List of political parties in Sweden

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Template:Sidebar with collapsible listsThis article lists 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.

National parties

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

Parties with official representation

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

Party		Template:Tooltip	Leader	Ideology	Political position	EP group	MPs	MEPs	Municipality
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Swedish Social Democratic Party {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Magdalena Andersson	Social democracy	Centre-left	S&D	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Sweden Democrats {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Jimmie Åkesson	Template:Ubl	Right-wing to far-right	ECR	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Moderate Party {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Ulf Kristersson	Liberal conservatism	Template:Nowrap	EPP	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Left Party {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Nooshi Dadgostar	Template:Ubl	Left-wing	The Left	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Centre Party {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist	Liberalism Agrarianism (Nordic)	Centre to centre-right	Renew	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Christian Democrats {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Ebba Busch	Template:Ubl	Centre-right to right-wing	EPP	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Green Party {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Daniel Helldén Amanda Lind	Template:Ubl	Centre-left	Greens/EFA	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Liberals {{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	Template:Party abbr	Simona Mohamsson	Template:Ubl	Centre-right	Renew	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar

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.
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Minor parties

Alternative for Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2018–present)
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Citizens' Coalition ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2014–present)
Classical Liberal Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2004–present)
Climate Alliance ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2021–present)
Communist Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 1970–present)
Communist Party of Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 1995–present)
Direct Democrats ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2014–present)
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European Workers Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 1974–present)
Feminist Initiative ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2005–present) – Represented in the European Parliament 2014–2019.
Health Care Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2005–present)
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Independent Rural Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2010–present)
Nordic Resistance Movement ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 1997–present)
Nuance Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2020–present)
Pirate Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2006–present) – Represented in the European Parliament 2009–2014.
Revolutionary Communist Party (Revolutionära Kommunist Partiet)
Socialist Justice Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 1997–present)
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Unity ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 1990–present)
Volt Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 2018–present)

Defunct and historical parties

Caps ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 18th century)
Hats ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 18th century)
Junker Party (1850s)
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1921–1923)
Communist Party of Sweden – Höglund Faction ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1924–1926)
Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1929–1948)
Clerical People's Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1930s)
National Socialist Workers’ Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1933–1945)
Swedish Socialist Party (Svenska socialistiska partiet), a Swedish Nazi party, 1943-1948
Left Socialist Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1940–1963)
Revolutionary Socialist Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1950–1951)
Communist Labour League of Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1956–1967)
Communist League Marxist-Leninists/Communist Party of Sweden/Solidarity Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1967-199?)
Progress Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, existed in various forms between 1968 and 2000)
Marxist–Leninist Struggle League ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1970–1981)
Centre Democrats ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1974–2006)
Communist Unity Groups ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1975–1977)
Communist Workers' League of Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1977–?)Template:Citation needed
Communist Party of Sweden (marxist-leninists)/Communist Workers Party of Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1980–1993)
Communist Party in Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1982–1993)
The Marxists ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1990s)
Workers' List/People's Democrats (sv) ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1990–2002)
New Democracy ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1991–2000)
- Alliance Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 199X–2006)
Natural Law Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1992–2004)
Template:Ill ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1993–2006)
New Future ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1993–2006)
Template:Ill ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1998)
National Democrats ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2001–2014)
Party of the Swedes ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2008–2015)
Revolutionary Workers' League of Sweden ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1975–1983)
Unique Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2006)
Communist League ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1980–2010)
Liquor Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2009–2010)
Socialist Party ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1971–present) - as of 2019, the Socialist Party actively encourages its members to vote for the Left Party.
June List ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 2004–2014) – Represented in the European Parliament 2004–2009. Did not participate in the 2019 election.

Joke parties

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Regional and local parties

Template:Interlanguage link info Template:List expand The following is a list of currently activeTemplate:Efn 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