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The Red-Greens ( sv, De rödgröna) is an umbrella term which refers to the three
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to
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political parties of Sweden; the
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, the Left Party and the
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. The term 'red-greens' originates from the launch of a
left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
political and electoral alliance between the parties on 7 December 2008. This alliance, which was largely based on the
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Red-Green Coalition, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party which were in
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to the
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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 dissolved (according to a spokesperson for the Green Party) on 26 November.http://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/det-borde-bara-ha-varit-vi-och-s-1.1216242, in Swedish


Revival

The Red-Greens as a political alliance was revived following the 2014 general election, in the form of a coalition government - the Löfven Cabinet. The government consisted of the Social Democrats and Greens and was supported in the Riksdag by the Left Party. The three parties won 144 out of 349 Riksdag seats in the 2018 general election; 100 Social Democrat and 16 Green with the support of 28 Left.


Parties

The coalition consists of two parties and one supporting non-member;


Membership

* The
Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...
led by
Stefan Löfven Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially ''Löfvén''; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who serves as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 20 ...
, a
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party which has 100 of 349 seats in the Riksdag. * The
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represented by spokespersons
Isabella Lövin Isabella Lövin (born 3 February 1963) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2014 to 2019, as Minister for the Environment from 2019 to 2021 and as honorary Deputy Pri ...
and Gustav Fridolin, a
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party which had 16 of 349 seats in the Riksdag.


Support but would not join the government

* The Left Party led by
Jonas Sjöstedt Jonas Sjöstedt (born 25 December 1964) is a Swedish politician who was the chairman of the Left Party from 2012 until 2020, and a former metalworker. He is also a member of the Swedish parliament since 2010. Sjöstedt was born in Gothenburg ...
, a
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party which has 28 of 349 seats in the Riksdag.


Other

* The Feminist Initiative led by Gudrun Schyman and Gita Nabavi, a
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party which only won seats in thirteen municipalities, including in Sweden's largest cities of
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and
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where it became part of governing "red-green-pink" coalitions. F! is also part of the
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like SAP. * The
Kiruna Party Kirunapartiet () was a local political party in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 as a splinter group of the local branch of the Social Democrats and was led by Lars Törnman from 1994 until 2010, when Törnman left the party ...
led by
Lars Törnman Lars Törnman (born 6 May 1951) is a Swedish mine worker, trade union leader, politician, municipal commissioner, and mayor of Kiruna in 1994–2003 and 2008–2010 (sharing the latter post in 1998–2002 and 2008–2010). Törnman was born in Ki ...
(until 2010), a regional
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party which was active in Kiruna Municipality as part of a KIP-MP-V municipal government between 2002 and 2006, and as part of a KIP-Red-Green government between 2008 and 2010.


Background

The Red-Greens took their cue from the
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Alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...
, the co-operation between four centre-right parties which is considered to have contributed to these parties' success in the 2006 general election. The cooperation represented a significant development since the Social Democrats, especially the party leadership of
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, previously have been sceptical about too close a co-operation with the Left Party, which was officially a
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until 1990. The Social Democratic minority government led by
Göran Persson Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parliam ...
before the 2006 election had much closer cooperation with the Green Party than with the Left Party. In October 2008 a deeper co-operation between the Social Democrats and the Green Party was announced, and a common shadow budget for 2009 was presented. In December 2008, the Left Party was included in the co-operation and the Red-Greens was launched. In the 2010 election, the Red-Greens lost 22 seats in comparison with 2006 elections. The Social Democrats lost 5%, thus scoring their worst result since 1914. The
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made a significant transformation from the smallest elected party to the third largest party during the term, overtaking the Left Party, the
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, the Liberals and the Centre Party. The Red-Green pact lost in 2010 elections and was put on pause on 26 October 2010, and completely dissolved (according to a spokesperson for the Green Party) on 26 November. In the 2014 election, The Social Democrats were the largest party, but they did not have enough seats to form a majority, prompting them to make a deal with the Green Party in order to form a coalition. They sought support from the Left Party, reviving the alliance between the Social Democrats and The Greens. A minority government, the coalition which only held 138 out of 349 seats depended on the support from the Left Party and the opposing Alliance parties. The Red-Greens participated together in 2018 election, receiving 144 seats. This is the worst result of the left-wing parties since 1914.


Election results


Parliament (''Riksdag'')


See also

*
Alliance (Sweden) The Alliance ( sv, Alliansen), formerly the Alliance for Sweden (''Allians för Sverige''), was a centre-right liberal-conservative political alliance in Sweden. The Alliance consisted of the four centre-right political parties in the Riksdag ...
* Red-red-green coalition *
Red–green alliance In politics, a red–green alliance or red–green coalition is an alliance of "red" (often social-democratic or democratic socialist) parties with "green" (often green and/or occasionally agrarian) parties. The alliance is often based on commo ...
*
Red–green coalition (Norway) The red–green coalition was a centre-left coalition of parties in Norway, constituting the Labour Party (Ap), the Socialist Left Party (SV), and the Centre Party (Sp). Unlike many other Red-Green coalitions, the "green" here was the colour of ...


References

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