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  2. Politics of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Sweden take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister . Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party system .

  3. Government of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sveriges regering) is the national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's executive authority.. The Government consists of the Prime Minister—appointed and dismissed by the Speaker of the Riksdag—and other cabinet ministers (Swedish: Statsråd), appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister.

  4. Riksdag - Wikipedia

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    Effectively, however, it did not become a parliament in the modern sense until parliamentary principles were established in the political system in Sweden, in 1917. On 22 June 1866, the Riksdag decided to reconstitute itself as a bicameral legislature, consisting of Första kammaren or the First Chamber, with 155 members and Andra kammaren or ...

  5. List of political parties in Sweden - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. Elections in Sweden - Wikipedia

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    In Riksdag elections, 310 of the members are elected using a party-list proportional representation system within each of Sweden's 29 electoral constituencies. The remaining 39 seats in the Riksdag are " adjustment seats ", distributed amongst the parties in numbers that will ensure that the party distribution in the Riksdag matches the ...

  7. Basic Laws of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    The Basic Laws of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges grundlagar) are the four constitutional laws of the Kingdom of Sweden that regulate the Swedish political system, acting in a similar manner to the constitutions of most countries.

  8. Sweden stuck in political limbo as Centre snubs Lofven for PM

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    Attempts to form a government in Sweden were back at square one on Monday after the Centre Party, citing policy differences, said it would vote against a second term in office for Social Democrat ...

  9. Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Sweden is currently leading the EU in statistics measuring equality in the political system and equality in the education system. [136] The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 ranked Sweden as the number one country in terms of gender equality .