List of political parties in Sweden

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

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
EP group MPs MEPs Municipality
Social Democratic Party
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet
S/SAP Magdalena Andersson Social democracy Centre-left S&D
106 / 349
5 / 21
3,771 / 12,614
Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna
SD Jimmie Åkesson Right-wing
to far-right
ECR
72 / 349
3 / 21
2,091 / 12,614
Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet
M Ulf Kristersson Liberal conservatism Centre-right EPP
68 / 349
4 / 21
2,584 / 12,614
Centre Party
Centerpartiet
C Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist Centre to
centre-right
Renew
24 / 349
2 / 21
1,213 / 12,614
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet
V Nooshi Dadgostar Left-wing The Left
22 / 349
2 / 21
811 / 12,614
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna
KD Ebba Busch Centre-right
to right-wing
EPP
19 / 349
1 / 21
755 / 12,614
Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna
MP Centre-left Greens/EFA
18 / 349
3 / 21
309 / 12,614
Liberals
Liberalerna
L Simona Mohamsson Centre-right Renew
16 / 349
1 / 21
509 / 12,614
  • 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 European Parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities.[1]

Minor parties

Party Abbr. Leader Ideology Political
position
EP group
Alternative for Sweden
Alternativ för Sverige
AFS Gustav Kasselstrand Ultranationalism Far-right NI
Christian Values Party
Kristna Värdepartiet
KRVP Mats Selander Right-wing ECPP
Citizens' Coalition
Medborgerlig Samling
MED Daniel Sonesson Liberal conservatism
Anti-immigration
Right-wing NI
Classical Liberal Party
Klassiskt liberala partiet
KLP Magnus Jönsson Classical liberalism Centre-right NI
Climate Alliance
Klimatalliansen
Gudrun Schyman
K. G. Hammar
Environmentalism Left-wing NI
Communist Party
Kommunistiska partiet
K Povel Johansson Far-left NI
Communist Party of Sweden
Sveriges kommunistiska parti
SKP
  • Andreas Sörensen
Far-left ECA
Direct Democrats
Direktdemokraterna
DD Big tent NI
Animals' Party
Djurens parti
DP Simon Knutsson Single-issue NI
European Workers Party
Europeiska arbetarpartiet
EAP Kjell Lundqvist Far-right NI
Feminist Initiative
Feministiskt initiativ
FI Agnes Lundgren
Luis Lineo
Left-wing S&D
Future Left
Framtidens Vänster
FV Daniel Riazat
Lorena Delgado Varas
Left-wing NI
Health Care Party
Sjukvårdspartiet
SVP Kenneth Backgård Single-issue NI
Human Rights and Democracy
Mänskliga rättigheter och Demokrati
MD Gustaf Rydelius Big tent NI
Independent Rural Party
Landsbygdspartiet Oberoende
Benneth Thyr Big tent NI
Nordic Resistance Movement
Nordiska motståndsrörelsen
NMR Fredrik Vejdeland Far-right NI
Nuance Party
Partiet Nyans
PN Mikail Yüksel Populism FPP
Pirate Party
Piratpartiet
PP Mikael Enmalm Syncretic PPEU
Revolutionary Communist Party
Revolutionära kommunistiska partiet
RKP Far-left NI
Socialist Alternative
Socialistiskt Alternativ
SAV Collective leadership Left-wing NI
Turning Point Party
Partiet Vändpunkt
PV Gunnar Brundin
Paula Dahlberg
Syncretic NI
Unity
Enhet
Vide Geiger Left-wing NI
Volt Sweden
Volt Sverige
Volt Aaron Benzinger Syncretic Volt

Defunct and historical parties

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
  • Ronneby Party (Ronnebypartiet, Ronneby)
  • SoL Party Sölvesborg and Lister (SoL-partiet Sölvesborg och Lister; Sölvesborg)
  • Countryside Party (Bygdepartiet, Leksand)
  • Residential Party † (Bopartiet; Ludvika)
  • Youth List † (Ungdomslistan, Hedemora)
  • People's Home in Hofors-Torsåker (Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker; Hofors)
  • Laholm Party (Laholmspartiet; Laholm)
  • Social List Active Politics † (Samhällslistan Aktiv Politik; Falkenberg)
  • Cooperation in Mullsjö (Samverkan i Mullsjö; Mullsjö)
  • Future of Mullsjö (Mullsjös framtid)
  • Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology (Solidaritet – Arbete – Fred – Ekologi, Nässjö)
  • Stop E4 West - Culture Party † (Stoppa E4 Väst – Kulturpartiet; Uppsala)
  • Åsele Party (Åselepartiet, Åsele)
  • Crossroads † (Vägvalet; Borås)
  • Uddevalla Party (Uddevallapartiet; Uddevalla)

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.