Mullsjös framtid)
  • Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology [sv] (Solidaritet – Arbete – Fred – Ekologi, Nässjö)

Kalmar edit

Kronoberg edit

Norrbotten edit

Scania edit

Södermanland edit

Stockholm edit

Uppsala edit

  • Stop E4 West - Culture Party [sv] † (Stoppa E4 Väst – Kulturpartiet; Uppsala)

Västerbotten edit

  • Åsele Party [sv] (Åselepartiet, Åsele)

Västernorrland edit

Västra Götaland edit

  • Crossroads [sv] † (Vägvalet; Borås)
  • Uddevalla Party [sv] (Uddevallapartiet; Uddevalla)

Örebro edit

Östergötland edit

See also edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

  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.

External links edit

  • NSD: European Election Database – Political parties of Sweden