Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, ... The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party.
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)
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.
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 Swedish Social Democratic Party (Swedish: Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti, SAP) was founded in 1889, and in 1897 its youth union, the Swedish Socialist Youth Union (Swedish: Svenska Socialistiska Ungdomsförbunde, SSU), was formed, which at that time called itself the Young Socialists.
The Sweden Democrats' current party programme is based on "democratic nationalism" and social conservatism. [130] [131] The SD says that its core philosophy is inspired by Swedish national conservatism and "parts of the social democratic folkhemmet (people's home) idea."
Claes Tholin. Claes Emil Tholin (22 October 1860 in the former Södra Säm parish near Gällstad, Älvsborgs län – 27 June 1927 in Stockholm) was the first leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party 1896–1907, after collective leadership had been applied in 1889–1896.
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).