List of 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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This article lists political parties in Sweden.

Parliamentary parties

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

Parties with official representation

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] 100 5 89,010 (2017)[2]
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet		 M Liberal conservatism[3] 70 4 45,535 (2017)[2]
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna		 SD Social conservatism,[4] Nationalism[5] 62 3 28,340 (2017)[2]
Centre Party
Centerpartiet		 C Liberalism,[6][7] Agrarianism[6][7] 31 2 29,107 (2017)[2]
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet		 V Socialism,[8] Feminist politics[8] 28 1 17,645 (2017)[2]
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna		 KD Christian democracy[9] 22 2 20,137 (2017)[2]
Liberals
Liberalerna		 L Liberalism,[10] Social liberalism[11] 20 1 15,390 (2017)[2]
Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna		 MP Green politics[12] 16 2 10,719 (2017)[2]

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.[13]

Minor parties

Local parties

Defunct and historical parties
  • Caps (Mössorna, 18th century)
  • Hats (Hattarna, 18th century)
  • Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (Sverges 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?)
  • 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–?)
  • 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 (sv) (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

See also

References
  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. Lindholm, Amanda (23 February 2018). "Sjunkande medlemsantal oroar inte Schyman". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  3. Björn Wittrock (2012). "The Making of Sweden". In Johann Pall Arnason; Bjorn Wittrock (eds.). Nordic Paths to Modernity. Berghahn Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-85745-270-2.
  4. Berezin, Mabel (2013), "The Normalization of the Right in Post-Security Europe", Politics in the Age of Austerity, Polity Press, p. 255
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. T. Banchoff (1999). Legitimacy and the European Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  8. Claire Annesley, ed. (2013). Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-135-35547-0.
  9. 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.
  10. Christina Bergqvist (1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 320. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
  11. Claire Annesley, ed. (2013). A Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-135-35547-0.
  12. Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  13. "Putting out ballot papers". Valmyndigheten. 20 April 2018.
  14. "Internetfenomenet som fick Hanif Bali i blåsväder". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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