Swedish Republican Association ( sv, Republikanska föreningen) is a politically and religiously independent association that promotes the abolition of the

Monarchy of Sweden The monarchy of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument o ...

and the establishment of a

republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

form of government after the Finnish model. The Swedish Republican Association was founded in 1997 by Magnus Simonsson and Fredrik Högberg. The current chairperson is Ulf Bergström.

List of chairpersons

'This Year's Republican' Award

*2005

Vilhelm Moberg Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his series ''The Emigrants''. The four ...

(posthumously) *2006 Ann Svanberg *2007

Mikael Wiehe Mikael Christian Wiehe (born 10 April 1946 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the progg movemen ...

*2008 Karolina Fjellborg, journalist *2009 Johan Croneman, journalist *2010

Sydsvenskan ''Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten'', generally known simply as ''Sydsvenskan'' (, ''The South Swedish''), is a daily newspaper published in Scania in Sweden. History and profile ''Sydsvenskan'' was founded in 1870. In 1871 the paper merged w ...

Lars Ohly Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (; born 13 January 1957) is a Swedish politician, and the former party chairman of the Swedish Left Party. He was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1998 to 2014. Early life and career Lars Ohly was ...

, former party chairperson of the Left Party *2011 Lena Andersson, author and journalist *2012

Inga-Britt Ahlenius Inga-Britt Monica Stigsdotter Ahlenius (born 19 April 1939) is a Swedish auditor, public servant and former Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Ahlenius was born in Karlstad, Sweden. She h ...

, civil servant *2013 Özz Nûjen, stand-up comedian *2014

Pehr G. Gyllenhammar Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (born 28 April 1935) is a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo, between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Table of Industriali ...

, businessman *2015 Maria Ripenberg, journalist *2016 Emil Mörk, teacher *2017 not awarded *2018 Thomas Lyrevik, author *2019

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

*2020

Joar Forssell ''Joar'' Nils Arvid Karlsson Forssell (born 17 February 1993) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Swedish parliament. Between 6 August 2016 and 18 August 2019 he was chairperson of LUF, Liberal Youth of Sweden. In the 2018 parliamenta ...

, member of the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...

from the

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

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Sweden: Cost of royal wedding triggers monarchy debate

'Royal wedding boosts republican cause': MP
The Local {{Authority control Political organizations based in Sweden Non-profit organizations based in Sweden Organizations established in 1997 Republicanism in Sweden Republican organizations 1997 establishments in Sweden

List of chairpersons

'This Year's Republican' Award

See also

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