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Early sticker used by the Sweden Democrats with the slogan Bevara Sverige Svenskt ("Keep Sweden Swedish") The Sweden Democrats party was founded in 1988 as a direct successor to the Sweden Party, [8] which in turn had been formed in 1986 by the merger of Bevara Sverige Svenskt (BSS; in English: "Keep Sweden Swedish") and a faction of the ...
The party's first chapter in its statutes says "the intention of the Swedish Social Democratic Labour Party is the struggle towards Democratic Socialism", i.e. a society with a democratic economy based on the socialist principle "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need". [16]
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 Direct Democrats party was approved by the Swedish Election Authority April 4, 2014. [1] This new party was a merger of three direct democracy parties; Demoex, Aktiv Demokrati, and Äkta Demokrati. [2] DD's short-term goal was to introduce the idea of direct digital democracy (DDD) in Sweden by running for election in 2014.
Folkhemmet (Swedish: [ˈfɔ̂lkˌhɛmːɛt], "the people's home") is a political concept that played an important role in the history of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Swedish welfare state.
Social Democrat party leader Magdalena Andersson looks set to become Sweden's first female prime minister after the government and the Left Party reached a deal that will see the former communists ...
The National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna, ND) were a political party in Sweden, formed by a radical faction of national board of the Sweden Democrats (SD) in October 2001 after they were expelled from the SD. The party described itself as a democratic nationalist and ethnopluralist party. [5] The party disbanded on 23 April 2014. [6]