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Sverigedemokraterna
The Sweden Democrats ( , SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. As of 2024, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing bloc and the second-largest party in the Riksdag. It provides confidence and supply to the centre-right ruling coalition. Within the European Union, the party is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party. The party describes itself as social conservative with a nationalist foundation. The party has also been variously characterised by academics, political commentators, and media as economic nationalist, national-conservative, anti-immigration, anti-Islam, Eurosceptic, and right-wing or far-right. The Sweden Democrats reject the far-right label, saying that it no longer represents its political beliefs. Among the party's founders and early members were several people that had previously been active in white nationalist and neo-Nazi political parties and organizations. Under the leadership of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Åkesson
Per Jimmie Åkesson (; born 17 May 1979) is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County (Riksdag constituency), Jönköping County since 2010 Swedish general election, 2010. He previously served as leader of the Sweden Democratic Youth from 2000 until 2005. Early life and education Jimmie Åkesson was born in Ivetofta in Skåne County, but grew up in Sölvesborg Municipality, Sölvesborg in Blekinge County. His father, Stefan, is a businessman who ran a floor laying business and his mother, Britt Marie, was a care provider in a nursing home. Åkesson's parents divorced when he was young and he was raised primarily by his mother. From 1995 to 1998, Åkesson completed a three-year social studies program at the Furulundsskolan Institute in Sölvesborg. In 1999, he began studying political science, law, economics, human geography and philosophy at Lund University, without grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Swedes SDU
Young Swedes ( ) have been the youth section within the Sweden Democrats since 1 October 2015. National spokesperson since October 2024 is Denice Westerberg. According to Jimmie Åkesson, the party leader of the Sweden Democrats, the wing's main goal is to "attract young people to vote for the party". The section itself says that its main task is to "prepare young people to become future Sweden Democratic politicians." They use Engelbrektsbågen as a symbol and describes itself as democratic and socially conservative with a nationalist outlook. Unlike the former youth section Sweden Democratic Youth, the Young Swedes requires that its members are also card carrying members of the Sweden Democrats and follow the party's rules on conduct and political communication. The minimum age for membership in the section is 13 years. A difference compared to the other youth section in Sweden is that the delegates to the Young Swedes congresses are not elected by the sections members, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Freedom
Nordic Freedom (, ) is a right-wing to far right party group in the Nordic Council and an alliance in the European Parliament. European Parliament In July 2024, Nordic Freedom expanded to the European Parliament as an alliance within the European Conservatives and Reformists, with the Sweden Democrats, Finns Party The Finns Party ( , PS; , Sannf), formerly known as the True Finns, is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The party achieved its electoral breakthro ... and Denmark Democrats as its members. Members The member organizations of the Nordic Freedom are: The Norwegian Progress Party (; , ''FrP'') was invited into the group back in 2017 but they refused to join. Elected representatives of Member Parties European institutions References {{EU_politics European political alliances Party groups in the Nordic Council Right-wing parties in Europe European Conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Conservatives And Reformists Group
The European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR Group or simply ECR) is a Euroscepticism#Soft Euroscepticism, soft Eurosceptic, anti-European Federation, federalist political group of the European Parliament. The ECR is the parliamentary group of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party) European political party, but also includes Member of the European Parliament, MEPs from other European parties and MEPs without European party affiliation. Ideologically, the group is broadly eurosceptic, anti-federalist and right-wing, with centre-right and far-right factions. The main objective of the ECR is to oppose unchecked European integration, enlargement and potential evolution of the European Union (EU) into a federal European superstate on the basis of ''Eurorealism,'' and to ensure the EU does not heavily encroach on matters of state and domestic and regional decision making within EU member countries. It also advocates for stricter controls on immigration. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Kronlid
Julia Maria Kronlid (born 16 July 1980) is a Swedish politician and the second deputy of the Sweden Democrats. A member of the Riksdagen since the 2010 general election, she represents the Stockholm County electorate. Biography Early life and career Kronlid is the daughter of toolmaker and seamstress. She grew up in Myresjö where her family were free church members. She completed a degree in nursing followed by a degree in social care and pedagogical treatment at Örebro University. After graduating she worked for the general psychiatry department at Örebro County Council and as a volunteer nurse for the Pingstmission – a Pentecostal Evangelical development work at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea. Political career Kronlid joined the Sweden Democrats in 2006 after previously supporting the Christian Democrats. In the 2010 Swedish general election, she was elected to the Riksdag as a member of the party. From 12 October 2010, Kronlid took maternity leave and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Democratic Youth
