List of 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.

The letter(s) after each Swedish party name are the abbreviations commonly used in the Swedish media.

Parties with official representation

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Parties with representation in the Riksdag and/or European Parliament:

	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Political position	MPs	MEPs	EP group
Swedish Social Democratic Party Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet	S/SAP	Magdalena Andersson	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Centre-left	107 / 349	5 / 21	S&D
Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna	SD	Jimmie Åkesson	Right-wing populism National conservatism	Right-wingtofar-right	73 / 349	3 / 21	ECR
Moderate Party Moderata samlingspartiet	M	Ulf Kristersson	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	68 / 349	4 / 21	EPP
Left Party Vänsterpartiet	V	Nooshi Dadgostar	Socialism Eco-socialism	Left-wing	24 / 349	1 / 21	GUE/NGL
Centre Party Centerpartiet	C	Muharrem Demirok	Liberalism Agrarianism (Nordic)	Centretocentre-right	24 / 349	2 / 21	Renew
Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	KD	Ebba Busch	Christian democracy Conservatism	Centre-righttoright-wing	19 / 349	2 / 21	EPP
Green Party Miljöpartiet de Gröna	MP	Daniel Helldén Märta Stenevi	Green politics Ecofeminism	Centre-left	18 / 349	3 / 21	Greens/EFA
Liberals Liberalerna	L	Johan Pehrson	Classical liberalism Conservative liberalism	Centre-right	16 / 349	1 / 21	Renew

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 EU-parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities.^[1]

Minor parties

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Alternative for Sweden (Alternativ för Sverige; 2018–present)
Christian Values Party (Kristna Värdepartiet; 2014–present)
Citizens' Coalition (Medborgerlig Samling, 2014–present)
Classical Liberal Party (Klassiskt Liberala Partiet, 2004–present)
Climate Alliance (Klimatalliansen, 2021-present)
Communist Party (Kommunistiska Partiet; 1970–present)
Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti; 1995–present)
Direct Democrats (Direktdemokaterna; 2014–present)
Djurens parti [sv] (Animals' Party; 2014–present)
European Workers Party (Europeiska Arbetarpartiet; 1974–present)
Feminist Initiative (Feministiskt Initiativ; 2005–present) – Represented in the European Parliament 2014–2019.
Health Care Party (Sjukvårdspartiet; 2005–present)
Human Rights and Democracy (Mänskliga rättigheter och Demokrati, MoD; 2021-present)
Independent Rural Party (Landsbygdspartiet oberoende, 2010–present)
Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen; 1997–present)
Nuance Party (Partiet Nyans; 2020–present)
Pirate Party (Piratpartiet; 2006–present) – Represented in the European Parliament 2009–2014.
Revolutionary Communist Party (Revolutionära Kommunist Partiet)
Socialist Justice Party (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna; 1997–present)
Turning Point Party (Partiet vändpunkt; 2019–present)
Unity (Enhet; 1990–present)
Volt Sweden (Volt Sverige; 2018–present)

Defunct and historical parties

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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, 1929–1945)
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–?)^{[citation needed]}
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 [sv] (Gottlandspartiet Gotlands framtid, 1993–2006)
New Future (Ny Framtid, 1993–2006)
The New Party [sv] (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.

Joke parties

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The following is a list of currently active^[a] and defunct (†) parties on the local (municipal and regional) levels.

Parties that are:

active only at the regional levels are listed in bold
active at both the regional and municipal levels are bold and are marked with an asterisk (*)
simultaneously campaigning on the national level are underlined