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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
has a
multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system where more than two meaningfully-distinct political parties regularly run for office and win elections. Multi-party systems tend to be more common in countries using proportional ...
with numerous political parties, in which parties often have a smaller chance of gaining power alone, and in the event a majority is not reached, can choose to work with each other to form
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s.


National parties

The letter(s) after each Swedish party name are the abbreviations commonly used in the Swedish media.


Parties with official representation

Parties with representation in the
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 rep ...
and/or
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...
: *According to a threshold rule, any one particular party must receive at least 4% of the votes to be allocated a seat in the Riksdag. *Any party having broken the 1% threshold in the last two EU-parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities.


Minor parties

* Alternative for Sweden (; 2018–present) * Christian Values Party (; 2014–present) * Citizens' Coalition (, 2014–present) * Classical Liberal Party (, 2004–present) * Climate Alliance (, 2021–present) * Communist Party (; 1970–present) * Communist Party of Sweden (; 1995–present) * Direct Democrats (; 2014–present) * (; 2014–present) * European Workers Party (; 1974–present) * Feminist Initiative (; 2005–present) – Represented in the European Parliament 2014–2019. * Health Care Party (; 2005–present) * Human Rights and Democracy (, MoD; 2021-present) * Independent Rural Party (, 2010–present) * Nordic Resistance Movement (; 1997–present) * Nuance Party (; 2020–present) *
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(; 2006–present) – Represented in the European Parliament 2009–2014. *Revolutionary Communist Party (Revolutionära Kommunist Partiet) *Socialist Justice Party (; 1997–present) * Turning Point Party (; 2019–present) * Unity (; 1990–present) * Volt Sweden (; 2018–present)


Defunct and historical parties

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(, 18th century) *
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(, 18th century) * Junker Party (1850s) * Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (, 1921–1923) * Communist Party of Sweden – Höglund Faction (, 1924–1926) *
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
(Socialistiska Partiet, 1929–1945) *
Clerical People's Party Kyrkliga Folkpartiet ( or Popular Party) was a minor pro-fascist party in Sweden founded in 1930. The party was formed and led by Ivar Rhedin, a priest in the Church of Sweden. Rhedin was the editor of ''Göteborgs Stiftstidning'' (''Magazine o ...
(, 1930s) * National Socialist Workers’ Party (, 1933–1945) * Swedish Socialist Party (Svenska socialistiska partiet), a Swedish Nazi party, 1943-1948 * Left Socialist Party (, 1940–1963) * Revolutionary Socialist Party (, 1950–1951) * Communist Labour League of Sweden (, 1956–1967) * Communist League Marxist-Leninists/Communist Party of Sweden/Solidarity Party (, 1967-199?) * Progress Party (, existed in various forms between 1968 and 2000) *
Marxist–Leninist Struggle League (; MLK; ), full name (m-l; ), was a communist political organization in Sweden formed in 1970 by (Left Youth League), the youth organization of Vänsterpartiet, VPK. Within VUF several ultraleftist tendencies had surged during the 1960s, orient ...
(, 1970–1981) * Centre Democrats (, 1974–2006) * Communist Unity Groups (, 1975–1977) *Communist Workers' League of Sweden (, 1977–?) * Communist Party of Sweden (marxist-leninists)/Communist Workers Party of Sweden (, 1980–1993) * Communist Party in Sweden (, 1982–1993) *The Marxists (, 1990s) * Workers' List/People's Democrats ( sv) (, 1990–2002) *
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(, 1991–2000) ** Alliance Party (, 199X–2006) *
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(, 1992–2004) * (, 1993–2006) * New Future (, 1993–2006) * (, 1998) * National Democrats (, 2001–2014) * Party of the Swedes (, 2008–2015) * Revolutionary Workers' League of Sweden (, 1975–1983) *Unique Party (, 2006) * Communist League (, 1980–2010) * Liquor Party (, 2009–2010) *
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
(, 1971–present) - as of 2019, the Socialist Party actively encourages its members to vote for the Left Party. * June List (, 2004–2014) – Represented in the European Parliament 2004–2009. Did not participate in the 2019 election.


Joke parties

* Donald Duck Party * Mjölbypartiet


Regional and local parties

The following is a list of currently active and defunct (†) parties on the local (
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and
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) levels. Parties that are: *active only at the regional levels are listed in bold *active at both the regional and municipal levels are bold and are marked with an asterisk (*) *simultaneously campaigning on the national level are underlined


Blekinge Blekinge () is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest provin ...

* (, Ronneby) * (; Sölvesborg)


Dalarna Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Nor ...

* Health Care Party () * Independent Rural Party (, Malung-Sälen and Vansbro) * Nordic Resistance Movement () * (,
Leksand Leksand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,934 inhabitants in 2010. Leksand is situated on the southern branch of lake Siljan (lake), Siljan, where it flows into river Öst ...
) * Falu Party (;
Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...
) * (;
Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...
) * (;
Hedemora Hedemora is a Urban areas in Sweden, town in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a Stad (Swede ...
) * Libertarian Municipal People † (;
Älvdalen Älvdalen ( or ; literally "the river valley") is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,810 inhabitants in 2010. The parish is widely known for being the place of manufacturing, in 1839, of the 4-met ...
) * (, Mora) * Municipal List (,
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Älvdalen Älvdalen ( or ; literally "the river valley") is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,810 inhabitants in 2010. The parish is widely known for being the place of manufacturing, in 1839, of the 4-met ...
) * Popular Movement for the Good of Borlänge (; Borlänge) * † (;
Ludvika Ludvika () is a bimunicipal Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County within the country of Sweden, with 14,498 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The conurbation of Ludvika extends over the border of Smedjebacke ...
) * † (,
Hedemora Hedemora is a Urban areas in Sweden, town in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a Stad (Swede ...
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Gävleborg

* Health Care Party () * (; Hofors)


Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Skåne, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Br ...

