List of political parties in Sweden

This article lists political parties in Sweden.

Sweden has a multi-party system 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 coalition governments.

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 and/or European Parliament:

	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Political position	EP group	MPs	MEPs	Municipality
Social Democratic Party Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet	S	Magdalena Andersson	Social democracy	Centre-left	S&D	106 / 349	5 / 21	3,771 / 12,614
Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna	SD	Jimmie Åkesson	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Right-wing to far-right	ECR	72 / 349	3 / 21	2,091 / 12,614
Moderate Party Moderata samlingspartiet	M	Ulf Kristersson	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	EPP	68 / 349	4 / 21	2,584 / 12,614
Centre Party Centerpartiet	C	Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist	Liberalism Agrarianism (Nordic)	Centre to centre-right	Renew	24 / 349	2 / 21	1,213 / 12,614
Left Party Vänsterpartiet	V	Nooshi Dadgostar	Eco-socialism	Left-wing	The Left	22 / 349	2 / 21	811 / 12,614
Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	KD	Ebba Busch	Christian democracy Conservatism	Right-wing	EPP	19 / 349	1 / 21	755 / 12,614
Green Party Miljöpartiet de Gröna	MP	Daniel Helldén Amanda Lind	Green politics Ecofeminism	Centre-left	Greens/EFA	18 / 349	3 / 21	309 / 12,614
Liberals Liberalerna	L	Simona Mohamsson	Conservative liberalism	Centre-right	Renew	16 / 349	1 / 21	509 / 12,614

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 European Parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities.^[1]

Minor parties

	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Political position	EP group
Alternative for Sweden Alternativ för Sverige	AFS	Gustav Kasselstrand	Ultranationalism Anti-immigration^[2]	Far-right	NI
Ambition Sweden Ambition Sverige	AS	Elsa Widding	Climate change denial Anti-immigration Hard Euroscepticism	Far-right	NI
Christian Values Party Kristna Värdepartiet	KVP	Mats Selander	Christian right Anti-abortion movements^[3]	Right-wing	ECPP
Citizens' Coalition Medborgerlig Samling	MED	Daniel Sonesson	Liberal conservatism Anti-immigration	Right-wing	NI
Classical Liberal Party Klassiskt liberala partiet	KLP	Magnus Jönsson	Classical liberalism Libertarianism^[4]	Right-wing	NI
Climate Alliance Klimatalliansen		Gudrun Schyman K. G. Hammar	Environmentalism		NI
Communist Party Kommunistiska partiet	K	Povel Johansson	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	NI
Communist Party of Sweden Sveriges kommunistiska parti	SKP	Andreas Sörensen	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	ECA
Direct Democrats Direktdemokraterna	DD		Direct democracy	Big tent	NI
Animals' Party Djurens parti	DP	Simon Knutsson	Animal rights	Single-issue	NI
European Workers Party Europeiska arbetarpartiet	EAP	Kjell Lundqvist	LaRouchism	Far-right	NI
Feminist Initiative Feministiskt initiativ	FI	Agnes Lundgren Luis Lineo	Feminism	Left-wing	S&D
Future Left Framtidens Vänster	FV	Daniel Riazat Lorena Delgado Varas	Anti-capitalism Socialism	Left-wing	NI
Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	SVP	Kenneth Backgård	Single-issue party	Single-issue	NI
Human Rights and Democracy Mänskliga rättigheter och Demokrati	MoD	Gustaf Rydelius	Direct-democracy Vaccine hesitancy ^[5]^[6]	Big tent	NI
Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet Oberoende	LPo	Benneth Thyr	Agrarianism	Big tent	NI
Liberal Initiative Liberalt initiativ	LI	Malin Sjöberg Högrell	Social liberalism	Centre	NI
Nordic Resistance Movement Nordiska motståndsrörelsen	NMR	Fredrik Vejdeland	Neo-Nazism	Far-right	NI
Nuance Party Partiet Nyans	PN	Mikail Yüksel	Islamism	Populism	FPP
Pirate Party Piratpartiet	PP	Mikael Enmalm	Pirate politics	Syncretic	PPEU
Revolutionary Communist Party Revolutionära kommunistiska partiet	RKP		Communism Trotskyism	Far-left	NI
Socialist Alternative Socialistiskt Alternativ	SAV	Collective leadership	Socialism Trotskyism	Left-wing	NI
Turning Point Party Partiet Vändpunkt	PV	Gunnar Brundin Paula Dahlberg	Deliberative Democracy	Syncretic	NI
Unity Enhet		Vide Geiger	Spiritual politics Environmentalism	Left-wing	NI
Unity Party Enighetspartiet		Jamal El-Haj	Multiculturalism Pro-immigration	Left-wing	NI
Volt Sweden Volt Sverige	Volt	Aaron Benzinger	Social liberalism European federalism	Syncretic	Volt
Workers' Party Arbetarpartiet		Jan Hägglund	Democratic socialism Marxism	Left-wing	NI
Örebro Party Örebropartiet	ÖP	Markus Allard	Nationalism Populism Left-wing nationalism ^[7]^[8]	Syncretic	NI

