Fredrik Reinfeldt
Overview
Österhaninge
Österhaninge is an urban area located within Haninge Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is the birthplace of current Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt and hockey player Kristian Huselius....
, Stockholm County
Stockholm County
Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...
, Sweden) is the Prime Minister of Sweden
Prime Minister of Sweden
The Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
, leader of the liberal conservative
Liberal conservatism
Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different...
Moderate Party
Moderate Party
The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
and former President of the European Council
President of the European Council
The President of the European Council is a principal representative of the European Union on the world stage, and the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council...
. He is married to politician Filippa Reinfeldt
Filippa Reinfeldt
Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt is a Swedish Moderate Party politician. She has been Municipal Commissioner of Täby, Uppland, since 2002 and Mayor and Chairperson of the Täby Municipal Executive since 2005...
.
A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League
Moderate Youth League
The Moderate Youth League , officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It had 12 051 members in 2010...
in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a position he held until 1995. He has been a Member of Parliament
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
since 1991, representing his home constituency. Following the 1994 defeat
Swedish general election, 1994
The Swedish general election, 1994 for the 349 seats in the Parliament of Sweden took place on 18 September 1994....
of the Moderate-led coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
, Reinfeldt adopted a critical stance against the party leadership under Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt
, Honorary KCMG is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006...
, which resulted in isolation within the party.
Quotations
The Scandinavian welfare model|Nordic welfare model is in many aspects a good model but it needs more of a choice for individuals.
ibid
Om alla liknar Carl bekräftas vanföreställningarna av moderaterna. Det blir ett parti för Carl Bildt-kopior.
Translation: If everyone appears similar to Carl it confirms the misconceptions about the Moderate Party. It becomes a party for Carl Bildt-copies.
Ursvenskt är bara barbariet. Resten av utvecklingen har kommit utifrån.
Translation: Only barbarism is genuinely Swedish. All further development has come from abroad.
I våldets Sverige så får hederliga medborgare flytta åt sidan. I rädsla för att vara nästa som drabbas av våldsverkaren, med vapen i hand, med drogögon mitt i ansiktet, så vet vi inte vad den här personen är kapabel att göra