Social Democrats

A social democratic political party in Sweden.

Founded in 1889, the Social Democratic Party is the country's oldest and currently largest party. It has dominated the country's politics for the past century, being returned as the largest party in every election since September 1914. It led the government continuously from 1932 to 1976 and all but one term from 1982 to 2006. It is currently in opposition after the left bloc narrowly lost the 2022 election. The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Chairperson: Claes Tholin (1896–1907), Hjalmar Branting (1907–1925), Per Albin Hansson (1925–1946), Tage Erlander (1946–1969), Olof Palme (1969–1986), Ingvar Carlsson (1986–1996), Göran Persson (1996–2007), Mona Sahlin (2007–2011), Håkan Juholt (2011–2012), Stefan Löfven (2012–2021), Magdalena Andersson (2021–)