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{{Short description|Political party in Sweden}}
{{distinguish|Centre Party (Sweden, 1924)}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Centre Party
| logo             = C v1.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| logo_size        = 100
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| native_name      = Centerpartiet
| abbreviation     = C
| leader1_title    = [[Party leader|Party Chairman]]
| leader1_name     = [[Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist]]
| leader2_title    = [[Parliamentary group leader|Leader in the Riksdag]]
| leader2_name     = [[Daniel Bäckström (politician)|Daniel Bäckström]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/daniel-backstrom_d9b65520-dba2-4ec1-a124-d89d667ebf37|title=Centerpartiet|publisher=[[Riksdag]]|access-date=21 March 2023|archive-date=10 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510040240/http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/daniel-backstrom_d9b65520-dba2-4ec1-a124-d89d667ebf37|url-status=live}}</ref>
| leader3_title    = [[Party Secretary]]
| leader3_name     = [[Karin Ernlund]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/press/pressmeddelande/nyhetsarkiv-2023/2023-02-17-karin-ernlund-ny-partisekreterare-for-centerpartiet|title=Karin Ernlund ny partisekretare for Centerpartiet|publisher=centerpartiet.se|access-date=21 March 2023|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217120154/https://www.centerpartiet.se/press/pressmeddelande/nyhetsarkiv-2023/2023-02-17-karin-ernlund-ny-partisekreterare-for-centerpartiet|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| foundation       = {{Nowrap|{{start date and age|1913|3|2|df=yes}}}}
| headquarters     = Stora Nygatan 4, [[Gamla stan]], [[Stockholm]]
| youth_wing       = [[Centre Party Youth]]
| membership_year  = 2023
| membership       = {{decrease}} 20,377<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-10-13 |title=Medlemsras för Liberalerna – störst tapp bland riksdagspartierna |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/medlemsras-for-liberalerna-storst-tapp-bland-riksdagspartierna |access-date=2024-10-13 |work=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism and centrism in Sweden|Swedish]])<br />[[Agrarianism]] ([[Nordic agrarian parties|Nordic]])
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]
| european         = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| international    = [[Liberal International]]
| affiliation1_title = Nordic affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Centre Group]]
| europarl         = [[Renew Europe]]
| colours          = {{colour box|{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}|border=darkgray}} Green
| seats1_title     = [[Riksdag]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110832 -->
| seats2_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ep}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110832 -->
| seats3_title     = [[County councils of Sweden|County councils]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/L/rike/valda.html|title=2018: Val till landstingsfullmäktige – Valda|publisher=[[Election Authority (Sweden)]]|access-date=2019-07-04|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930231345/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/L/rike/valda.html|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| seats3           = {{composition bar|155|1696|hex={{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Municipal council (Sweden)|Municipal councils]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/K/rike/valda.html|title=2018: Val till kommunfullmäktige – Valda|publisher=[[Election Authority (Sweden)]]|access-date=2019-07-04|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006184416/http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/K/rike/valda.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| seats4           = {{composition bar|1603|12700|hex={{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Sweden
}}

The '''Centre Party''' ({{langx|sv|Centerpartiet}} {{IPA|sv|ˈsɛ̂nːtɛrpaˌʈiːɛt||Sv-Centerpartiet.ogg}}, '''C''') is a [[Liberalism|liberal]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-29 |title=Magdalena Andersson, Sweden's first female PM, unveils new cabinet |url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/29/magdalena-andersson-set-to-be-chosen-as-sweden-s-first-female-pm-again |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129131759/https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/29/magdalena-andersson-set-to-be-chosen-as-sweden-s-first-female-pm-again |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2018 |title=Sweden |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/sweden.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001103902/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/sweden.html |archive-date=1 October 2015 |access-date=31 August 2018 |website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-06 |title=Swedish Social Democrat Löfven is asked to return as PM |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/swedish-social-democrat-lofven-is-asked-to-return-as-pm/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=euractiv.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808180640/https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/swedish-social-democrat-lofven-is-asked-to-return-as-pm/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[List of political parties in Sweden|political party in Sweden]], founded in 1913.

The party focuses on the [[Economy|national economy]], the [[Natural environment|environment]], political [[Decentralization|decentralisation]] and [[social integration]]. It is represented in all of the [[Riksdag]]'s parliamentary committees, currently holding 24 seats. From 2019 to 2021, it provided confidence and supply to the [[Löfven II cabinet]].

