Moderate Party (M)

It has been led by Ulf Kristersson since 2017 and leads the government formed in 2022, with 70 of 349 Riksdag seats after the 2026 election. It is named in the question of which parties will be in the next Swedish government after the 2026 election.

History

The party was founded on 17 October 1904 as the General Electoral League to support conservatives in the Riksdag against rising social democratic and liberal influence. It was renamed the National Organization of the Right in 1938, the Conservative Party in 1952 and the Moderate Coalition Party in 1969. Anna Kinberg Batra led it from 2015 to 2017, followed by Ulf Kristersson. It won 19.1% and 68 seats in 2022 and, per Wikipedia, 19.85% and 70 seats in 2026.

Positions

The party describes itself as combining conservative and liberal ideas and champions tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Wikipedia classes it as liberal-conservative and centre-right.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia