Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna | |
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Abbreviation | KD |
Chairperson | Ebba Busch |
Founder | Lewi Pethrus |
Founded | 20 March 1964 |
Headquarters | Munkbron 1, Stockholm |
Student wing | Christian Democratic Student League |
Youth wing | Young Christian Democrats |
Women's wing | Christian Democratic Women's League |
Membership (2022) | 25,165[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right[8] to right-wing[9] |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International International Democracy Union |
Nordic affiliation | Centre Group |
Colours | Blue White |
Riksdag[10] | 19 / 349 |
European Parliament[11] | 1 / 21 |
County councils[12] | 119 / 1,696 |
Municipal councils[13] | 676 / 12,700 |
Website | |
www.kristdemokraterna.se | |
The Christian Democrats (Swedish: Kristdemokraterna [ˈkrɪ̂sːtdɛmʊˌkrɑːtɛɳa] , KD) is a Christian-democratic[14] political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party; in 1991, the party won seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch.[15]
The party name was initially abbreviated to KDS (standing for Kristen demokratisk samling , Christian Democratic Unity), from its foundation in 1964 to 1996, when the party changed its name to the current Christian Democrats and its abbreviation to KD.
The party was a minor party in centre-right coalition governments led by Moderate Party Prime Ministers Carl Bildt from 1991 to 1994 and Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014, with the latter under a formalised cooperation within the Alliance for Sweden. The party has been a minor party in the coalition government led by Moderate Party Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since 2022, this time with Moderate Party and the Liberals with support from the Sweden Democrats.