Traditionally part of the [[Nordic agrarian parties|Nordic agrarian]] family of political parties, the Centre Party has increasingly switched focus towards [[economic liberalism]], [[environmental protection]], [[gender equality|equality of the sexes]] and [[Decentralization|decentralisation]] of governmental authority.<ref name="SR">{{cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5933041|title=The Centre Party – Centerpartiet|newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]]|date=7 August 2014|access-date=28 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126195421/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5933041|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BischoffWind2015">{{cite book|author1=Carina Bischoff|author2=Marlene Wind|author-link2=Marlene Wind|chapter=Sweden|editor=Donatella M. Viola|title=Routledge Handbook of European Elections|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7stgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA418|date=14 August 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-50363-7|page=418|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228085114/https://books.google.com/books?id=7stgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA418|archive-date=28 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The party describes itself as [[liberal feminism|liberal feminist]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jämställdhet|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/for-elever/jamstalldhet|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2021|website=Centre Party|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906212657/https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/for-elever/jamstalldhet |archive-date=6 September 2018 }}</ref> campaigning for policies which enhance gender equality on an [[individualism|individualist]] basis. Its environmental policies stress the importance of consent and voluntary action,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biologisk mångfald|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/politik-a-o/miljo/biologisk-mangfald|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2021|website=Centre Party|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801202519/https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/politik-a-o/miljo/biologisk-mangfald |archive-date=1 August 2018 }}</ref> including working with [[forester]]s and private landowners to promote [[biodiversity]] within a mutually agreeable framework.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Engagerade privata skogsägare har skapat mångfalden i skogen – inte trädkramarna|url=https://www.allehanda.se/2021-11-20/engagerade-privata-skogsagare-har-skapat-mangfalden-i-skogen--inte-tradkramarna|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Allehanda.se|date=20 November 2021|language=sv|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127105805/https://www.allehanda.se/2021-11-20/engagerade-privata-skogsagare-har-skapat-mangfalden-i-skogen--inte-tradkramarna|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Centre Party has produced two [[Prime Minister of Sweden|prime ministers of Sweden]], who served a total of three terms; [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] was the last Centre Party prime minister, and held the post for a total of five years, from 1976 to 1978 and then again from 1979 to 1982. It is a member of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]], the [[Liberal International]] and [[Renew Europe]]. It was originally named the '''Farmers' League''' ({{langx|sv|link=no|Bondeförbundet}} {{IPA|sv|ˈbʊ̂nːdɛfœrˌbɵndɛt||Sv-Bondeförbundet.ogg}}; '''B''').

== History ==
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[[File:Landsbygden - Rättvisa åt landsbygden 1945.jpg|thumb|Farmers' League 1945 election poster]]
The party was founded in 1913 as the '''Farmers' League''' ({{langx|sv|Bondeförbundet}}, B). In 1922, it merged with the {{ill|National Farmers' Union (Sweden)|lt=National Farmers' Union|sv|Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund}} ({{langx|sv|Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund|link=no}} {{IPA|sv|ˈjûːɖˌbrʉːkaɳas ˈrɪ̂ksfœrˌbɵnd||Sv-Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund.ogg}}, JR), and adopted its current name in 1957. At that time, it had been the closest ally of the [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] (SAP) for twenty-five years, and one of the SAP's [[Coalition government|coalition]] partners between 1936 and 1945 as well as between 1951 and 1957. However, it later revised this strategy in order to establish a closer long-term alliance between the [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] ''borgerlig'' ("bourgeois" or "nonsocialist") parties that achieved power between 1976 and 1982 and between 1991 and 1994.

[[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] served as Leader of the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1976 until 1982, except for a short interregnum between 1978 and 1979 led by [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] leader [[Ola Ullsten]]. The Centre Party joined another centre-right government following the [[1991 Swedish general election|1991 general election]], led by [[Moderate Party]] leader [[Carl Bildt]]. During the leaderships of [[Maud Olofsson]] and [[Annie Lööf]] in the 2000s, the party positioned itself clearly on the [[Right-wing politics|political right]] as a [[Small business|small-business]]-friendly party, advocating [[Market liberalism|market liberal]] policies and viewing the Social Democrats as its main opponent.<ref name="DN">"[https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/guide-centerpartiets-historia-och-ideologi/ Guide: Centerpartiets historia och ideologi] ", ''DN'', 2011-04-18</ref><ref name="SR"/><ref name="local">"[http://www.thelocal.se/20130114/45602 'The Centre Party is a confused party': expert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905031954/http://www.thelocal.se/20130114/45602 |date=5 September 2014 }}", ''The Local'', 14 January 2013</ref>

