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Red-Greens (Sweden)
The Red-Greens () is an umbrella term which refers to the three Centre-left politics, centre-left to Left-wing politics, left-wing political parties of Sweden; the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats (S), the Left Party (Sweden), Left Party (V) and the Green Party (Sweden), Green Party (MP). The term 'red-greens' originates from the launch of a Left-wing politics, left-wing Political alliance, political and electoral alliance between the parties on 7 December 2008. This alliance, which was largely based on the Norway, Norwegian Red-Green Coalition (Norway), Red-Green Coalition, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party which were in Opposition (politics), opposition to the centre-right Alliance (Sweden), Alliance coalition government. The three component parties of the Red-Greens, which faced the voters as three separate parties in the 2010 Swedish general election, 2010 general election, aimed to reach agreements on significant areas of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( , S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( ), is a social democratic political party in Sweden. The party is member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists. 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. From 1982 to 2022, the party was in government with the exception of the periods 1991–1994 and 2006–2014. Since 2022, the party has been out of government. It participates in elections as "The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats" ( ). The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party. History Founded in 1889 as a member of the Second International, a split occurred in 1917 when the left soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opposition (politics)
In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed to the government (or, in American English, the administration), party or group in political control of a city, region, state, country or other political body. The degree of opposition varies according to political conditions. For example, in authoritarian and democratic systems, opposition may be respectively repressed or desired. Members of an opposition generally serve as antagonists to the other parties. Scholarship focusing on opposition politics did not become popular or sophisticated until the mid-20th century. Recent studies have found that popular unrest regarding the economy and quality of life can be used by political opposition to mobilize and to demand change. Scholars have debated whether political opposition can benefit from political instability and economic crises, while some conclude the opposite. Case studies in Jordan align with mainstream though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminist Initiative (Sweden)
Feminist Initiative (; abbreviated FI, Fi, or F!) is a radical feminist List of political parties in Sweden, political party in Sweden. The party was formed in 2005 from a Advocacy group, pressure group of the same name, and has since taken part in every election to the Riksdag and the European Parliament. The party won its first elected representative in 2014, with Soraya Post taking one seat in the European Parliament. Fi received 3.1% of the vote in the 2014 Swedish general election, 2014 general election, the best result in its history, and won seats in thirteen municipalities in the 2014 Swedish municipal elections, 2014 municipal elections – including in Sweden's largest cities of Gothenburg Municipality, Gothenburg and Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm, where it became part of governing "Red-Greens (Sweden), red-green-pink" coalitions. Support for Feminist Initiative dwindled, however, and the party only managed to obtain 0.4% of the vote in the 2018 Swedish general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Sjöstedt
Tor Jonas Sjöstedt (born 25 December 1964) is a Swedish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Party (Sweden), Left Party since 2024. He served as the leader of the Left Party from 2012 to 2020, was a member of the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, from 2010 to 2020, and was a member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2006. Early life and education Tor Jonas Sjöstedt was born on 25 December 1964 in Gothenburg. His father worked as an engineer at Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power stations as well as a teacher, while his mother was a Psychotherapy, psychotherapist. He has one older sister and one younger brother. Due to his father's occupation, his family moved often; from Sundsvall to Västerås, before settling in Vänersborg. Due to his dyslexia, Sjöstedt could not read until he was nine years old and found schooling difficult. He dropped out twice before moving to Luleå to complete a two-year social studies course at Hermelinssk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Eriksson (politician)
