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Sweden (European Parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
In European elections
, Sweden is a constituency of the
European Parliament
, currently represented by nineteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Sweden
.
Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the Union on 1 January 1995. 59 delegates (21 from Austria, 16 from Finland, 22 from Sweden) were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 626. Elections to elect the 22 MEPs for Sweden were held on 17 September 1995.
The 1999 European election
was the fifth election to the European Parliament.
The 2004 European election
was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Sweden.
Elections in the European Union
Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...
, Sweden is a constituency of the
European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....
European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
, currently represented by nineteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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Current MEPs
As of October 2007| Name | National Party | EP group |
|---|---|---|
| Jan Andersson Jan Andersson Jan Andersson is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.He is also a... |
Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... |
PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The... |
| Maria Carlshamre Maria Carlshamre Maria Robsahm, before June 2008 Maria Carlshamre, , is a Swedish politician and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009. She was elected as a member of the Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe... |
Feministiskt initiativ Feminist Initiative (Sweden) Feminist Initiative is a feminist political party in Sweden. The party was formed in 2005 and announced on 9 September 2005 that it would put up candidates for the 2006 parliamentary elections in Sweden... |
ALDE |
| Charlotte Cederschiöld Charlotte Cederschiöld Ulla Margareta Charlotte Cederschiöld is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Moderate Party, part of the European People's Party - European Democrats group.... |
Moderata samlingspartiet 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... |
EPP–ED |
| Lena Ek Lena Ek Lena Ek is a Swedish politician, current Minister for the Environment and a former Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry,... |
Centerpartiet Centre Party (Sweden) The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social... |
ALDE |
| Göran Färm Göran Färm Göran Färm is a PES Member of the European Parliament for Sweden. He was born on 17 October 1949 in Stockholm. His national party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party and sits on the Committee on Budgets... |
Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Christofer Fjellner Christofer Fjellner Gustav Christofer Ingemar Fjellner is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Moderate Party, part of the European People's Party - European Democrats group.... |
Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Hélène Goudin Hélène Goudin Hélène Goudin is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the June List; part of the Independence and Democracy group. Goudin is a Vice Chair of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and Co-President and Treasurer of the EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies.-... |
Junilistan June List The June List is a Swedish, eurosceptic political party. Founded in 2004, it received 14% in the European Parliament election of the same year - gaining three seats. In the elections of 2009, however, it saw an 11% slump in support and lost all of its seats... |
ID Independence and Democracy The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament was a group of eurosceptic and eurorealist political parties in the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs.... |
| Anna Hedh Anna Hedh Anna Hedh is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.She is also a... |
Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Gunnar Hökmark Gunnar Hökmark Anders Gunnar Hökmark is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Moderate Party; part of the European People's Party.... |
Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Jens Holm Jens Holm Jens Holm is a Swedish politician 2006-2009. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Party... |
Vänsterpartiet Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... |
GUE–NGL European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left/Nordic Green Left is a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament since 1995.-Position:According to its 1994 constituent declaration, the group is opposed to the present European political structure, but committed to integration... |
| Anna Ibrisagic Anna Ibrisagic Anna Ibrisagic, born 23 May 1967 in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Moderate Party, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.She is also... |
Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Nils Lundgren Nils Lundgren Nils Gustav Herman Lundgren is a Swedish politician, economist, eurosceptic and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the eurosceptical June List, which he also co-founded.... |
Junilistan | ID |
| Carl Schlyter Carl Schlyter Carl Schlyter is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Green Party, which is part of the European Greens, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety... |
Miljöpartiet de Gröna Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... |
G-EFA European Greens–European Free Alliance The Greens European Free Alliance is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament.... |
| Olle Schmidt Olle Schmidt Torsten Olof "Olle" Fredrik Schmidt is a Swedish politician. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, between 1999 and 2004, and again since 2006.He sits on the European Parliament's... |
Folkpartiet liberalerna Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... |
ALDE |
| Inger Segelström Inger Segelström Inger Agneta Segelström is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, part of the Socialist Group.... |
Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Eva-Britt Svensson Eva-Britt Svensson Eva-Britt Svensson is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Left Party.... |
Vänsterpartiet | GUE–NGL |
| Åsa Westlund Åsa Westlund Åsa Ingrid Gunilla Westlund is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.-External links:**... |
Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Anders Wijkman Anders Wijkman Anders Ivar Sven Wijkman is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. As a member of the European Parliament, he focusses on issues related to climate change, environment, development cooperation and humanitarian affairs.He is a member of the Christian Democrats, part of the... |
Kristdemokraterna Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf... |
EPP–ED |
| Lars Wohlin Lars Wohlin Lars Magnus Wohlin is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was elected into the European Parliament as a member of the June List, but later joined Kristdemokraterna.... |
Kristdemokraterna | EPP–ED |
1995
1999
European Parliament election, 1999
The European Parliament Election, 1999 was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where...
was the fifth election to the European Parliament.
2004
European Parliament election, 2004
Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...
was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Sweden.
2009
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu