The Social Democratic Students of Sweden ( sv, Socialdemokratiska Studentförbundet ; S-Studenter) is the student organisation of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The organisations acronym is SSF, this acronym is most commonly used in international organisations such as IUSY or YES. Created again in 1990, the organisation today has about 1200 members spread out over the country, most of them students at either universities or poly-technics. The organisation is today run by Talla Alkurdi, previously a student at Göteborg University, and Sverker Falk-Lissel, a student at Stockholm university. The Social Democratic Students of Sweden focuses on questions connected to higher education but also organises seminars and debates on various topics such as: international affairs, gender equality, discrimination and equality at the labour market. In recent years the organisation has become a strong voice in the ideological debate within the Swedish Labour Movement. The Social Democratic Students of Sweden was the first social democratic organisation to argue for a Swedish EU (EC) membership and also the first to call for a common European currency. The organisation has also a strong engagement in the movement for democracy in

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, with which it has worked in partnership since 1996.

Controversy

In November 2005 the Social Democratic Students of Sweden together with the Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats and the

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invited the Palestinian-British academic

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to hold a speech at a seminar at the

Stockholm Mosque Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Mosque ( sv, Zaid Ben Sultan Al Nahayans moské, ar, جامع زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان), commonly known as the Stockholm Mosque (''Stockholms moské'') or the Stockholm Grand Mosque (''Stockholms stor ...

on the topic "Islam and Democratic Development". This led to strong criticism. Tamimi has referred to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

as a "

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" and is especially known for his support for suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.

Chairpersons

* 1990–1992 Ola S. Svensson * 1992–1993

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* 1993–1994

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* 1994–1995

David Samuelsson David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

* 1995–1997

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* 1997–1999

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* 1999–2000

Christer Pettersson Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but ...

* 2000–2001 Malin Cederfeldt * 2001–2003 Åsa Westlund * 2003–2005 Eric Sundström * 2005–2007 Magdalena Streijffert * 2007-2010 Kajsa Borgnäs * 2010-2013 Magnus Nilsson * 2013-2015 Talla Alkurdi * 2015-2017 Elin Ylvasdotter * 2017-2019 Nasra Ali * 2019-2021 Malin Malm * 2021- Emma Fastesson Lindgrenhttp://s-studenter.se/uttalande-fran-forbundskongressen-2021/ s-studenter.se. S-studenter. 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

References

External links

Official homepage of ''s-studenter''
{{Authority control Student wings of political parties in Sweden Student wings of social democratic parties Swedish Social Democratic Party