Swedish Social Democratic Party

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Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party
Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti
AbbreviationS
SAP
ChairpersonMagdalena Andersson
Secretary-GeneralTobias Baudin
Parliamentary group leaderLena Hallengren
Founded23 April 1889; 135 years ago (1889-04-23)
HeadquartersSveavägen 68, Stockholm
Student wingSocial Democratic Students of Sweden
Youth wingSwedish Social Democratic Youth League
Women's wingSocial Democratic Women in Sweden
Religious wingReligious Social Democrats of Sweden
LGBT wingLGBT Social Democrats of Sweden
Membership (2023)Decrease 78,257[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[2]
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[3]
Nordic affiliationSAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Colours  Red
Riksdag
106 / 349
European Parliament
5 / 21
County councils[4]
576 / 1,720
Municipal councils[4]
3,771 / 12,614
Website
socialdemokraterna.se

The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party[5] (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti [ˈsvæ̌rjɛs sʊsɪˈɑ̂ːldɛmʊˌkrɑːtɪska ˈârːbeːtarɛpaˌʈiː] ⓘ, S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats (Swedish: Socialdemokraterna [sʊsɪˈɑ̂ːldɛmʊˌkrɑːtɛɳa] ⓘ), is a social democratic[6] political party in Sweden. The party is member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists.

Founded in 1889, the SAP is the country's oldest and currently largest party. From the mid-1930s to the 1980s, the Social Democratic Party won more than 40% of the vote. From 1932 to 1976, the SAP was continuously in government. From 1982 to 2022, the party was in government with the exception of the periods 1991–1994 and 2006–2014. Since 2022, the party has been out of government. It participates in elections as "The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats" (Swedish: Arbetarepartiet – Socialdemokraterna [ˈârːbeːtarɛpaˌʈiːɛt sʊsɪˈɑ̂ːldɛmʊˌkrɑːtɛɳa] ⓘ). The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party.

  1. ^ "Medlemsras för Liberalerna – störst tapp bland riksdagspartierna". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ Lane, Jan-Erik; Ersson, Svante (25 July 2008). "The Nordic Countries: Compromise and Corporatism in the Welfare State". In Colomer, Josep M. (ed.). Comparative European Politics (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-134-07354-2.
  3. ^ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Mandatfördelning". Valmyndigheten (in Swedish). 8 March 2024. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Constitution" (PDF). socialdemokraterna.se. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. ^ Egle, Christoph; Henkes, Christian; Merkel, Wolfgang; Petring, Alexander (2008). Social Democracy in Power: The Capacity to Reform. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0415438209.