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Progress Party (Sweden)
The Progress Party ( sv, Framstegspartiet, FsP), later the Swedish Progress Party ( sv, Framstegspartiet, FsP) was a minor Swedish political party that existed in various forms from 1968 to the 2000s, when local parties merged with the Sweden Democrats, or developed into distinct local parties. It was based mostly in Scania, although it at times had active local chapters in other places. For a time, it saw itself as a Swedish equivalent of the Progress Party in Denmark and Progress Party in Norway. Early years The party was founded on 6 November 1968 by Bertil Rubin, a former Member of Parliament for the Centre Party, and the remains of the minor parties ''Medborgerlig samling'' and ''Samling för framsteg''. The party soon had 10,000 members and planned to run for the 1970 general election, but it failed because of economic problems. The party won only three mandates in Klippan and was practically dissolved as a national party following the defeat. The party lost all its m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Political Party
This article lists political parties in Sweden. Sweden has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. National parties The letter(s) after each Swedish party name are the abbreviations commonly used in the Swedish media. Parties with official representation Parties with representation in the Riksdag and/or European Parliament: *According to a threshold rule, any one particular party must receive at least 4% of the votes to be allocated a seat in the Riksdag. *Any party having broken the 1% threshold in the last two EU-parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities. Minor parties *Alternative for Sweden (''Alternativ för Sverige''; 2017–present) * Christian Values Party (''Kristna Värdepartiet''; 2014–present) *Citizens' Coalition (''Medborgerlig Samling,'' 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östergötland
Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, the Latinized version ''Ostrogothia'' is also used. The corresponding administrative county, Östergötland County, covers the entire province and parts of neighbouring provinces. Heraldry From 1560, Östergötland was represented with two separate coats-of-arms seals until 1884, when the current one was granted. The coat of arms is represented with a ducal coronet. Blazon: " gules a griffin with dragon wings, tail and tongue rampant or armed, beaked, langued and membered azure between four roses argent." Geography From west to east, in the middle parts, extends the Östgöta Plain (''Östgötaslätten''). It is largely agricultural. In the southern part of the province, the terrain becomes marked by the south Swedish hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democrats (Sweden)
The National Democrats (''Nationaldemokraterna'', ND) were a political party in Sweden, formed by a radical faction 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.Nationaldemokraterna Nd.se. Retrieved on 13 January 2012. The party disbanded on 23 April 2014. In the 2002 general election the party received 9,248 votes, far below the 4 percent threshold necessary for parliamentary representation. In the 2006 general election the party received 3,064 votes (0.06%), however they had repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democracy (Sweden)
New Democracy ( sv, Ny Demokrati, NyD) was a political party in Sweden. It was founded in 1991 and elected into the Riksdag in the 1991 Swedish general election. It lost all its seats in the Riksdag in the subsequent election in 1994, and its subsequent decline culminated in bankruptcy in February 2000, at which time it retained only one city council post. Local factions of New Democracy reformed into minor parties such as Sjöbopartiet, which faced mixed success. New Democracy campaigned on an agenda of reform and restricted immigration, initially on economic rather than cultural grounds. Its economic policy, stressing the importance of entrepreneurship and deregulation, was generally perceived as right-wing. The party favored Swedish application for European Union membership, which was attained in 1995. It also called for wide-scale political reform, including cutting government departments, reducing the Riksdag to 151 members and electing Prime Minister by direct ballot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1991. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 138 of the 349 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 However, it was the party's worst showing since 1928 with 37.7% of the vote. The election was notable due to the rise of a new right-wing populist party named New Democracy which succeeded in securing a parliamentary mandate for the first (and only) time. The four parties of the centre-right coalition (the Centre Party, People's Party, Moderates, and Christian Democrats) were allocated a combined total of 171 seats, 17 more than the two left-wing parties' 154, but still fewer than the 175 necessary for a majority. Thus the centre-right bloc was dependent upon New Democracy to secure a parliamentary majority. It was able to do so, and the Moderates' Carl Bildt became Prime Minister. One large factor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Lundström