Lars-Johan Peter Eriksson (born 3 August 1958) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from January 2019 to December 2020. He previously served as Minister for Housing and Digital Development from 2016 to 2019 and was a member of Swedish Parliament (1994–1998 and 2002–2014) and European Parliament 2014–2016. Between 2002 and 2011, he was spokesperson for the Green Party. Political career Early beginnings Eriksson began his political career in Kalix, Norrbotten, where he was Municipal Commissioner from 1999 to 2004. He was also member of the Riksdag 1994–1998 and 2002–2014. Between 2002 and 2011, Eriksson was one of the two spokespersons (leaders) of the Green Party in Sweden, working alongside Maria Wetterstrand. Under their leadership, the party notably abandoned a demand in its manifesto that calls for Sweden to leave the EU. Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2016 Eriksson was a Member of the European Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Lövin
Isabella Lövin (born 3 February 1963) is a Sweden, Swedish politician for the Green Party (Sweden), Green Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation (Sweden), Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2014 to 2019, as Minister for the Environment (Sweden), Minister for the Environment from 2019 to 2021 and as honorary Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2016 to 2021. She led the Swedish Green Party, Green Party as co-spokesperson from 2016 to 2021, sharing the task with Gustav Fridolin (2014-2019) and Per Bolund (2019-2021). An author and journalist by profession, Lövin served as a Member of European Parliament (MEP) from the 2009 European Parliament election in Sweden, 2009 election until becoming cabinet minister in October 2014. Her area in the European Parliament was fisheries questions. Lövin has been awarded with Stora Journalistpriset for her work in the field of journalism, particularly her articles about fishery. On 26 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Löfven
Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially Löfvén; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who has served as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 2021 and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021. After leaving school and completing military service in the Swedish Air Force, Löfven trained as a welder and began employment as a metalworker, becoming active within the Swedish Metalworkers' Union (SMU) and later elected as ombudsman; following its merger with the Swedish Industrial Union (SIU) to form IF Metall, he was elected as its first president in January 2006. In January 2012, he was unanimously elected leader of the Social Democratic Party by its executive board following the resignation of Håkan Juholt, becoming the Leader of the Opposition despite not holding a seat in the Riksdag at the time. Löfven led the Social Democrats into the 2014 election. Despi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rödgröna Kungsträdgården
The Red-Greens () is an umbrella term which refers to the three centre-left to left-wing political parties of Sweden; the Social Democrats (S), the Left Party (V) and the Green Party (MP). The term 'red-greens' originates from the launch of a left-wing political and electoral alliance between the parties on 7 December 2008. This alliance, which was largely based on the Norwegian Red-Green Coalition, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party which were in opposition to the centre-right Alliance coalition government. The three component parties of the Red-Greens, which faced the voters as three separate parties in the 2010 general election, aimed to reach agreements on significant areas of policy before the election. The parties aimed to achieve a majority in the following Swedish general election on 19 September 2010, in an unsuccessful bid to form a coalition government. The Red-Green pact was put to a pause on 26 October 2010, and was completely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government, consisting of the Social Democrats and the Greens and supported by the Left Party, won 144 seats, one seat more than the four-party Alliance coalition, with the Sweden Democrats winning the remaining 62 seats. The Social Democrats' vote share fell to 28.3 percent, its lowest level of support since 1911. The main opposition, the Moderates, lost even more support. The Sweden Democrats made gains, though less than anticipated. Regardless, the party became the largest in two constituencies in southern region Scania and topped the polls in 21 out of 33 Scanian municipalities and in 31 out of 290 municipalities overall. The voter turnout of 87.18% was the highest in 33 years and 1.38 percentage points higher than the 2014 elections. A record 26 out of 29 constituencies returned a hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect all 349 seats in the Riksdag, alongside elections for the 21 2014 Swedish county council elections, county councils, and 290 2014 Swedish municipal elections, municipal assemblies. The centre-right Alliance for Sweden coalition government, coalition (comprising the Moderate Party, Liberals (Sweden), Liberal People's Party, Centre Party (Sweden), Centre Party, and Christian Democrats (Sweden), Christian Democrats) sought a third term in government. In contrast to the previous election, the three largest parties on the left (the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats, Green Party (Sweden), Green Party, and Left Party (Sweden), Left Party) ran independent campaigns, as did the far-right politics, far-right Sweden Democrats. The left-wing party, Feminist Initiative (Sweden), Feminist Initiative, did not pass the 4% threshold. The election result saw the largest three parties on the left outpoll the Allian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