In 2005, the Centre Party sold the newspaper group it owned, [[Centertidningar AB]], for 1.8 billion [[Swedish krona|SEK]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/nyheter/did_10849780.asp|title=Näringsliv – affärsnyheter, börs och analys|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=16 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040018/http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/nyheter/did_10849780.asp|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> which made it the richest political party in the world at the time.<ref>[http://www.privataaffarer.se/newstext.asp?s=pa&a=7950 Privata Affärer – Centern blir världens rikaste politiska parti<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927152227/http://www.privataaffarer.se/newstext.asp?s=pa&a=7950 |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> In 2022, Annie Lööf resigned her position as Leader of the Centre Party.

== Ideology and political position ==
The Centre Party sits on the [[Centrism|centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radio |first=Sveriges |date=2014-07-21 |title=C är mittenpartiet som vill vara alliansens gröna röst - Radio Sweden på svenska |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/5918911 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.sverigesradio.se |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nyheter |first=S. V. T. |date=2021-05-18 |title=Mats Knutson: ”Centerpartiet vill profilera sig som det tydligaste mittenpartiet” |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/centerpartiet-vill-profilera-sig-som-det-tydligaste-mittenpartiet |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nyheter |first=S. V. T. |date=2021-09-23 |title=Analys: Annie Lööf riskerar att hamna i ”mittens dike” |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/annie-loof-riskerar-att-hamna-i-mittens-dike |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert Sundberg |url=https://www.dalademokraten.se/artikel/opinion/ledare/centerpartiet-glider-at-hoger |title=Centerpartiet glider åt höger |date=20 September 2013 |publisher=Dala-demokraten |language=sv |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010613/https://www.dalademokraten.se/artikel/opinion/ledare/centerpartiet-glider-at-hoger |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Milne |first=Richard |date=24 November 2021 |title=Sweden's prime minister resigns just hours after taking office |url=https://www.ft.com/content/84eabd9c-fca9-4531-9434-3f927014e7e4 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/84eabd9c-fca9-4531-9434-3f927014e7e4 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=25 November 2021 |work=[[Financial Times]] |location=London}}</ref><ref name="Bittner2011">{{cite book|author=Amanda Bittner|title=Platform Or Personality?: The Role of Party Leaders in Elections|publisher= Oxford University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-19-959536-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ykUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|page=151}}</ref> of the [[political spectrum]]. The party has also described as [[Economic liberalism|economically liberal]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-13 |title=Immigrants and Swedes need the same things |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20220613/interview-immigrants-and-swedes-need-the-same-things/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=The Local Sweden |language=en-US |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808180637/https://www.thelocal.se/20220613/interview-immigrants-and-swedes-need-the-same-things/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "ecological-liberal".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Schaffer |first1=Sebastian |last2=Detzer |first2=Sandra |date=2018-08-24 |title=The Comeback of the Swedish Center Party – an Eco-Liberal Story of Hope for Europe? |url=https://libmod.de/en/the-comeback-of-the-swedish-center-party-an-eco-liberal-story-of-hope-for-europe/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Zentrum Liberale Moderne |language=de |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526043041/https://libmod.de/en/the-comeback-of-the-swedish-center-party-an-eco-liberal-story-of-hope-for-europe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It describes itself as a [[Green liberalism|green-liberal]] party,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Socialliberal, nyliberal, grön liberal eller bara liberal? – Centerpartiet |url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/bloggar/anders-w-jonsson---blogg/anders-w-jonsson/2011-08-03-socialliberal-nyliberal-gron-liberal-eller-bara-liberal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/c-pa-3-minuter |title= Centerpartiet på 3 minuter |website= centerpartiet.se |publisher= Centre Party |access-date= 17 October 2022 |archive-date= 17 October 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221017151237/https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/c-pa-3-minuter |url-status= live }}</ref> while it has been traditionally associated with [[agrarianism]] and the [[Nordic agrarian parties|Nordic agrarian]] party family.<ref name="ErssonLane">{{cite book |author1=Svante Ersson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qw62oX96310C&pg=PA108 |title=Politics and Society in Western Europe |author2=Jan-Erik Lane |publisher=SAGE |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-7619-5862-8 |page=108 |access-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602174709/http://books.google.com/books?id=Qw62oX96310C&pg=PA108 |archive-date=2 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MarksWilson">{{cite book |author1=Gary Marks |title=Legitimacy and the European Union |author2=Carole Wilson |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-415-18188-4 |editor1=T. Banchoff |page=123 |chapter=National Parties and the Contestation of Europe |access-date=26 August 2012 |editor2=Mitchell P. Smith |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgvLEFPY8l4C&pg=PA123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530052620/http://books.google.com/books?id=GgvLEFPY8l4C&pg=PA123 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Blandford">{{cite book |author=David Blandford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sg0_bliXgRcC&pg=PA110 |title=Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries |author2=Berkeley Hill |publisher=CABI |year=2006 |isbn=9781845930332 |page=110}}</ref> Former party leader Demirok had pledged to end [[neoliberalism]] in the party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-03 |title=Muharrem Demirok: C ska överge nyliberalismen |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/muharrem-demirok-c-ska-overge-nyliberalismen/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=DN.se |language=sv}}</ref>