Sweden Democratic Youth ( ; SDU) was the youth league of the Swedish political party Sweden Democrats until 12 September 2015. History Background The initial version of the youth league was founded in 1993 as an independent organization to its parent party. The original name was (Sweden Democrat's Youth Association), but the organization was soon renamed (Sweden Democratic Youth). The youth league was temporarily disbanded by the SD leadership in 1995 due to rampant problems with neo-Nazism in the ranks. At the time, the original leadership of the first league were dual-organized with the neo-Nazi group ''Stockholms Unga Nationalsocialister'' until 1995 when the mother party closed down the Sweden Democratic Youth on the grounds that "ideologically deviant persons" had taken over its leadership. Some of the original members of the youth league broke away from the Sweden Democrats to form the National Youth after the league was disbanded. The Sweden Democratic Youth was la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euroscepticism
Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies and seek reform (''Eurorealism'', ''Eurocritical'', or ''soft Euroscepticism''), to those who oppose EU membership and see the EU as unreformable (''anti-European Unionism'', ''anti-EUism'', or ''hard Euroscepticism''). The opposite of Euroscepticism is known as ''pro-Europeanism''. The main drivers of Euroscepticism have been beliefs that integration undermines national sovereignty and the nation state, that the EU is elitist and Democratic deficit in the European Union, lacks democratic legitimacy and Transparency (behavior), transparency, that it is too bureaucratic and wasteful,(Op-Ed that it encourages high levels of immigration, or perceptions that it is a neoliberal organisation serving the big business elite at the expense of the working class, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Conservatives And Reformists Party
The European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party or simply ECR), formerly known as Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR, 2009–2016) and Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE, 2016–2019), is a Conservatism, conservative, Euroscepticism#Soft Euroscepticism, soft Eurosceptic European political party with a main focus on reforming the European Union (EU) on the basis of Eurorealism, as opposed to total rejection of the EU (anti-EU-ism). The political movement was founded on 1 October 2009, after the creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) political group of the European Parliament. It was officially recognised by the European Parliament in January 2010. ECR Party is governed by a board of directors who are elected by the Council, which represents all ECR member parties. The executive board is composed of the President Mateusz Morawiecki (Polish member of the Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riksdag
The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional representation, proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election. The constitutional mandates of the Riksdag are enumerated in the ''Basic Laws of Sweden#Instrument of Government, Instrument of Government'' (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act ().Instrument of Government as of 2012. Retrieved on 16 November 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Party
Sweden Party () was a far-right political party in Sweden. It was founded in late 1986 through the merger of '' Bevara Sverige Svenskt'' and the Stockholm branch of the Progress Party. The leader of the party was Stefan Herrmann, formerly the leader of the Progress Party. In October 1987, Herrmann was expelled from the party. His group reconstituted the Progress Party. The remainder of the party would regroup as the Sweden Democrats in 1988. History and ideology The Sweden Party was formed in 1986 after a meeting in Stockholm. Its founders included Stefan Hermann, Leif Zeilon and who were active in the ''Bevara Sverige Svenskt'' organization. The party never officially ran for election and during the 1988 Swedish general election advocated boycotting the main parties, stating "DO NOT VOTE for the traitors in the 1988 election" and used symbols associated with white power movements. The party was formally dissolved in 1988, with some of its members playing a role in the founding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Vinge
Henrik Olof Vinge (born 10 August 1988) is a Swedish lawyer and politician and of the Sweden Democrats. He served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2019 to 2023 and has served as first deputy leader of his party since November 2019. Biography Vinge was born in 1988 in Järfälla. He obtained a law degree from Stockholm University and began training as a lawyer in 2017. During his studies he worked as a volunteer legal advisor for the non-profit online service ''Lawline.'' He has also worked as a prison guard at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and as a recruitment consultant in the education sector. After graduating in 2014, he started a legal firm called ''Näthatjuristerna,'' which specializes in investigating criminal violations on the internet. He became a press manager for the Sweden Democrats in March 2015 and was appointed integration policy spokesperson for the party in August 2018. Vinge has been Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalism
Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History''. Polity, 2010. pp. 9, 25–30; especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining its sovereignty ( self-governance) over its perceived homeland to create a nation-state. It holds that each nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-determination), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of political power. It further aims to build and maintain a single national identity, based on a combination of shared social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, geographic location, language, politics (or the government), religion, traditions and belief in a shared singular history, and to promote national unity or solidarity. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
