Swedish Social Democratic Party

The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti) was established on 23 April 1889, and is Sweden's biggest political party of social democracy. The party has been in the lead with a Prime Minister for the longest and most amount of time in Sweden. Stefan Löfven is the current leader for the party. The party lost to the Moderate Party in the 2006 and 2010 elections. However, in 2014 The Swedish Social Democratic Party won with 31% of the votes.

Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti
LeaderMagdalena Andersson
Parliamentary group leaderLena Hallengren
HeadquartersSveavägen 68, Stockholm
Student wingSocial Democratic Students of Sweden
Youth wingSwedish Social Democratic Youth League
Women's wingSocial Democratic Women in Sweden
Religious wingReligious Social Democrats of Sweden
LGBT wingLGBT Social Democrats of Sweden
Membership (2020)Decrease 75,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[3]
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[4]
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Nordic affiliationSAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Colours  Red
Riksdag
107 / 349
European Parliament
5 / 21
County councils[5]
572 / 1,597
Municipal councils[6]
4,364 / 12,780
Website
socialdemokraterna.se

Olof Palme, one of Sweden's most famous politicians, was the party leader from October many years before he was murdered in February 1986.

Years in power

  • Cabinet Branting I, 1920,
  • Cabinet Branting II, 1921-1923,
  • Cabinet Branting III, 1924-1925,
  • Cabinet Sandler, 1925-1926,
  • Cabinet Hansson I, 1932-1936,
  • Cabinet Hansson II, 1936-1940,
  • SamlingsCabinet (Cabinet Hansson III), 1940-1945,
  • Cabinet Hansson IV, 1945-1946,
  • Cabinet Erlander I, 1946-1951,
  • Cabinet Erlander II, 1951-1957 (With Bondeförbundet),
  • Cabinet Erlander III, 1957-1969,
  • Cabinet Palme I, 1969-1976,
  • Cabinet Palme II, 1982-1986,
  • Cabinet Carlsson I, 1986-1990,
  • Cabinet Carlsson II, 1990-1991,
  • Cabinet Carlsson III, 1994-1996,
  • Cabinet Persson, 1996-2006,

Election results

  • 1911 - 28.5%
  • 1914 - 30.1%
  • 1914 - 36.4%
  • 1917 - 39.2%
  • 1920 - 36.1%
  • 1921 - 39.4%
  • 1924 - 41.1%
  • 1928 - 37.0%
  • 1932 - 41.1%
  • 1936 - 45.9%
  • 1940 - 53.8%
  • 1944 - 46.7%
  • 1948 - 46.1%
  • 1952 - 46.1%
  • 1956 - 44.6%
  • 1958 - 46.2%

  • 1960 - 47.8%
  • 1964 - 47.3%
  • 1968 - 50.1%
  • 1970 - 45.3%
  • 1973 - 43.8%
  • 1976 - 42.7%
  • 1979 - 43.2%
  • 1982 - 45.6%
  • 1985 - 44.7%
  • 1988 - 43.2%
  • 1991 - 37.7%
  • 1994 - 45.3%
  • 1998 - 36.4%
  • 2002 - 39.9%
  • 2006 - 35.0%
  • 2010 - 30.7%

Swedish Social Democratic Party Media

References

  1. (in sv) 15 000 medlemmar lämnade Socialdemokraterna. 29 January 2021. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/15-000-medlemmar-lamnade-socialdemokraterna. Retrieved 24 May 2021. 
  2. "Stadgar för Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetarerparti" [Statutes for Sweden's Social Democratic Workers' Party] (in svenska). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. Lane, Jan-Erik; Ersson, Svante (25 July 2008). "The Nordic Countries: Compromise and Corporatism in the Welfare State". In Colomer, Josep M. (ed.). Comparative European Politics (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-134-07354-2.
  4. "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. "2014: Val till landstingsfullmäktige – Valda" Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Valmyndigheten (in Swedish). 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  6. "2014: Val till kommunfullmäktige – Valda" Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Valmyndigheten (in Swedish). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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