=== National economy ===
The party has been described as one of Sweden's most [[Classical liberalism|market liberal]] parties in liberal, socialist and conservative media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/centerpartiet-starkt-framat-i-ny-valjarundersokning/|title=Centerpartiet starkt framåt i ny väljarundersökning|language=sv|newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|date=2016-12-08|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731084404/https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/centerpartiet-starkt-framat-i-ny-valjarundersokning/|archive-date=31 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref> It describes itself as "a party with a green, social and decentralised liberalism".<ref name="centerpartiet.se">{{cite web|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/vara-ideer.html|title=Vår ideologi: Sverige och världen i framtiden|language=sv|publisher=Centre Party|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220094647/https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/vara-ideer.html|archive-date=20 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The party advocates lower taxes, greatly reduced employer contributions, a freer market and an increased {{Ill|RUT-deduction|sv|RUT-avdrag}}. The party is a major supporter of the interests of [[small business]]es, farmers and entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/politik-a-o/ekonomi-och-skatter/ekonomisk-politik.html|title=Ekonomisk politik|publisher=Centre Party|access-date=2019-07-31|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220094113/https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/politik-a-o/ekonomi-och-skatter/ekonomisk-politik.html|archive-date=20 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It also favours investments in infrastructure and transportation, to allow employees to work in bigger cities but still live in the rural areas and vice versa. On economic policy, it views the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]] and the [[Sweden Democrats]] as its opponents, though it supported a government led by the Social Democrats till 2022.

=== Immigration ===
The party is liberal on immigration, seeking to combine a generous immigration policy with an initially more restrictive contribution policy to the immigrants. After the [[2015 European migrant crisis|European migrant crisis]], the party proposed to replace the existing establishment grants with establishment loans, similar to the [[Student financial aid in Sweden|Swedish student loans]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/svtforum/c-vill-ersatta-bidrag-med-etableringslan|title=C vill ersätta bidrag med etableringslån|newspaper=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|date=2016-04-04|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731082240/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/svtforum/c-vill-ersatta-bidrag-med-etableringslan|archive-date=31 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The balance of the state responsibility of accepting [[refugee]]s with their responsibility for integration into Swedish society is at the core of the party policy. In January 2016, the party for example proposed to give all immigrants compulsory civic education in both rights and expectations from the society.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressen.se/debatt/infor-obligatorisk-samhallsinformation-for-nyanlanda/|title=Inför obligatorisk samhällsinformation för nyanlända|publisher=[[Expressen]]|date=2016-01-14|language=sv|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731082242/https://www.expressen.se/debatt/infor-obligatorisk-samhallsinformation-for-nyanlanda/|archive-date=31 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== European Union ===
The party is a decentralist [[Pro-Europeanism|pro-European]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://europeelects.eu/sweden/ | title=Sweden | access-date=27 July 2024 | archive-date=10 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710220413/https://europeelects.eu/sweden/ | url-status=live }}</ref>  party that considers the [[European Union]] important for the preservation of peace, freedom and trade in Europe. The party also advocates a smaller but sharper European Union focused on promoting democracy, peace, free movement, free trade, vigorous action against climate change and collaboration against organized crime, while also believing that Sweden should stay outside the [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union]] and keep the [[Swedish krona|krona]] as its currency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/var-politik/politik-a-o/europaa-o/europa/eu.html|title=Europa|publisher=Centre Party|language=sv|access-date=2019-07-31}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The party is a member of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE Party]] and its affiliated [[European Parliament]] group [[Renew Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/members/member-parties|title=Member Parties|publisher=ALDE|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130020810/http://www.aldeparty.eu/en/members/political-parties|archive-date=30 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[European Committee of the Regions]], the Centre Party sits with the [[Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions|Renew Europe CoR group]] with one full and one alternate member for the 2025-2030 mandate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CoR Members Page|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=mem&language=en&country=SE&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1615217130242|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229182713/http://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/ |archive-date=29 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CoR Members Page|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=alt&language=en&country=SE&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1615217442438|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229182713/http://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/ |archive-date=29 December 2016 }}</ref>