Defunct and historical parties

Caps (Mössorna, 18th century)
Hats (Hattarna, 18th century)
Junker Party (1850s)
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Vänsterparti, 1921–1923)
Communist Party of Sweden – Höglund Faction (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, 1924–1926)
Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1929–1948)
Clerical People's Party (Kyrkliga Folkpartiet, 1930s)
National Socialist Workers’ Party (Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet, 1933–1945)
Swedish Socialist Party (Svenska socialistiska partiet), a Swedish Nazi party, 1943-1948
Left Socialist Party (Vänstersocialistiska Partiet, 1940–1963)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Revolutionära Socialistiska Partiet, 1950–1951)
Communist Labour League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetareförbund, 1956–1967)
Communist League Marxist-Leninists/Communist Party of Sweden/Solidarity Party (Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna/Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti/Solidaritetspartiet, 1967-199?)
Progress Party (Framstegspartiet, existed in various forms between 1968 and 2000)
Marxist–Leninist Struggle League (Marxist-Leninistiska Kampförbundet, 1970–1981)
Centre Democrats (Centrumdemokraterna, 1974–2006)
Communist Unity Groups (Kommunistiska Enhetsgrupperna, 1975–1977)
Communist Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarförbund, 1977–?)
Communist Party of Sweden (marxist-leninists)/Communist Workers Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (marxist-leninisterna)/Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarparti, 1980–1993)
Communist Party in Sweden (Kommunistiska Partiet i Sverige, 1982–1993)
The Marxists (Marxisterna, 1990s)
Workers' List/People's Democrats (sv) (Arbetarlistan/Folkdemokraterna, 1990–2002)
New Democracy (Ny Demokrati, 1991–2000)
- Alliance Party (Allianspartiet, 199X–2006)
Natural Law Party (Partiet för naturens lag, 1992–2004)
Gottland Party Gotland's Future (Gottlandspartiet Gotlands framtid, 1993–2006)
New Future (Ny Framtid, 1993–2006)
The New Party (Det nya partiet, 1998)
National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna, 2001–2014)
Party of the Swedes (Svenskarnas Parti, 2008–2015)
Revolutionary Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Revolutionära Arbetarförbund, 1975–1983)
Unique Party (Unika partiet, 2006)
Communist League (Kommunistiska Förbundet, 1980–2010)
Liquor Party (Spritpartiet, 2009–2010)
Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1971–present) - as of 2019, the Socialist Party actively encourages its members to vote for the Left Party.
June List (Junilistan, 2004–2014) – Represented in the European Parliament 2004–2009. Did not participate in the 2019 election.
Popular Democrats

Joke parties

Donald Duck Party
Mjölbypartiet^[9]

Regional and local parties

The following is a list of Swedish political parties on the local (municipal and regional) levels.

