Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | |
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Abbreviation | S/SAP |
Leader | Magdalena Andersson |
Secretary-General | Tobias Baudin |
Parliamentary group leader | Lena Hallengren |
Founded | 23 April 1889 |
Headquarters | Sveavägen 68, Stockholm |
Student wing | Social Democratic Students of Sweden |
Youth wing | Swedish Social Democratic Youth League |
Women's wing | Social Democratic Women in Sweden |
Religious wing | Religious Social Democrats of Sweden |
LGBT wing | LGBT Social Democrats of Sweden |
Membership (2020) | 75,000[1] |
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Political position | Centre-left[3] |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance[4] |
European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
Nordic affiliation | SAMAK The Social Democratic Group |
Colours | Red |
Riksdag | 107 / 349 |
European Parliament | 5 / 21 |
County councils[5] | 572 / 1,597 |
Municipal councils[6] | 4,364 / 12,780 |
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The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti) was established on 23 April 1889, and is Sweden's biggest political party of social democracy. The party has been in the lead with a Prime Minister for the longest and most amount of time in Sweden. Stefan Löfven is the current leader for the party. The party lost to the Moderate Party in the 2006 and 2010 elections. However, in 2014 The Swedish Social Democratic Party won with 31% of the votes.
Olof Palme, one of Sweden's most famous politicians, was the party leader from October many years before he was murdered in February 1986.
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