== Publications ==
The Centre Party owned a media consortium called Centertidningar AB. It included newspapers that the party had either started on their own or brought from competitors. It included ''[[Hallands Nyheter]]'', ''[[Södermanlands Nyheter]]'', ''[[Länstidningen i Södertälje]]'', ''[[Nynäshamns Posten]]'', ''[[Norrtelje Tidning]]'', ''[[Lidingö Tidning]]'', ''[[Ljusdalsposten]]'', ''[[Östersunds-Posten]]'', ''[[Hälsingekuriren]]'' and ''[[Hudiksvalls Tidning]]''. The consortium was split in 2005 and sold to [[Mittmedia]], [[Stampen Group]] and [[Vestmanlands Läns Tidning|VLT]] for a total of 1.815 billion [[Swedish krona|Swedish kronor]].

== Election results ==
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=== Riksdag ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Status
|-
! [[September 1914 Swedish general election|Sep 1914]]
| rowspan=3 |
| 1,507
| 0.2 (#4)
| {{composition bar|0|230|hex=#009933}}
|
| {{N/A|No seats}}
|-
! [[1917 Swedish general election|1917]]
| 39,262
| 5.3 (#5)
| {{composition bar|9|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 9
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1920 Swedish general election|1920]]
| 52,318
| 7.9 (#4)
| {{composition bar|20|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 11
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1921 Swedish general election|1921]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Johan Andersson i Raklösen|Johan Andersson]]
| 192,269
| 11.0 (#4)
| {{composition bar|21|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 9
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1924 Swedish general election|1924]]
| 190,396
| 10.8 (#4)
| {{composition bar|23|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1928 Swedish general election|1928]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Olof Olsson i Kullenbergstorp|Olof Olsson]]
| 263,501
| 11.2 (#4)
| {{composition bar|27|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1932 Swedish general election|1932]]
| rowspan=2| 321,215
| rowspan=2| 14.1 (#3)
| rowspan=2| {{composition bar|36|230|hex=#009933}}
| rowspan=2| {{increase}} 9
| {{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1932–1936)}}
|- 
| {{yes2|Minority}} {{small|(1936)}}
|-
! [[1936 Swedish general election|1936]]
| rowspan=5 | [[Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp]]
| 418,840
| 14.4 (#3)
| {{composition bar|36|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{steady}}
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1940 Swedish general election|1940]]
| 344,345
| 12.0 (#3)
| {{composition bar|28|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 8
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1944 Swedish general election|1944]]
| rowspan=2| 421,094
| rowspan=2| 13.6 (#3)
| rowspan=2| {{composition bar|35|230|hex=#009933}}
| rowspan=2| {{increase}} 7
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1944–1945)}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1945–1948)}}
|-
! [[1948 Swedish general election|1948]]
| 480,421
| 12.4 (#3)
| {{composition bar|30|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1952 Swedish general election|1952]]
| rowspan=7 | [[Gunnar Hedlund]]
| 406,183
| 10.7 (#4)
| {{composition bar|26|230|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1956 Swedish general election|1956]]
| 366,612
| 9.5 (#4)
| {{composition bar|19|231|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1958 Swedish general election|1958]]
| 486,760
| 12.7 (#4)
| {{composition bar|32|231|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 13
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1960 Swedish general election|1960]]
| 579,007
| 13.6 (#4)
| {{composition bar|34|232|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1964 Swedish general election|1964]]
| 559,632
| 13.2 (#4)
| {{composition bar|36|233|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1968 Swedish general election|1968]]
| 757,215
| 15.7 (#2)
| {{composition bar|39|233|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1970 Swedish general election|1970]]
| 991,208
| 19.9 (#2)
| {{composition bar|71|350|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 32
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]
| rowspan=6 | [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]]
| 1,295,246
| 25.1 (#2)
| {{composition bar|90|350|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 19
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]
| rowspan=2| 1,309,669
| rowspan=2| 24.1 (#2)
| rowspan=2| {{composition bar|86|349|hex=#009933}}
| rowspan=2| {{decrease}} 4
| {{yes2|Coalition}} {{small|(1976–1978)}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1978–1979)}}
|-
! [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]
| 984,589
| 18.1 (#3)
| {{composition bar|64|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 22
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]
| 859,618
| 15.5 (#3)
| {{composition bar|56|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 8
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]
| 490,999
| 8.8 (#4)
| {{composition bar|43|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 13
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Olof Johansson]]
| 607,240
| 11.3 (#4)
| {{composition bar|42|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]
| 465,356
| 8.5 (#4)
| {{composition bar|31|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]
| rowspan=2| 425,153
| rowspan=2| 7.7 (#3)
| rowspan=2| {{composition bar|27|349|hex=#009933}}
| rowspan=2| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}} {{small|(1994–1995)}}
|-
| {{partial2|External support}} {{small|(1995–1998)}}
|-
! [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]
| [[Lennart Daléus]]
| 269,762
| 5.1 (#5)
| {{composition bar|18|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 9
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Maud Olofsson]]
| 328,428
| 6.2 (#6)
| {{composition bar|22|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]
| 437,389
| 7.9 (#3)
| {{composition bar|29|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]
| 390,804
| 6.6 (#5)
| {{composition bar|23|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Annie Lööf]]
| 370,834
| 6.1 (#5)
| {{composition bar|22|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]
| 557,500 	
| 8.6 (#4)
| {{composition bar|31|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 9
| {{partial2|External support}}
|-
! [[2022 Swedish general election|2022]]
| 434,945	
| 6.7 (#5)
| {{composition bar|24|349|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

