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 The parliament building from outside. The riksdag (also Sveriges riksdag, "Sweden's Parliament") is the national parliament of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members (Swedish: riksdagsledamöter), who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years. The Riksdag building stands on the island of Helgeandsholmen in Stockholm. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ...
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is the current Swedish monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. ...
The Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden (riksdag) is the speaker (Swedish: ) of the national parliament in Sweden. ...
Per Westerberg Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg (born 2 August 1951) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag. ...
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The Prime Minister (Swedish: , literally Minister of State) is the head of government in Sweden. ...
John Fredrik Reinfeldt (IPA: ) (born August 4, 1965, in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party (Swedish: ). A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a...
Fredrik Reinfeldt has served as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 6, 2006. ...
The government of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy based on parliamentary democracy. ...
The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. ...
“Högsta domstolen†redirects here. ...
A county, or län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ...
The Swedish Counties were run by Governors, appointed by the Swedish monarch, since their establishment in 1634. ...
A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. ...
A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ...
The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ...
The Sami Parliament is a representative body for peoples of Sami heritage in several Scandinavian countries. ...
Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ...
Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...
Alliance for Sweden supporters celebrates at Sergels Torg in Stockholm. ...
The Swedish Riksdag The next general election to the Swedish Riksdag will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2010. ...
Since the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden six referendums have been held. ...
Political parties in Sweden lists political parties in Sweden. ...
The foreign policy of Sweden is based on the premise that national security is best served by staying free of alliances in peacetime in order to remain a neutral country in the event of war. ...
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Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ...
Ministers are marked in bold, party leaders in italic. ...
Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ...
Helgeandsholmen, is a small island in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. ...
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Riksdag is the direct Swedish equivalent of the German Reichstag. In the Swedish constitution, the word is written with a lower-case r, thus marking that it is actually not a name of the parliament, it is just the parliament. The Swedish Constitution consists of four fundamental laws (Swedish: grundlagar): The Instrument of Government (1974) The Act of Succession (1810) The Freedom of the Press Act (1766) The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (1991) There is also a law on the working order of the Parliament with a special...
A precise English translation of this German-Nordic word does not actually exist, but "Meeting of the Realm" may serve as a literal translation, though perhaps "Diet of the Realm" would be more accurate (dag literally means "day", and is thus cognate to the use of German tag for a Diet, which comes from Latin dies with the same meaning). The word is also used by Swedish speakers for the parliaments of Finland (it is the official term used by the Swedish-speaking minority there) and Estonia, and for the old Reichstag of Germany as well as the parliament building in Berlin (reciprocally, "Reichstag" is the standard German translation of "riksdag"). In Sweden riksdag is today also frequently used to refer to the contemporary parliament of Germany per se, and sometimes for national parliaments of other coutries as well. The word is also used by Norwegian speakers with the same spelling; in Danish it is spelled rigsdag. In politics, a Diet is a formal deliberative assembly. ...
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The Reichstag (German for Imperial Diet) was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. ...
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Organization - Speaker of the Riksdag: Per Westerberg (since October 2006)
- Chamber: unicameral with 349 members
- Elections: Members are elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms. In the election year, the elections are held on the third Sunday of September.
- Elections last held: September 17, 2006
The Speaker, or Talman, of the Riksdag is the chairman of the national parliament in Sweden. ...
Per Westerberg Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg (born 2 August 1951) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Constitution Main article: Constitution of Sweden The Swedish Constitution consists of four fundamental laws (Swedish: grundlagar): The Instrument of Government (Regeringsformen, 1974) The Act of Succession (Successionsordningen 1810) The Freedom of the Press Act (Tryckfrihetsförordningen 1766) The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen 1991) There is also a law on the working order of...
The Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament) performs the normal functions of a parliament in a parliamentary democracy. It enacts laws, amends the constitution and appoints a government. In most parliamentary democracies, the head of state commissions a politician to form a government. Under the new Instrument of Government (one of the four fundamental laws of the Constitution) enacted in 1974, that task was removed from the Monarch of Sweden and given to the Speaker of the Riksdag. To make changes to the Constitution under the new Instrument of Government, amendments must be approved twice by Parliament, in two successive electoral periods with a general election held in between. A parliamentary system, or parliamentarism, is distinguished by the executive branch of government being dependent on the direct or indirect support of the parliament, often expressed through a vote of confidence. ...
For the comedy film of the same name, see Head of State (film). ...
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ...
Government Main article: Government of Sweden The government of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy based on parliamentary democracy. ...
After holding talks with leaders of the various party groups in the Riksdag, the Speaker of the Riksdag nominates a Prime Minister. To form a government, the Prime Minister designate must then present a list of Cabinet Ministers and have it approved by Parliament. Parliament can cast a vote of no confidence against any single member of the government, thus forcing a resignation. If a vote of no confidence is cast against the Prime Minister (Sw. Statsminister), this means the entire government is rejected, and the procedure of finding a government starts afresh. The Prime Minister (Swedish: , literally Minister of State) is the head of government in Sweden. ...
Politics Main article: Politics of Sweden Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Sweden is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...
