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vriggy t1_iskdupn wrote
From top to bottom
Ö - Misc.
NYD - New democracy (basically far right populstic ideology)
SD - Swedish democrats (far right ideology with its roots in ultra nationalistic ideology, ie nazis)
KD - Christian democrats (used to be closer to center, inching further to the right the past few years)
M - Moderates (right leaning capitalstic ideology, used to be very liberal - also inching further towards the right in the last 4 yrs or so)
LIB or L - Liberals (right of center ideology, mixed bag of proposals)
L - Not sure if these are Liberals or LIB was.
FI - Feminstic initative (far left, super "woke" - aka "everything is the fault of men")
MP - Green party (environmental issues, left leaning party)
JRF - Not sure what this is
C - The center party (slight left of center, used to be more center, past few years has been inching closer towards the left)
S - Social democrats (the party that has basically been running the country for the majority of the last 100 yrs, far left leaning however trying to distance themselves from FI/V as much as possible lately, used be to called "The workers' party")
V - Left party (far left, ultra "woke" - basically same as FI in today's climate, used to be "OG woke" but turned even further left once real "equality of opportunity" became a mainstream idea)
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SSV/SKP/SP are all communist parties that barely/do not exist anymore. I think LIB might be an old party as well, L should be the "Liberals".
MrMitchWeaver t1_iskenua wrote
The recent growth of the right is stunning. It's been happening in many places but it's specially surprising for a left leaning country like Sweden
starkprod t1_iskjtgk wrote
Much of the right is now SD who are also social conservatives, meaning they focus on issues like care for elderly and unemployed. Basically stealing part of the voter base from the left wing parties while also eating from the right with the more conservative topics.
vriggy t1_ismwrt4 wrote
Sweden might be a socialist country but it is actually very conservative (especially if you compare to Denmark and Norway). When it comes to social issues Sweden is less convervative than its neighbours.
MrMitchWeaver t1_iskec07 wrote
THANK YOU!
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Megadamen t1_iskv54c wrote
I think it's almost impossible to talk about the economic left-right in Swedish politics when the political landscape is dominated with GAL-TAN. In example, the economic politics of C is bordering libertarian in some aspects, while SD leans more center in economic questions. S might be far left in an American context, but in a Swedish context I would put them center-left. On the GAL-TAN scale though, I'd say C is GAL (probably even more than V since they got a new leader), SD is clear TAN and S is GAL but more to the center.
LeTonVonLaser t1_isncbje wrote
I think the GAL-TAN scale isn't as common in an international context (at least I couldn't find an english article about it), so to clarify if someone is confused:
GAL = Green, Alternative, Liberal
TAN = Traditional, Authoritarian, Nationalistic
ConnectomeOnComms t1_iskcmgm wrote
maugust09 t1_isj4m98 wrote
Naturally the Fish party is the most prominent
Vharmi t1_iskr3jp wrote
Short breakdown of the current parties:
FI: Feminist party, blame the men!
V: Left party, blame the rich!
S: Social democrats, blame the moderates!
MP: Green party, blame the car drivers!
C: Center party, blame the left party and the nationalists!
L: Liberals, blame everything state owned!
M: Moderates: Blame the social democrats!
KD: Christian Democrats, also blame the social democrats! Especially for ruining healthcare. Except you're in control of the majority of the healthcare regions.
SD: Nationalists, blame the immigrants!
LeTonVonLaser t1_isnc03i wrote
Sorry for nitpicking, but I think the title is a little bit misleading. This is the amount of votes per party, not representation in parlament. Doesn't make a lot of difference, but for example F! has never had representation in the parlament because they never got more than 4% av the votes.
MaxEin OP t1_isnf4z0 wrote
That is true
thetreecycle t1_islfygh wrote
As an American, I am deeply jealous of the diversity and number of political parties that Sweden has.
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ColinTheMonster t1_iskmixi wrote
The rise of the right is truly occurring all throughout the western world.
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MrMitchWeaver t1_isk3log wrote
Party names and rough ideology in English would be nice.