=== European Parliament ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Election
! List leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! EP Group
|-
! [[1995 European Parliament election in Sweden|1995]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Karl Erik Olsson]]
| 192,077
| 7.16 (#5)
| {{composition bar|2|22|hex=#009933}}
| New
| rowspan=2 | [[European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party|ELDR]]
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Sweden|1999]]
| 151,442
| 5.99 (#7)
| {{composition bar|1|22|hex=#009933}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Sweden|2004]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Lena Ek]]
| 157,258
| 6.26 (#6)
| {{composition bar|1|19|hex=#009933}}
| {{steady}}
| rowspan=3 | [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Sweden|2009]]
| 173,414
| 5.47 (#7)
| {{composition bar|1|18|hex=#009933}}{{composition bar|1|20|hex=#009933}}
| {{steady}}<br />{{steady}}
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Sweden|2014]]
| Kent Johansson
| 241,101
| 6.49 (#6)
| {{composition bar|1|20|hex=#009933}}
| {{steady}}
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Sweden|2019]]
| [[Fredrick Federley]]
| 447,641
| 10.78 (#5)
| {{composition bar|2|20|hex=#009933}}
| {{increase}} 1
| rowspan=2 | [[Renew Europe|RE]]
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Sweden|2024]]
| [[Emma Wiesner]]
| 306,227
| 7.29 (#6)
| {{composition bar|2|21|hex=#009933}}
| {{steady}}
|}

== Voter base ==
[[File:Centerpartiet2006.svg|thumb|Centre Party election results for 2006, showing the significant focus of Centre Party support in rural areas<br />{{legend|#B9FFAF|0-4.9%}}{{legend|#73FF5F|5-7.8%}}{{legend|#1FFA00|8-11.9%}}{{legend|#17BE00|12-15.9%}}{{legend|#109600|16%+}}]]
Traditionally, most of the party's voters come from rural areas and include farmers and agricultural producers. Since the takeover of [[Maud Olofsson]] in recent years, the party has been attracting [[Liberalism|liberal]] voters from urban areas in central Sweden. It is believed that voters from the [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]] have been moving to the Centre Party due to changes in both parties.<ref>"Towards a two-party system? The Swedish parliamentary election of September 2006", ''Nicholas Aylott and Niklas Bolin'', West European Politics, 2007 forthcoming</ref>

