| Swedish Young Conservatives Moderata ungdomsförbundet | |
|---|---|
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| Chairperson | Douglas Thor |
| Secretary General | Johannes Thernström |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Preceded by | National League of Sweden |
| Headquarters | Blasieholmsgatan 4A, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Membership | 10 880 (2019)[1] |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[2] Libertarian conservatism Libertarianism[3] Classical liberalism Economic liberalism |
| Mother party | Moderate Party |
| International affiliation | International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) |
| European affiliation | Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Young Conservative Union (NUU) |
| Website | muf.se |
The Moderate Youth League (Swedish: Moderata ungdomsförbundet [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːta ˈɵ̂ŋdʊmsfœrˌbɵndɛt] ; MUF), officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. Of the political youth organizations that received financial support from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society in 2019, it had the highest number of members.[4]
The Moderate Youth League is more libertarian-leaning and more radical than the mother party. It is generally pro-market, pro-American, pro-Israeli and liberal in social issues such as abortion, gay rights and supports legalization of illegal file sharing and alcohol manufacturing for private, nonprofit purposes. Its official ideologies are liberalism and conservatism.[5]
- ^ Nyheter, SVT (2022-07-05). "Stort medlemstapp i ungdomspartierna "Vill inte skriva upp sig på åsiktspaket"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Sweden". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Slomp, Hans (26 September 2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8.
- ^ Nyheter, SVT (2022-07-05). "Stort medlemstapp i ungdomspartierna "Vill inte skriva upp sig på åsiktspaket"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Moderata Ungdomsförbundets strävan är att vinna unga människor för den samhällsåskådning som Moderata Samlingspartiet företräder, vilken är en syntes av liberala och konservativa idéer." §1 in the bylaws