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vriggy t1_iskdupn wrote

Reply to comment by MrMitchWeaver in [OC] The representation of the Swedish parties in the Swedish parliament over time since 1911. by MaxEin

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".

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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