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Sweden

Sweden

StaleSovereign state

Sweden

Primary executive

Stale
Ulf Kristersson
Originalhttps://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/photo/P-061521~2F00-01 · European Commission (Christophe Licoppe) · CC BY · Original

Ulf Kristersson

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of Sweden · Principal · De jure

Head of state

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026
Executive system
Constitutional monarchy · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office
Head of government
Why this office is primary
The King is a non-political and representative head of state, while the Prime Minister leads the Government and is accountable to the Riksdag; executive political authority rests with the head of government.

Next election

Scheduled

2026 Swedish Riksdag election

Sep 13, 2026 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
Proportional representation in multi-member constituencies with national adjustment seats for a 349-seat Riksdag.
Swedish Election Authority - 2026 Riksdag election

Latest election

Completed

2022 Swedish Riksdag election

Sep 11, 2022 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
Proportional representation in multi-member constituencies with national adjustment seats for a 349-seat Riksdag.
Published result
S · 30.3% · 107 Seats; SD · 20.5% · 73 Seats; M · 19.1% · 68 Seats; V · 6.8% · 24 Seats; C · 6.7% · 24 Seats; KD · 5.3% · 19 Seats; MP · 5.1% · 18 Seats; L · 4.6% · 16 Seats
Swedish Election Authority - 2022 Riksdag election results

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
69
Active in source
25
Historical in source
44
parties shown
69
Founded
Oct 17, 1904
Ideology
Conservative, Atlanticism, conservative liberalism, economic liberalism, liberal conservatism, pro-Europeanism
Political spectrum
Centre-right
Party leadership
Ulf Kristersson
ActiveWikidataOpen profile
More parties (57)
Founded
Mar 2, 1913
Ideology
Agrarian, decentralization, agrarianism, green liberalism
Party leadership
Anna-Karin Hatt
HistoricalWikidataOpen profile
Founded
Sep 20, 1981
Ideology
green politics, environmentalism
Political spectrum
Centre-left
Party leadership
Amanda Lind, Daniel Helldén
HistoricalWikidataOpen profile
Founded
May 13, 1917
Ideology
feminism, democratic socialism, euroscepticism
Party leadership
Nooshi Dadgostar
HistoricalWikidataOpen profile
Founded
Aug 5, 1934
Ideology
liberalism
Political spectrum
Centre-right
Party leadership
Simona Mohamsson
HistoricalWikidataOpen profile

Administration

Partial

Government of Sweden

Current

Aug 9, 2026 · 0 Party

Legislature

Partial

Parliament of Sweden

Elections

Partial

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 2022-09-11

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 11, 2022

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 2019-05-26

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

May 26, 2019

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 2018-09-09

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 9, 2018

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 2014-09-14

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 14, 2014

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 2014-05-25

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

May 25, 2014

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 2010-09-19

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 19, 2010

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 2009-06-07

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jun 7, 2009

Completed

2006 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 17, 2006

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 2006-09-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 17, 2006

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 2004-06-13

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jun 13, 2004

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 2002-09-15

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 15, 2002

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 1999-06-13

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jun 13, 1999

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1998-09-20

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 20, 1998

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 1995-09-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 17, 1995

Completed

Sweden — European Parliament — 1995-01-01

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jan 1, 1995

Completed

1994 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 18, 1994

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1994-09-18

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 18, 1994

Completed

1991 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 15, 1991

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1991-09-15

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 15, 1991

Completed

1988 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 18, 1988

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1988-09-18

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 18, 1988

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1985-09-15

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 15, 1985

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1982-09-19

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 19, 1982

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1979-09-16

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 16, 1979

Completed

1976 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 19, 1976

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1976-09-19

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 19, 1976

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1973-09-16

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 16, 1973

Completed

1970 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 20, 1970

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1970-09-20

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 20, 1970

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1968-09-15

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 15, 1968

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1964-09-20

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 20, 1964

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1960-09-18

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 18, 1960

Completed

1958 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 1, 1958

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1958-06-01

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Jun 1, 1958

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1956-09-16

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 16, 1956

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1952-09-21

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 21, 1952

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1948-09-19

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 19, 1948

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1944-09-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 17, 1944

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1940-09-15

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 15, 1940

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1936-09-20

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 20, 1936

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1932-09-18

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 18, 1932

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1928-09-21

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 21, 1928

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1924-09-21

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 21, 1924

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1921-09-26

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 26, 1921

Completed

1921 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 10, 1921

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1920-09-17

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 17, 1920

Completed

1920 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 4, 1920

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1917-09-16

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 16, 1917

Completed

1917 Swedish general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 1, 1917

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1914-09-13

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 13, 1914

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1914-04-07

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Apr 7, 1914

Completed

Sweden — Parliamentary election — 1911-09-24

Parliamentary election · Legislative · Round 1

Sep 24, 1911

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

13

  1. 1Government Offices of Sweden - Office of the Prime Ministercitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Government Offices of Sweden - Sweden new Governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Government Offices of Sweden - Statement of Government Policycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Royal Court of Sweden - HM The Kingcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Royal Court of Sweden - The Monarchy of Swedencitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Swedish Election Authority - 2022 Riksdag election resultscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Swedish Election Authority - 2026 Riksdag electioncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8Swedish Riksdag - Members and partiescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9Government Offices of Sweden - Government prioritiescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  10. 10Official institutions of SwedenOFFICIAL-PUBLIC-RECORD · Aug 10, 2026
  11. 11WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  12. 12Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  13. 13Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Northern Europe

Norway. Primary executive: Jonas Gahr Støre. Head of state: Harald V of Norway. StaleSweden. Primary executive: Ulf Kristersson. Head of state: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. StaleLithuania. Primary executive: Mindaugas Sinkevičius. Head of state: Gitanas Nausėda. StaleLatvia. Primary executive: Andris Kulbergs. Head of state: Edgars Rinkēvičs. StaleEstonia. Primary executive: Kristen Michal. Head of state: Alar Karis. StaleIreland. Primary executive: Micheál Martin. Head of state: Catherine Connolly. StaleDenmark. Primary executive: Mette Frederiksen. Head of state: Frederik X of Denmark. StaleUnited Kingdom. Primary executive: Andy Burnham. Head of state: Charles III. StaleIceland. Primary executive: Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir. Head of state: Halla Tómasdóttir. ConflictingFinland. Primary executive: Petteri Orpo. Head of state: Alexander Stubb. Stale
SwedenPrimary executive: Ulf KristerssonHead of state: Carl XVI Gustaf of SwedenStale
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