== Leaders of the Centre Party ==
The Leader of the Centre Party is its highest political and organisational officer, its [[Party chair|president]] in the [[Board of directors|National Executive Board]] and representative of the party in the media, in public and with other parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/kontakt/partistyrelsen.html|title=Partistyrelsen|website=centerpartiet.se|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804214254/https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/kontakt/partistyrelsen.html|archive-date=4 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The party leader has often held an important [[Minister (government)|cabinet portfolio]] when the party has been part of a coalition.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Portrait
! Period
! Notes
|-
| Erik Eriksson
| {{CSS image crop|Image =No image.svg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 1|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1916–1920
|
|-
| [[Johan Andersson i Raklösen|Johan Andersson]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =No image.svg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 1|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1920–1924
|
|-
| [[Johan Johansson i Kälkebo|Johan Johansson]] 
| {{CSS image crop|Image =No image.svg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 1|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1924–1928
|
|-
| [[Olof Olsson (politician)|Olof Olsson]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =No image.svg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 1|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1928–1934
|
|-
| [[Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp portrait.webp|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1934–1949
| [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] from 19 June 1936 to 28 September 1936.<br />Minister of Agriculture from 1936 to 1945.
|-
| [[Gunnar Hedlund]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Gunnar Hedlund 1966.jpg|bSize = 80|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| 1949–1971
| [[Minister of the Interior (Sweden)|Minister of the Interior]] from 1951 to 1957.
|-
| [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Falldin.JPG|bSize = 65|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1971–1985
| Two-time [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] from 1976 to 1978, and 1979 to 1982.
|-
| [[Karin Söder]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Karin Söder old portrait.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 1985–1987
| First woman in Sweden to be elected the leader of a major political party.<br />One of the first female foreign ministers in the world.<br />[[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] from 1976 to 1978.<br />[[Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Health and Social Affairs]] from 1979 to 1982. 
|-
| [[Olof Johansson]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Olof Johansson2.jpg|bSize = 80|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}}
| 1987–1998
| [[Minister for Energy (Sweden)|Minister for Energy]] from 1976 to 1978.<br />[[Minister for the Environment (Sweden)|Minister for the Environment]] from 1991 to 1994.
|-
| [[Lennart Daléus]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Centerpartiets valaffisch 1998 med Lennart Daléus.jpg|bSize = 75|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}}
| 1998–2001
|
|-
| [[Maud Olofsson]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Energi- och naringsminister Maud Olofsson. Sverige.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 2001–2011
| Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2010.<br />[[Minister for Business and Industry (Sweden)|Minister for Business and Industry]] from 2006 to 2011.
|-
| [[Annie Lööf]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Annie Lööf 2019 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 2011–2023
| [[Minister for Business and Industry (Sweden)|Minister for Business and Industry]] from 2011 to 2014.
|-
| [[Muharrem Demirok]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Muharrem_Demirok_(cropped2).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 2023–2025
| 
|-
| [[Anna-Karin Hatt]]
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Anna-Karin Hatt 2025 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| 2025–
| [[Minister for Energy (Sweden)|Minister for Energy]] from 2011 to 2014.
[[Minister for Digital Development (Sweden)|Minister for Digital Development]] from 2011 to 2014.
[[Regions of Sweden|Minister for Regions]] from 2010 to 2011.
|-
|}

