Red-Greens (Sweden)

The Red-Greens (Swedish: De rödgröna) is an umbrella term which refers to the three centre-left to left-wing political parties of Sweden: the Social Democrats (S), the Left Party (V) and the Green Party (MP). The term originates from the launch of a left-wing political and electoral alliance between the parties on 7 December 2008.

This alliance, which was largely based on the Norwegian Red-Green Coalition, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party which were in opposition to the centre-right Alliance coalition government. The three component parties of the Red-Greens, which faced the voters as three separate parties in the 2010 general election, aimed to reach agreements on significant areas of policy before the election. The parties aimed to achieve a majority in the following Swedish general election on 19 September 2010, in an unsuccessful bid to form a coalition government. The Red-Green pact was put to a pause on 26 October 2010, and was completely dissolved (according to a spokesperson for the Green Party) on 26 November.

The Red-Greens as a political alliance was revived following the 2014 general election, in the form of a coalition government - the Löfven Cabinet. The government consisted of the Social Democrats and Greens and was supported in the Riksdag by the Left Party. The three parties won 144 out of 349 Riksdag seats in the 2018 general election; 100 Social Democrat and 16 Green with the support of 28 Left.

Parties

The coalition consists of two parties and one supporting non-member;

Membership

The Social Democrats led by Stefan Löfven, a social democratic party which has 100 of 349 seats in the Riksdag.