Climate Alliance (Sweden)

Climate Alliance
Klimatalliansen
LeaderGudrun Schyman
K. G. Hammar
FoundersGudrun Schyman
K. G. Hammar
Pontus Bergendahl
William Grönlund
Mariam Jallow Tholozan
FoundedAutumn 2021
Registered17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)
IdeologyEnvironmentalism
Colours  Black
  Yellow
Website
klimatalliansen.nu

The Climate Alliance (Swedish: Klimatalliansen) is a Swedish political party with a focus on climate issues[1] that describes itself as a non-ideological, party- and bloc-crossing influence organization, neither of the right nor left.[2] The party's electoral platform has been described by classical liberal business think tank Timbro and newspaper Norran editorial board as left-wing.[3][4][better source needed]

The Climate Alliance was started in autumn 2021 by people who have long been active in the social debate within various parties or outside party politics, such as Gudrun Schyman, Anders Wijkman, Kristina Persson and K. G. Hammar.[1] The party decided in February 2022 to stand in the parliamentary election,[1] further, on 17 March 2022, the Climate Alliance registered as a party with the electoral authority.[5] The party's parliamentary list is topped by Gudrun Schyman and K. G. Hammar.[6]

In connection with the party announcing that they are standing in the parliamentary elections, Wijkman announced that he will not participate in party work.[7] The party received 0.03% of the vote in the 2022 parliamentary elections.[8]

In June 2022, the party announced that they would also stand in the municipal elections in 2022, including in the city of Stockholm.[9] The list was topped there by former Green Party regional politician Petra Schagerholm.[9] Party leader Gudrun Schyman was elected as a member of the municipal council of Simrishamn in the 2022 elections, though this was on the list of the formally separate Climate Initiative (Swedish: Klimatinitiativ) Simrishamn.[10]

  1. ^ a b c "Klimatalliansen ställer upp i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ^ ""Hög tid för en klimatallians över höger/vänster-gränsen"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Rädda oss från Gudrun Schymans klimatextremism" (in Swedish). Expressen. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Det behövs en klok klimatpolitik, inte klimatpartism" (in Swedish). Norran. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Registrerade partibeteckningar" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Lämnar Fi: "Blev en konflikt"" (in Swedish). TV4. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Tungviktare på avbytarbänken när nystartade klimatpartiet siktar på valet". 2022-02-16.
  8. ^ Martorell, Jenny (2022-09-18). "Så gick det i riksdagsvalet för partierna under spärren". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  9. ^ a b "Klimatalliansen satsar på kommunval". 2022-06-20.
  10. ^ Granestrand, Cecilia (2022-09-12). "Fi åker ur – Schyman sitter kvar: "Jag har inte bytt åsikt"". Dagens Samhälle (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-03-14.