Political parties are strong in Sweden, with members of the Riksdag usually supporting their parties in parliamentary votes. In most cases, governments can command the support of the majority in the Riksdag, allowing the government to control the parliamentary agenda.
For many years, no single political party in Sweden has managed to gain more than 50% of the votes, so political parties with similar agendas cooperate on several issues, forming coalition governments. In general, two major blocks exist in parliament, the left and the right, or socialists and non-socialists (conservatives/liberals). The socialists have formed the government for the last three electoral periods and won the election in 2002. Swedish socialism, as practiced by the governing Social Democratic party is generally non-confrontational with respect to capital/big business and social democratic in the tradition of the Second International rather than ideologically left-wing or working-class/trade-union-oriented. Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community[1] for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. ...
Ths article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...
Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ...
Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...
1/ Party name and leaders current as of March 18, 2007
2/ Seats as per the 2006 general election, current as of March 18, 2007
3/ Percentage of the votes received in the 2006 general election The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Swedish: , Social Democratic Workers Party of Sweden), contests elections as Workers Party - Social Democrats (Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna), commonly referred to just as the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna); is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. ...
Mona Ingeborg Sahlin (born Mona Ingeborg Andersson on 9 March 1957) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. ...
The Moderate Party (Swedish: : the Moderate Coalition Party, commonly referred to in Swedish as Moderaterna: the Moderates) is a liberal conservative political party in Sweden. ...
John Fredrik Reinfeldt (IPA: ) (born August 4, 1965, in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party (Swedish: ). A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a...
The Centre Party (Centerpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ...
Maud Olofsson Maud Olofsson (born Olsson, August 1955) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Centre Party of Sweden (Centerpartiet). ...
The Liberal Party of Sweden (in Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, abbreviated fp, meaning Peoples Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden. ...
Jan Björklund Jan Arne Björklund (born 18 April 1962) is a Swedish politician. ...
The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) is a political party in Sweden. ...
Göran Hägglund Göran Hägglund (born January 27, 1959) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Christian Democrats of Sweden (Kristdemokraterna). ...
The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party - Communists (Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna; (vpk)). On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations. ...
Lars Ohly Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (born January 13, 1957) is a Swedish politician and known as a communist. ...
The Green Party (Swedish: , literally Environment Party the Greens, and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the Environment Party) is a green political party in Sweden. ...
Maria Wetterstrand (born October 2, 1973) is a Swedish politician. ...
For other people named Peter Eriksson, see Peter Eriksson Peter Eriksson (born 1958, Tranås, Småland) is one of the two spokespersons (leaders) of the Green Party in Sweden, working alongside Maria Wetterstrand. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Alliance for Sweden supporters celebrates at Sergels Torg in Stockholm. ...
Elections Main article: Elections in Sweden Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ...
All 349 members of the Riksdag are appointed in the general elections held every four years. Eligible to vote and stand for elections are Swedish Citizens who turn 18 years old no later than on the day of the election. The next elections are due to be held in 2010. A minimum of 4% of the national vote is required for membership in Parliament, alternatively 12% or more within one of the election districts. 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Latest election The Social Democrats did their worst election since 1920, while the Moderates did their best in modern times. As a result the center-right alliance won the election and got control over the Riksdag for the first time since 1991. -
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Summary of the 17 September 2006 Parliament of Sweden election results | Parties and coalitions | Votes | Permanent seats | Adjustment seats | Total seats | | # | % | ± % | # | ± | # | ± | # | ± | | | Swedish Social Democratic Party (Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna) | 1,942,625 | 34.99 | −4.86
 | 129 | | 1 | | 130 | −14
| | | Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet) | 1,456,014 | 26.23 | +10.97
 | 93 | | 4 | | 97 | +42
| | | Centre Party (Centerpartiet) | 437,389 | 7.88 | +1.69
| 27 | | 2 | | 29 | +7
| | | Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna) | 418,395 | 7.54 | −5.85
| 22 | | 6 | | 28 | −20
| | | Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) | 365,998 | 6.59 | −2.56
| 17 | | 7 | | 24 | −9
| | | Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) | 324,722 | 5.85 | −2.54
| 13 | | 9 | | 22 | −8
| | | Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna) | 291,121 | 5.24 | +0.59
| 9 | | 10 | | 19 | +2
| | | Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) | 162,463 | 2.93 | +1.49
| 0 | | 0 | | 0 | ±0
 | | | Feminist Initiative (Feministiskt initiativ) | 37,954 | 0.68 | – | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | – | | | Pirate Party (Piratpartiet) | 34,918 | 0.63 | – | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | – | | | Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti) | 28,806 | 0.52 | −0.19
| 0 | | 0 | | 0 | ±0
| | | June List (Junilistan) | 26,072 | 0.47 | – | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | – | | | Health Care Party (Sjukvårdspartiet) | 11,519 | 0.21 | – | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | – | | | National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna) | 3,064 | 0.06 | −0.11
| 0 | | 0 | | 0 | ±0
| | | Unity (Enhet) | 2,648 | 0.05 | +0.04
| 0 | | 0 | | 0 | ±0
| | | National Socialist Front (Nationalsocialistisk Front) | 1,417 | 0.03 | – | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | – | | | New Future (Ny Framtid) | 1,171 | 0.02 | −0.16
| 0 | | 0 | | 0 | ±0
| | | Socialist Justice Party (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna) | 1,097 | 0.02 | −0.01
| 0 | | 0 | | 0 | ±0
| | | People's Will (Folkets vilja) | 881 | 0.02 | – | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | – | | | Parties with less than 500 votes | 4,766 | 0.08 | | – | | – | | – | – | | | | | Alliance for Sweden (Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party, Christian Democrats) | 2,677,796 | 48.24 | +4.25
| | | | | 178 | +20
| | | Red–green bloc (Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party) | 2,558,468 | 46.08 | −6.81
| | | | | 171 | −20
| | | | | Blank votes | 96,922 | 1.72 | | | | | Other invalid votes | 2216 | 0.04 | | | | Turnout | 5,650,416 | 81.99 | +1.88
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The June List (Junilistan) is a Swedish political party, originally founded as a loose group seeking cross-party alliance arguing for a reformed European cooperation, started to run in the European Parliament election in 2004. ...
