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The Swedish Social Democratic Party, ... The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party.
This is a timeline of Swedish history, ... Swedish Social Democratic Party founded 1897: Arctic balloon expedition of Salomon August Andrée: 1898:
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)
Since the Great Depression, Swedish national politics has largely been dominated by the Social Democratic Workers' Party, which has held a plurality (and sometimes a majority) in the Swedish parliament since 1917. General elections are held every four years. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Sweden a "full democracy" its report for 2020. [1]
The SD wants tougher enforcement of existing laws against female genital mutilation, honor violence and social segregation. The party also wants Swedish to remain Sweden's sole official language in state funded schools, government agencies and public funded media, and for more teaching of Swedish cultural history in schools. [214]
Tage Erlander of the Social Democratic party was Prime Minister from 1946 to 1969 – a period of exceptional economic and social prosperity, and generally low unemployment, but the housing situation posed problems as more and more people moved to the cities.
The Riksdag: A History of the Swedish Parliament. (1987). 347 pp. Misgeld, Klaus; Molin, Karl; and Amark, Klas. Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden. (1993). 500 pp. Moberg, Vilhelm, and Paul Britten Austin. A History of the Swedish People: Volume II: From Renaissance to Revolution (2005).
The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 104 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag. [2] The party returned to government after six years in opposition, marking the beginning of 44 years of near-uninterrupted rule (the only exception was three months in 1936).