Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014 and for Stockholm County from 1991 to 2000. He previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and as Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.
Matilda Elisabeth Ernkrans is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2021 to 2022 and previously served as Minister for Higher Education and Research January 2019 to November 2021. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006 and a replacement member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2006.
Musikhjälpen is the Swedish version of the Dutch Serious Request radio and television campaign. The annual show is an appeal for money which each year helps a certain cause. Three radio/television personalities are locked inside a glass house for 144 hours,and they broadcast live on Swedish public service radio network Sveriges Radio and on public services television through SVT. People send text messages requesting a song,with each text costing 50,100,200,or 500 Swedish kronor. In later years,a Musikhjälpen-app has been used for requesting songs as well.
Kjell Stefan Löfven is a Swedish politician who has served as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 2021 and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021.
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014. She previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from November 2021 to October 2022,Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee from 2020 to 2022.
General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution,regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The preliminary results presented on 15 September showed the government parties lost their majority,which were confirmed by the final results published on 17 September. After a month of negotiations following the elections that led to the TidöAgreement among the right-wing bloc,Moderate Party (M) leader Ulf Kristersson was elected Prime Minister on 17 October. The Kristersson Cabinet is a minority government that relies on confidence and supply from the Sweden Democrats (SD).
Johan Danielsson is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister for Housing and Deputy Minister for Employment in cabinet of Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson since 30 November 2021.
Events in the year 2021 in Sweden.
Anna-Caren Sätherberg is a Swedish politician. Since 30 November 2021,she serves as minister for rural affairs in Magdalena Andersson's Cabinet. Previously,she served as member of the Riksdag since 29 September 2014,representing the constituency of Jämtland County.
The third cabinet of Stefan Löfven was the Government of Sweden during 9 July 2021 to 30 November 2021. It was a coalition,consisting of two parties:the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The cabinet was installed on 9 July 2021,during a formal government meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf. The government was the result of the aftermath of the 2021 government crisis,which saw Löfven's government removed from power in a vote of no-confidence over proposed reforms to liberalize the rent control system.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021,leaving his government in place as a caretaker cabinet until a new Prime Minister is elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson,the newly-elected head of the Social Democratic party offering to lead a government. She was formally nominated to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag,Andreas Norlén later the same day. It was the third government formation process since the 2018 general election,the first taking a record 144 days before the formation of Löfven's second cabinet. The process took place just ten months ahead of the 2022 general election.
The Andersson Cabinet was the Government of Sweden following the resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the hasty election of Magdalena Andersson as his successor. It was expected to be a coalition government consisting of two parties:the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Green Party. In a late turn of events after the confirmation vote,the Green Party left the government cooperation due to the government's budget proposal failing in the Riksdag. The cabinet were originally planned to be installed on 26 November 2021 during a formal government meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf,but Andersson decided to resign due to a precedent regarding changes in a government's composition;this happened just seven hours after the vote in the Riksdag. The Speaker then set Andersson up for a new confirmation vote to make sure she still had the Riksdag's approval.
Lina Axelsson Kihlblom is a Swedish politician for the Social Democratic party. From 30 November 2021 to 17 October 2022,she was the minister for schooling in Magdalena Andersson's cabinet. She is the first transgender cabinet minister in Swedish history. She transitioned in 1995.
Eva Jeanette Gustafsdotter is a Swedish politician for the Social Democratic party. Since 30 November 2021 she is the Minister of Culture in Magdalena Andersson's cabinet,replacing Amanda Lind.
Ida Victoria Karkiainen is a Swedish politician for the Social Democratic party. She was the Minister for Public Administration in Magdalena Andersson's cabinet from 30 November 2021 to the government's dissolution on October 17 2022.
Max Christian Elger is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Magdalena Andersson from 2021 to 2022.
Events in the year 2022 in Sweden.
Ilan de Basso is a Turkish-born ethnic Assyrian Swedish politician from the Social Democratic Party.
In the run-up to the next Swedish general election,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Sweden. The date range for these opinion polls are from the 2022 Swedish general election,held on 11 September,to the present day. The next election is scheduled for 13 September 2026,but a snap election may be held earlier.