County	Party	Campaigns for			Notes
County	Party	Municipalities	County	Riksdag	Notes
Blekinge	Ronneby Party Ronnebypartiet	Ronneby	No	No
Blekinge	SoL Party Sölvesborg and Lister SoL-partiet Sölvesborg och Lister	Sölvesborg	No	No
Dalarna	Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	N/a	Yes	No
	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Malung-Sälen Vansbro	No	Yes
	Nordic Resistance Movement Nordiska motståndsrörelsen	N/a	Yes	Yes
	Countryside Party Bygdepartiet	Leksand	No	No
	Falu Party Falupartiet	Falun	No	No
	Omsorg för Alla	Borlänge	No	No
	Hedemora Party Hedemorapartiet	Hedemora	No	No
	Libertarian Municipal People Frihetliga Ljusdalsbygden	Älvdalen	No	No	Defunct
	Mora Party Morapartiet	Mora	No	No
	Municipal List Kommunlistan	Avesta	No	No
	Municipal List Kommunlistan	Älvdalen	No	No	Defunct
	Popular Movement for the Good of Borlänge Folkrörelsen för Borlänges Bästa	Borlänge	No	No
	Residential Party Bopartiet	Ludvika	No	No	Defunct
	Youth List Ungdomslistan	Hedemora	No	No	Defunct
Gävleborg	Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	N/a	Yes	No
Gävleborg	People's Home in Hofors-Torsåker Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker	Hofors	No	No
Halland	Citizens' Coalition Medborgerlig samling	Laholm	Yes	Yes
	Laholm Party Laholmspartiet	Laholm	No	No
	Social List Active Politics Samhällslistan Aktiv Politik	Falkenberg	No	No	Defunct
Jämtland	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Härjedalen	No	Yes
	Berg Party Bergspartiet	Berg	No	No	Defunct
	Fair Democracy Rättvis Demokrati	Strömsund	No	No
	VOX Humana Folkets röst – VOX humana	Härjedalen	No	No
Jönköping	Cooperation in Mullsjö Samverkan i Mullsjö	Mullsjö	No	No
	Future of Mullsjö Mullsjös framtid	N/a	No	No
	Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology Solidaritet – Arbete – Fred – Ekologi	Nässjö	No	No
Kalmar	Citizens' Coalition Medborgerlig samling	Torsås	Yes	Yes
	Citizens Party: School - Health Care - Care Medborgarpartiet: skola – vård – omsorg	Hultsfred	No	No
	Life Quality in the Municipality of Högsby Livskvalitet i Högsby Kommun	Högsby	No	No	Defunct
	Vimmerby Party Vimmerbypartiet	Vimmerby	No	No	Defunct
Kronoberg	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Uppvidinge	No	Yes
	Alternative Alternativet	Ljungby	No	No
	Alvesta Alternative Alvesta Alternativet	Alvesta	No	No
	Bergas Bästa – partipolitiskt obunden lista	Ljungby	No	No	Defunct
	Future Party Framtidspartiet	Tingsryd	No	No	Defunct
	Libertarian Municipal People Frihetliga Ljusdalsbygden	Ljusdal	No	No	Defunct
Norrbotten	Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	N/a	Yes	No
	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Luleå	No	Yes
	Socialist Alternative Socialistiskt Alternativ	Luleå	Yes	Yes
	Free Democrats of Arjeplog Arjeplogs Fria Demokrater	Arjeplog	No	No	Defunct
	Free Norrland Fria Norrland	Åre	No	No
	Free Trade Party of Norrbotten Norrbottens Frihandelsparti	Haparanda	No	No
	Kiruna Party Kirunapartiet	Kiruna	No	No
Scania	Citizens' Coalition Medborgerlig samling	Höör	Yes	Yes
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party SPI - Välfärden	Hörby	Yes	No
	Förnyalund	Lund	No	No
Södermanland	Vård för pengarna	N/a	Yes	No
Stockholm	Botkyrka Party Botkyrkapartiet	Botkyrka	No	No
	Drevviken Party Drevvikenpartiet	Huddinge	No	No
	The Island Party Öpartiet	Ekerö	No	No
	Leisure Time Party Fritidspartiet	Vallentuna	No	No	Defunct
	Lidingö Party Lidingöpartiet	Lidingö	No	No
	Stockholm Party Stockholmspartiet	Stockholm	No	No
Uppsala	Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	N/a	Yes	No
Uppsala	Stop E4 West - Culture Party Stoppa E4 Väst – Kulturpartiet	Uppsala	No	No	Defunct
Västerbotten	Åsele Party Åselepartiet	Åsele	No	No
Västernorrland	Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	N/a	Yes	No
Västra Götaland	Democrats Demokraterna	Gothenburg	Yes	No
	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Svenljunga	No	Yes
	Crossroads Vägvalet	Borås	No	No	Defunct
	Uddevalla Party Uddevallapartiet	Uddevalla	No	No
Örebro	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Askersund Lindesberg Nora	No	Yes
Örebro	Örebro Party Örebropartiet	Örebro	Yes	Yes
Östergötland	Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet oberoende	Kinda Valdemarsvik Söderköping	No	Yes

Notes

References

↑ "Putting out ballot papers". Valmyndigheten. 20 April 2018.
↑ "Återvandringspolitik". alternativforsverige.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ "General 4". Kristna Värdepartiet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ "Vår politik från A-Ö - Klassiskt liberala partiet" (in Swedish). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ Debatt, Bulletin (29 May 2023). "DEBATT: MoD är varken putinister eller högerextremister!". Bulletin (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ "Folkhälsa • Partiet MoD" (in Swedish). 16 November 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ "Det våras för röd nationalism" (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ "Dagsfrågorna behöver ideologin – Proletären". proletaren.se. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
↑ "Internetfenomenet som fick Hanif Bali i blåsväder". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 November 2019.

External links

NSD: European Election Database – Political parties of Sweden

[1] "Putting out ballot papers". Valmyndigheten. 20 April 2018.

[2] "Återvandringspolitik". alternativforsverige.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[3] "General 4". Kristna Värdepartiet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[4] "Vår politik från A-Ö - Klassiskt liberala partiet" (in Swedish). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[5] Debatt, Bulletin (29 May 2023). "DEBATT: MoD är varken putinister eller högerextremister!". Bulletin (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[6] "Folkhälsa • Partiet MoD" (in Swedish). 16 November 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[7] "Det våras för röd nationalism" (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[8] "Dagsfrågorna behöver ideologin – Proletären". proletaren.se. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[9] "Internetfenomenet som fick Hanif Bali i blåsväder". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 November 2019.

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