== Current Members of the Swedish Parliament ==
Current Members of the Swedish Parliament:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/vara-politiker/riksdagsledamoter | title=Riksdagsledamöter | access-date=3 June 2024 | archive-date=13 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813092000/https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/vara-politiker/riksdagsledamoter/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Bäckström (politician)|Daniel Bäckström]], parliamentary leader, spokesperson for rural affairs, member for [[Värmland County|Värmland]]
* [[Ulrika Heie]], first deputy parliamentary leader and spokesperson for infrastructure policy, member for [[Västra Götalands läns östra]]
* [[Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist]], second deputy parliamentary leader, spokesperson for enterprise, member for [[Stockholms stad]]
* [[Anders W. Jonsson]], spokesperson för healthcare policy, member for [[Gävleborg County|Gävleborg]]
* [[Alireza Akhondi]], spokesperson for housing, member for [[Stockholms län]]
* [[Anders Karlsson (politician)|Anders Karlsson]], member for [[Jönköpings län]]
* [[Anders Ådahl]], spokesperson for science and higher education, member for [[Västra Götalands läns västra|Västra götalands läns västra]]
* [[Anna Lasses]], spokesperson for international aid, member for [[Stockholms län]]
* [[Anne-Li Sjölund]], spokesperson for sports, member for [[Västernorrland County|Västernorrland]]
* [[Catarina Deremar]], spokesperson for culture, member for [[Uppsala län]]
* [[Christofer Bergenblock]], spokesperson for elderly care and disability rights, member for [[Halland County|Halland]]
* [[Helena Lindahl]], spokesperson for taxation, member for [[Västerbotten County|Västerbotten]]
* [[Helena Vilhelmsson]], spokesperson for gender equality, member for [[Örebro län]]
* [[Jonny Cato]], spokesperson for employment, member for [[Skåne läns västra]] 
* [[Kerstin Lundgren]], third deputy speaker of the Riksdag, spokesperson for foreign policy, member for [[Stockholms län]]
* [[Malin Björk]], spokesperson for constitutional affairs, member for [[Stockholm Municipality|Stockholms stad]]
* [[Martin Ådahl]], spokesperson for economic policy, member for [[Stockholm Municipality|Stockholms stad]]
* [[Martina Johansson]], spokesperson for social security, member for [[Södermanland County|Södermanland]]
* Mikael Larsson, spokesperson for defence, member for [[Västra Götalands läns södra]]
* [[Muharrem Demirok]], member for [[Östergötland County|Östergötland]]
* [[Niels Paarup-Petersen]], spokesperson for education policy, member for [[Malmö Municipality|Malmö]]
* [[Rickard Nordin]], spokesperson for energy and climate policy, member for [[Gothenburg]]
* [[Stina Larsson]], spokesperson for environmental policy, member for [[Skåne läns södra]]
* [[Ulrika Liljeberg]], spokesperson for legal policy, member for [[Dalarna County|Dalarna]]

Substitutes: 
* [[Mona Smedman]] (January - May 2024), for Daniel Bäckström
* [[Emelie Nyman]] (January - June 2024), for Niels Paarup-Petersen

== Party leadership ==
The current party leadership includes:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/vart-parti/vara-politiker/partistyrelse | title=Partistyrelse }}</ref>
* [[Muharrem Demirok|Anna-Karin Hatt]], [[Party leader|chairperson of the Centre Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Anna-Karin Hatt är ny partiledare för Centerpartiet |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/LMEnAx/ny-partiledare-for-c |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref>
* Rickard Nordin, deputy chairperson of the Centre Party<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Centerns nya vice partiledare: ”Många som är trötta på tjafs” - Altinget |url=https://www.altinget.se/miljo/namn/centerns-nya-vice-partiledare-maanga-som-ar-trotta-paa-tjafs |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.altinget.se}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Bäckström (politician)|Daniel Bäckström]], [[parliamentary leader]] and spokesperson for rural policy<ref name=":0" />
* [[Ulrika Liljeberg]], [[Member of Parliament (Sweden)|member of parliament]] and spokesperson for legal policy<ref name=":0" />
* [[Martin Ådahl]], [[Member of Parliament (Sweden)|member of parliament]] and spokesperson for economic policy
* [[Madelaine Jacobsson]], mayor of the [[Nordmaling Municipality]]
* [[Karin Ernlund]], [[Secretary-General|Secretary-General of the Centre Party]]
==See also==
{{cmn|
* [[Liberals (Sweden)]]
* [[Centerkvinnorna]]
* [[Centre Party (Sweden, 1924)]]
* [[Per Jonas Edberg]]
* [[David Gomér]]
* [[Erik Grebäck]]
* [[Carl Grewesmühl]]
* [[Emil Gustafson i Vimmerby]]
* [[Aron Gustafsson]]
* [[Per Gustafsson i Benestad]]
* [[Gustav Hallagård]]
* [[Ulrich Hommel]]
* [[Emil Hultman]]
* [[Helmer Johansson]]
* [[Gustaf Jonnergård]]
* [[Arvid Jonsson]]
* [[Hugo Karlström]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.riksdagen.se/en/members-and-parties/parties-in-the-riksdag/the-centre-party/ The Swedish Parliament: The Centre Party]

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