* Citizens' Coalition* (, Laholm) * (; Laholm) * Social List Active Politics † (;
Falkenberg Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish ...
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Jämtland Jämtland () is a historical provinces of Sweden, province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland, Sweden, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norw ...

* Independent Rural Party (,
Härjedalen Härjedalen () is a historical province (''landskap'') in the centre of Sweden. It borders the Norwegian county of Trøndelag, as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad and Jämtland. The province originally belonged to Norway, ...
) * Berg Party † (;
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) * (; Strömsund) * VOX Humana (,
Härjedalen Härjedalen () is a historical province (''landskap'') in the centre of Sweden. It borders the Norwegian county of Trøndelag, as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad and Jämtland. The province originally belonged to Norway, ...
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Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

* Cooperation in Mullsjö (; Mullsjö) * () * (,
Nässjö Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024. History For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point wa ...
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Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

* Citizens' Coalition* (, Torsås) * Citizens Party: School - Health Care - Care (;
Hultsfred Hultsfred () is a locality and the seat of Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Nor ...
) * † (, Högsby) * † (;
Vimmerby Vimmerby () is a city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 10,934 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Stångån is a small river running through the city. Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century. The ...
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Kronoberg

* Independent Rural Party (''Landsbygdspartiet oberoende'', Uppvidinge) *
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Ljungby Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality o ...
) * Alvesta Alternative (; Alvesta) * † (Ljungby) * Future Party † (, Tingsryd) * Libertarian Municipal People † (;
Ljusdal Ljusdal () is a locality and the seat of Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,230 inhabitants in 2010. Ljusdal is situated on Riksväg 83 which runs between Tönnebro in Söderhamn Municipality in Gävleborg County and à ...
)


Norrbotten Norrbotten (), sometimes called North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland. Administration The traditional provinces of Swede ...

* Health Care Party () * Independent Rural Party (,
Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...
) * Socialist Alternative* (;
Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...
) * Free Democrats of Arjeplog † (; Arjeplog) * (;
Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpe ...
) * Free Trade Party of Norrbotten (,
Haparanda Haparanda (; Meänkieli and Finnish: ''Haaparanta'', ) is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda has a population of 9,166 inhabitants (2024). Haparanda is ...
) * Kiruna Party (;
Kiruna (; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The c ...
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Scania Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

* Citizens' Coalition* (, Höör) * Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (;
Hörby Hörby () is a locality and the seat of Hörby Municipality, SkÃ¥ne County, Sweden with 15 631 inhabitants in 2019. 6 km (3.7 mi) south-east of the center of Hörby is at least since 1959 the location of a radio and TV transmitter. S ...
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Södermanland Södermanland ( ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinisation of names, Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a Provinces of Sweden, historical province (or ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergà ...

* Vård för pengarna (''Health care for the money'')


Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

* (; Botkyrka) * (;
Huddinge Huddinge Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge (), which is a part of Stockholm urban area. The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabit ...
) * (, Ekerö) * † (; Vallentuna) * (;
Lidingö Lidingö (), also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet, is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2023, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 48,162. It is the ...
) * Stockholm Party (;
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Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

* Health Care Party () * † (;
Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...
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Västerbotten Västerbotten (), sometimes called West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in northern Sweden, located by the Gulf of Bothnia. It borders the provinces of Ångermanland, Lapland and Norrbotten. The region is famous for Väs ...

* (,
Åsele Åsele () is a locality and the seat of Åsele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 1,798 inhabitants in 2010. Its elevation The elevation of a geographic location (geography), ''location'' is its height ab ...
)


Västernorrland

* Health Care Party ()


Västra Götaland

* Democrats* (;
Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
) * Independent Rural Party (, Svenljunga) * † (;
Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companie ...
) * (;
Uddevalla Uddevalla is a Stad (Sweden), town in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It’s the seat of Uddevalla Municipality. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river Bäveån ...
)


Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

* Independent Rural Party (,
Askersund Askersund is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Askersund Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with a population census of 3,887 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Askersund is a popular tourist destination with swimming and nature ...
, Lindesberg and Nora) * Örebro Party* (,
Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...
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Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

* Independent Rural Party (,
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Söderköping Söderköping is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Söderköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,992 inhabitants in 2010. Söderköping is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still refe ...
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See also

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Alliance (Sweden) The Alliance (, from 2004-10 the ''Alliance for Sweden,'' ), was a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal-conservative political alliance in Sweden. The Alliance consisted of the four centre-right list of political parties in Sweden, politic ...
- centre-right liberal-conservative political party alliances *
Regions of Sweden In Sweden, a region () is a self-governing administrative division responsible primarily for Healthcare in Sweden, healthcare and Transport in Sweden, public transport. Sweden's regions correspond geographically to Sweden's 21 Counties of Swede ...
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European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...
*
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
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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), Le ...
- centre-left to left-wing political party alliances * Liberalism and centrism in Sweden * List of ruling political parties by country *
List of Swedish politicians This is a list of Sweden, Swedish politicians. {{Dynamic list If this site told their assumed truth and changed their opinions accordingly, maybe the i would even contemplate to change my position. Wish is Never! give mone for claiming to be tru ...
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Municipalities of Sweden The municipalities of Sweden () are its generally smaller but co-equal local government Legal entity, entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services a ...
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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. Legislative power is vested in both the government ...


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