The Health Care Party (Swedish: , abbreviated SVP) is a political party in Sweden that concentrates on healthcare issues. ...
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Alliance for Sweden (Swedish: ) is a political alliance in Sweden. ...
The Moderate Party (Swedish: : the Moderate Coalition Party, commonly referred to in Swedish as Moderaterna: the Moderates) is a liberal conservative political party in Sweden. ...
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The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Swedish: , Social Democratic Workers Party of Sweden), contests elections as Workers Party - Social Democrats (Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna), commonly referred to just as the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna); is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. ...
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The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. ...
The Riksdag of the Estates, or Ståndsriksdagen, was the name used for the Estates of the Swedish realm, or Rikets ständer, when they were assembled. ...
The roots of the modern Riksdag can be found in a 1435 meeting of the Swedish nobility in the city of Arboga. This informal organization was modified in 1527 by the first modern Swedish king Gustav I Vasa to include representatives from all the four social estates: the nobility, the clergy, the bourgeoisie (propertied commoners in the towns such as merchants, tradesmen, lawyers, etc), and the peasantry (freehold yeoman farmers). This form of Ständestaat representation lasted until 1865, when representation by estate was abolished and the modern bicameral parliament established. Effectively, however, it did not become a parliament in the modern sense until parliamentary principles were established in the political system in Sweden, in the late 1910s. For other uses, see number 1435. ...
Arboga is a Municipality in Västmanland County, in central Sweden. ...
January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ...
Gustav I of Sweden, Gustav Vasa or Gustav Eriksson Vasa (1496 - 1560), became king of Sweden in 1523 and was the first monarch of the house of Vasa. ...
In several different regions of medieval Europe, and continuing in some countries[] down to the present day, the estates of the realm were broad divisions of society, usually distinguishing nobility, clergy, and commoners; this last group was, in some regions, further divided into burghers (also known as bourgeoisie) and peasants. ...
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Prior to the Constitutional reforms that brought a new Instrument of Government in 1974, the Riksdag underwent an important change in 1970. In 1865 it had been constituted as a political assembly with two chambers but in 1970 it was transformed into a unicameral assembly with 350 seats. By chance, the following general election to the unicameral Riksdag in 1973 only gave the Government the support of 175 members, while the opposition could mobilize an equal force of 175 members. In a number of cases a tied vote ensued, and the final decision had to be determined by lot. To avoid any recurrence of this, the number of seats in Parliament was reduced to 349 from 1976. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Parliament of the Macedonia, the Assembly (Sobranie), has 120 members, elected for a four year term, by proportional representation. ...
The Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro (Serbian: Skupština Republike Crne Gore) is the legislature of Montenegro. ...
The parliament of Serbia is known as the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Ðародна Ñкупштина Републике Србије). The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Predrag Marković (G17 Plus). ...
The English parliament in front of the King, c. ...
The parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the independent Kingdom of Scotland. ...
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...
A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ...
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Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ...
The Peoples Assembly of Abkhazia is the legislature of the internationally unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia. ...
The Lagting, or Lagtinget, is the parliament of Ã…land, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland. ...
The Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ; Crimean Tatar: ; English: ) is the official name of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraines parliament. ...
Assembly of Kosovo (Serbian Скупштина Косова; Albanian Kuvendi i Kosovës) is the highest provisional self-government and representative and law making institution of Kosovo. ...
The parliament of Nagorno Karabakh, the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov), has 33 members, elected for a five year term in single seat constituencies. ...
The Supreme Council of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (Russian: Верховный Совет ПриднеÑтровÑкой МолдавÑкой РеÑпублики, Verkhovny Soviet Pridniestrovskoy Moldavskoy Respubliki) is the parliament of Transnistria. ...
The parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) has 50 members, elected for a five year term by mitigated proportional representation. ...
Southwest Asia in most contexts. ...
The African plate, shown in pinkish-orange The African Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of Africa and extending westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. ...
| Coordinates: 59°19′39″N, 18°04′03″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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