Carl Ulf Sture Lundström (born 13 April 1960 in Filipstad, Sweden) is a Swedish businessman. Carl Lundström is the son of Ulf Lundström and the grandson of Karl Edvard Lundström, founder of the world's largest crisp bread producer Wasabröd. When his father Ulf Lundström died in 1973, Carl Lundström was one of five heirs to Wasabröd. In 1982 Wasabröd was sold to the Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz. Lundström has founded and financed a number of companies, notably Swedish telecom, internet and co-location provider Rix Telecom. Political affiliations Lundström has been involved with various far-right political organisations in Sweden. In 1991, Lundström financed the Swedish Progress Party, which later merged with the party Sweden Democrats. In 2001, the Swedish National Democrats party publicized having received a donation of SEK 5000 from Lundström. In 2005, Lundström took part in an oppositional group within the Swedish Taxpayers' Association, protesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Swedish Movement
The New Swedish Movement ( sv, Nysvenska Rörelsen) was a far-right political movement in Sweden that emphasized strong Swedish nationalism, corporatism and anti-communism as well as a cult of personality around Per Engdahl. Engdahl founded the organization in 1941 under the name "Swedish opposition" (''Svensk Opposition'') after Engdahl and his supporters broke away from the National League of Sweden. He designated the group's ideology as ''nysvenskhet'' (roughly, New Swedishness). During World War II the party supported the Third Reich. Despite this, the party overtly rejected National Socialism, instead looking more towards Benito Mussolini for inspiration while also seeking to unify all groups against democracy, whether they were fascist or not. According to Swedish archives the group had 8632 members played a central role in the attempt to create a European association of fascist parties and associations, the European Social Movement (ESM). IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-democratic political party in Sweden. Founded in 1889, the SAP is the country's oldest and currently largest party. From the mid-1930s to the 1980s, the Social Democratic Party won more than 40% of the vote. From 1932 to 1976, the SAP was continuously in government. Most recently, the party was heading the government from 2014 to 2022. It participates in elections as "The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats" ( sv, link=no, Arbetarepartiet – Socialdemokraterna ). History Founded in 1889 as a member of the Second International, a split occurred in 1917 when the left socialists split from the Social Democrats to form the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (later the Communist Party of Sweden and now the Left Party). The symbol of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Party (Sweden)
The Left Party ( sv, Vänsterpartiet ; V) is a socialist political party in Sweden. On economic issues, the party opposes privatizations and advocates increased public expenditure. In foreign policy, the party is Eurosceptic, being opposed to the European Union, NATO, and Swedish entry into the eurozone. It attempted to get Sweden to join the Non-Aligned Movement in 1980, but did not succeed. The party is eco-socialist, and also supports anti-racism, feminism, and republicanism. It is placed on the left-wing of the political spectrum. The party has never been part of a government at the national level, though it has lended parliamentary support to the Swedish Social Democratic Party-led government in the Riksdag. From 1998 to 2006, the Left Party was in a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the ruling Social Democrats and the Green Party. Since 2014, it has supported the minority government of Social Democrats and Greens in the Riksdag, as well as in many of Sweden's count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Wiklander
Tony Göte Sigfrid Wiklander (born 1938) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats party and a retired member of parliament who sat in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Wiklander was previously the leader and chairman of the Progress Party. Biography Wiklander established himself as a local politician in Åstorp and was a member of the Left Party and the Social Democrats. In 1989, he was elected as chairman of the Helsingborg based Progress Party. He was expelled as chairman of the party due to comments in the media that were seen as too extreme and his connections with the early Sweden Democrats and the New Swedish Movement. Wiklander then chose to establish a new party with the old Progress Party name in October the same year in Åstorp with economic support from millionaire Carl Lundström while the Helsingborg wing continued as a separate party. Wiklander's Åstorp faction started a cooperation with New Democracy. As New Democracy emerged with similar policies, Lundstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skurup
Skurup is a locality and the seat of Skurup Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... with 7,565 inhabitants in 2010. References Populated places in Skurup Municipality Populated places in Skåne County Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…storp
Åstorp (old da, Aastrup) is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Åstorp Municipality in Scania County, Sweden with 9,488 inhabitants in 2010. It is also partly located in Ängelholm Municipality. Overview Åstorp is a railway junction located along the European route E4 close to Helsingborg. Åstorp Station is located 25 minutes by train from Helsingborg and 70 minutes from Kristianstad on the local line Helsingborg-Hässleholm-Kristianstad. Åstorp grew in importance when the railway from Helsingborg to Hässleholm-Stockholm was completed in 1875. In 1886 a railway to Malmö was completed, and in 1888 Åstorp became a main junction when the Malmö-Gothenburg line was completed. These lines are still in use, although passenger traffic Malmö-Gothenburg is re-routed via Helsingborg-Ängelholm. The Ängelholm-Åstorp-Teckomatorp line is a main route for cargo trains to Malmö. Åstorp is connected to Helsingborg via two routes, one entering Helsingborg from the north and one fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
