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Christian Democratic Senior League
The Christian Democratic Senior League ( sv, Kristdemokratiska Seniorförbundet) is a Swedish christian democratic organisation primarily for senior members of the Christian Democratic Party. The organisation was founded in 1993 and was the first ever organisation of its type in Sweden. The organisation's aim is to promote issues that concern the elderly and influence the public opinion in those questions. At the end of 2005, the party had 2340 members. The organisation is a member of the European Senior Citizen's Union (ESCU). Chairman * Jerzy Einhorn 1993–2000 * Stig Nyman 2000–2002 * Bror Stefenson Admiral Bror Per Harald Stefenson (4 September 1929 – 3 October 2018) was a Swedish Navy officer. Stefenson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff and military commander of the Eastern Military District (Milo Ö) as well as Comm ... 2002–2007 * Leif Hallberg 2007–2013 * Jan Erik Ågren 2013–2015 * Sture Eriksson 2015–2016 * Leif Hallberg 2016–2019 *L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Sweden
The politics of Sweden take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the prime minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party system. The judiciary is independent, appointed by the government and employed until retirement. Sweden is formally a monarchy with a monarch holding symbolic power. Sweden has a typical Western European history of democracy, beginning with the old Viking age Ting electing kings, ending with a hereditary royal power in the 14th century, that in periods became more or less democratic depending on the general European trends. The current democratic regime is a product of a stable development of successively added democratic institutions introduced during the 19th century up to 1921, when women's suffrage was introduced. The Government of Sweden has adhered to parliamentarism � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ideas and traditional Christian values, incorporating social justice and the social teachings espoused by the Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Pentecostal, and other denominational traditions of Christianity in various parts of the world. After World War II, Catholic and Protestant movements of neo-scholasticism and the Social Gospel shaped Christian democracy. On the traditional left-right political spectrum Christian Democracy has been difficult to pinpoint as Christian democrats rejected liberal economics and individualism and advocated state intervention, but simultaneously defended private property rights against excessive state intervention. This has meant that Christian Democracy has historically been considered centre left on e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democrats (Sweden)
The Christian Democrats ( sv, Kristdemokraterna ; KD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party, and in 1991 broke through to win seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch. She succeeded Göran Hägglund, who had been leader since 2004. The party name was for a long time abbreviated to KDS (standing for , Christian Democratic Unity), until 1996, when the party changed its name to the current ''Christian Democrats'' and its abbreviation to ''KD''. The KD was a minor party in the centre-right Alliance coalition government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt between 2006 and 2014 and later a part of the centre-right opposition until it dissolved in January 2019. Since 2021 the KD mainly cooperates with the Moderate Party, Liberals and the Sweden Democrats. Ideology According to the party their five most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Senior Citizen's Union
The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Christian-democratic parties in 1976, it has since broadened its membership to include liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative parties and parties with other centre-right politics, centre-right political perspectives. On 31 May 2022, the party elected as its President Manfred Weber, who was also EPP's ''Spitzenkandidat'' in 2019. The EPP has been the largest party in the European Parliament since 1999 and in the European Council since 2002. It is also the largest party in the current European Commission. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola are from the EPP. Many of the founding fathers of the European Union were also from parties th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Einhorn
Jerzy Einhorn (26 July 1925 in Częstochowa, Poland – 28 April 2000 in Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician ( Kristdemokrat). His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grandfather. Born into a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family, during the German occupation of Poland he became a victim of the Holocaust during World War II. He was first sent to the Warsaw Ghetto, then to the Częstochowa Ghetto outside his hometown,"Jerzy Einhorn; Holocaust Survivor Revolutionized Cancer Care in Sweden" ''Los Angeles Times'' (April 30, 2000). Retrieved March 18, 2011 where he was detained at the HASAG-Placery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig Nyman
Stig or STIG may refer to: People * Stig (given name) * Nickname of Robert Stigwood (1934–2016), musical act manager Arts and entertainment * The Stig, a masked racing driver on the UK television show ''Top Gear'' * Stig (singer), Finnish performer Pasi Siitonen * Stig, the title character of '' Stig of the Dump'', a children's book and two TV series * Stig, the title character of ''Stig's Inferno'', a comic by Ty Templeton * Stig, a "member" of the fictional (later real) band the Rutles, a parody of the Beatles Technology * Security Technical Implementation Guide, a computing security methodology * Steam-injected gas turbine, an energy production technology; See Cheng cycle Other uses * Stig (Serbia), a region in eastern Serbia See also * Stian, a related Scandinavian name * Stigg of the Dump Stigg of the Dump is an underground hip hop producer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History Stigg of the Dump released the debut EP, ''Still Alive at the Veglia Lounge'', on E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bror Stefenson
Admiral Bror Per Harald Stefenson (4 September 1929 – 3 October 2018) was a Swedish Navy officer. Stefenson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff and military commander of the Eastern Military District (Milo Ö) as well as Commandant General in Stockholm. He also served as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff. , Stefenson remains the last appointed Swedish admiral (having been appointed in 1991). Early life Stefenson was born on 4 September 1929 in Stockholm, the son of naval captain Jens Stefenson and his wife Astrid (née Grönberg). He passed '' studentexamen'' at Norra Real in Stockholm in 1948. Career Military career In 1951, Stefenson was commissioned as an officer with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant (''fänrik'') and was promoted two years later to sub-lieutenant (''löjtnant'') before attending the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1954 to 1959. Stefenson was the captain of the submarine in 1962 and in 1963, and was also promoted to lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Erik Ågren
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * '' Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
