The Social Democratic Group Swedish: Socialdemokratiska gruppen Finnish: Sosiaalidemokraattinen ryhmä Danish: Socialdemokratisk gruppe Norwegian: Sosialdemokratisk gruppe Icelandic: Jafnaðarmannahópur
Abbreviation	S-Norden
Chairman	Martin Kolberg
Vice Chairwoman	Annette Lind
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours	Red   Green
Nordic Council	26 / 87
Website
s-norden.org
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The Social Democratic Group is a social democratic party group on the Nordic Council, making up the largest group on the Council. Their members come from all Nordic countries, and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. Their main aims are for sustainable development, tackling climate change, and reducing inequality, concomitant with a robust welfare system. They are strongly opposed to the privatization of state assets.^[1]

Members

The member organizations of the Social Democratic Group are:^[2]

Country	National party	National MPs				European MPs		Status
		# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election
Åland	Åland Social Democrats (Ålands Socialdemokrater)	3 / 30	2019	0 / 200 0 / 1	2019	0 / 13	2019	Opposition
Denmark	Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet)	50 / 175	2022	50 / 179	2022	3 / 14	2019	Government
Faroe Islands	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)	9 / 33	2022	1 / 179 1 / 2	2022	Not in EU		Government
Finland	Social Democratic Party (Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue/ Finlands socialdemokratiska parti)	43 / 200	2023	43 / 200	2023	2 / 13	2019	Opposition
Greenland	Forward (Siumut)	10 / 31	2021	1 / 179 1 / 2	2022	Not in EU		Government
Iceland	Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin jafnaðarmannaflokkur Íslands)	6 / 63			2021	Not in EU		Opposition
Norway	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet/Arbeidarpartiet)	48 / 169			2021	Not in EU		Government
Sweden	Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti)	107 / 349			2022	5 / 20	2019	Opposition

In the European Parliament, the MEPs of the member parties are part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.

Elected representatives of Member Parties

European institutions

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
European Union	European Commission	2 / 27
	European Council (Heads of Government)	2 / 27
	Council of the European Union (Participation in Government)	2 / 27
	European Parliament	10 / 751