Swedish Social Democratic Party

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The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti) was established on 23 April 1889, and is Sweden's biggest political party of social democracy. The party has been in the lead with a Prime Minister for the longest and most amount of time in Sweden. Stefan Löfven is the current leader for the party. The party lost to the Moderate Party in the 2006 and 2010 elections. However, in 2014 The Swedish Social Democratic Party won with 31% of the votes.

Olof Palme, one of Sweden's most famous politicians, was the party leader from October many years before he was murdered in February 1986.

Years in power

• Cabinet Branting I, 1920,
• Cabinet Branting II, 1921-1923,
• Cabinet Branting III, 1924-1925,
• Cabinet Sandler, 1925-1926,
• Cabinet Hansson I, 1932-1936,
• Cabinet Hansson II, 1936-1940,
• SamlingsCabinet (Cabinet Hansson III), 1940-1945,
• Cabinet Hansson IV, 1945-1946,
• Cabinet Erlander I, 1946-1951,
• Cabinet Erlander II, 1951-1957 (With Bondeförbundet),
• Cabinet Erlander III, 1957-1969,
• Cabinet Palme I, 1969-1976,
• Cabinet Palme II, 1982-1986,
• Cabinet Carlsson I, 1986-1990,
• Cabinet Carlsson II, 1990-1991,
• Cabinet Carlsson III, 1994-1996,
• Cabinet Persson, 1996-2006,

Election results

• 1911 - 28.5%
• 1914 - 30.1%
• 1914 - 36.4%
• 1917 - 39.2%
• 1920 - 36.1%
• 1921 - 39.4%
• 1924 - 41.1%
• 1928 - 37.0%
• 1932 - 41.1%
• 1936 - 45.9%
• 1940 - 53.8%
• 1944 - 46.7%
• 1948 - 46.1%
• 1952 - 46.1%
• 1956 - 44.6%
• 1958 - 46.2%

• 1960 - 47.8%
• 1964 - 47.3%
• 1968 - 50.1%
• 1970 - 45.3%
• 1973 - 43.8%
• 1976 - 42.7%
• 1979 - 43.2%
• 1982 - 45.6%
• 1985 - 44.7%
• 1988 - 43.2%
• 1991 - 37.7%
• 1994 - 45.3%
• 1998 - 36.4%
• 2002 - 39.9%
• 2006 - 35.0%
• 2010 - 30.7%

Other websites

• Socialdemokraterna Archived 2013-05-20 at the Wayback Machine (in English)