Swedish Election 2026: party leaders, ministers, top MPs
Key faces in Swedish national politics ahead of the 2026 general election: party leaders, government ministers, and prominent MPs.
40 faces
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Magdalena Andersson
Party leader and Leader of the Opposition · Social Democrats
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since 2022 and as Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014.
Jimmie Åkesson
Party leader · Sweden Democrats
Per Jimmie Åkesson is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County since 2010. He previously served as leader of the Sweden Democratic Youth from 2000 until 2005.
Ulf Kristersson
Prime Minister and party leader · Moderate Party
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 2022 and as leader of the Moderate Party since 2017.
Nooshi Dadgostar
Party leader · Left Party
Mehrnoosh "Nooshi" Dadgostar is a Swedish politician, a member of the Riksdag since 2014, deputy chair of the Left Party from 2018 to 2020, and the chair since 2020.
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist
Party leader · Centre Party
Elisabeth Kristin Thand Ringqvist is a Swedish politician for the Centre Party. She is a member of the Riksdag since 2022, for Stockholm. On 7 November 2022, Thand Ringqvist was announced as one of the candidates for the leadership role of the Center Party, which she did not win.
Ebba Busch
Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister · Christian Democrats
Ebba-Elisabeth Busch is a Swedish politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy, and Minister for Business and Industry since 2022. She has served as Leader of the Christian Democrats since 2015.
Amanda Lind
Spokesperson · Green Party
Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind is a Swedish politician and psychologist serving since 2024 as co-spokesperson of the Green Party. Between 2019 and 2021, she served as Minister for Culture and Democracy, with responsibility for sport and national minorities in the second Löfven cabinet.
Daniel Helldén
Spokesperson · Green Party
Daniel Helldén is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. He has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party since November 2023 and has been Member of the Riksdag since September 2022, representing the constituency of Stockholm Municipality.
Simona Mohamsson
Party leader and Minister for Education and Integration · Liberals
Simona Mohamsson is a Swedish politician serving as Minister for Education and Minister for Integration in the Kristersson cabinet since 2025. She has been Leader of the Liberals since June 2025.
Elisabeth Svantesson
Minister for Finance · Moderate Party
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
Maria Malmer Stenergard
Minister for Foreign Affairs · Moderate Party
Eva Maria Louise Malmer Stenergard is a Swedish politician and jurist serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2024. A member of the Moderate Party, she previously served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2022 until 2024.
Pål Jonson
Minister for Defence · Moderate Party
Pål Henning Jonson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Defence in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022.
Gunnar Strömmer
Minister for Justice · Moderate Party
Gunnar Sören Folke Strömmer is a Swedish politician serving as Minister for Justice since 2022. A member of the Moderate Party, he was previously Party Secretary from 2017 to 2022. He also served as Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1998 to 2000.
Romina Pourmokhtari
Minister for Climate and the Environment · Liberals
Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician for the Liberals. She has served as the Minister for the Environment since 2022 in the Kristersson cabinet. She has also been a member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality since 2022.
Jakob Forssmed
Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health · Christian Democrats
Jakob Forssmed is a Swedish politician who serves as Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since October 2022.
Andreas Carlson
Minister for Infrastructure and Housing · Christian Democrats
Andreas Thomas Carlson is a Swedish politician who serves as Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Housing in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since October 2022.
Carl-Oskar Bohlin
Minister for Civil Defence · Moderate Party
Carl-Oskar Simon Bohlin is a Swedish politician who has served as Minister for Civil Defence in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022. He is a member of the Moderate Party.
Jessica Rosencrantz
Minister for EU Affairs · Moderate Party
Jessica Emilia Marie Rosencrantz is a Swedish politician and a Member of Parliament since 2010. She is the chair of the Parliament's EU Committee and deputy group leader in the Parliament for the Moderates, as well as a member of the Parliamentary Board.
Benjamin Dousa
Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade · Moderate Party
Benjamin Arif Dousa is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 10 September 2024.
Lotta Edholm
Minister for Upper Secondary School, Higher Education and Research · Liberals
Charlotta "Lotta" Kristina Johansdotter Edholm is a Swedish politician for the Liberals. She has been Minister for Upper Secondary School, Higher Education and Research since June 2025, having previously been Minister for Schools from 2022 to 2025, in the Ulf Kristersson cabinet.
Niklas Wykman
Minister for Financial Markets · Moderate Party
Niklas Åke Wykman is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2014 general election, representing Stockholm County.
Erik Slottner
Minister for Public Administration · Christian Democrats
Erik Mikael Slottner is a Swedish politician who serves as Minister for Public Administration in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since October 2022. A member of the Christian Democrats, he was a member of the Riksdag in 2018.
Peter Kullgren
Minister for Rural Affairs · Christian Democrats
Peter Kullgren is a Swedish politician who serves as Minister of Rural Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since October 2022. A member of the Christian Democrats, he was party secretary from 2018 to 2022.
Parisa Liljestrand
Minister for Culture · Moderate Party
Parisa Mollagholi Liljestrand is a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party. She is the Minister for Culture in the Ulf Kristersson cabinet since 18 October 2022.
Camilla Waltersson Grönvall
Minister for Social Services · Moderate Party
Camilla Waltersson Grönvall is a Swedish politician who serves as Minister for Social Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since October 2022. A member of the Moderate Party, she has been a member of the Riksdag since 2010.
Anna Tenje
Minister for Older People and Social Security · Moderate Party
Anna Jenny Caroline Tenje is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Older People and Social Security since 18 October 2022 in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson.
Nina Larsson
Minister for Gender Equality · Liberals
Nina Larsson is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2014 and party secretary of her party from 2010 to 2014.
Johan Britz
Minister for Employment · Liberals
Johan Emil Britz is a Swedish politician serving as minister for employment since 2025. From 2002 to 2004, he served as chairman of Liberala Studenter.
Mikael Damberg
Senior MP and former minister · Social Democrats
Lars Mikael Damberg is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Minister for Finance from 2021 to 2022. He previously served as Minister for Enterprise from October 2014 to January 2019 and as minister for home affairs from January 2019 to November 2021.
Tobias Baudin
Party secretary · Social Democrats
Åke Sigurd Tobias Baudin is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and trade union leader who has served as Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party since November 2021.
Ardalan Shekarabi
Senior MP and former minister · Social Democrats
Ardalan Shekarabi is a Swedish social democratic politician. He was chairman for his party's youth league SSU 2003–2005. He was minister for social security from 2019 to 2022, and had previously served as minister for public administration from 2014 to 2019.
Lawen Redar
MP and integration spokesperson · Social Democrats
Lawen Redar is a Swedish-Kurdish politician currently sitting in the Riksdag for the Social Democrats. She holds a law degree from Stockholm University.
Lena Hallengren
Senior MP and former minister · Social Democrats
Lena Ingeborg Hallengren is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been served as Minister for Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven from 21 January 2019 until he left office in November 2021.
Teresa Carvalho
MP and policy spokesperson · Social Democrats
Teresa Kristina Carvalho is a Swedish politician.
Fredrik Olovsson
MP and economic policy figure · Social Democrats
Fredrik Olovsson is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002.
Henrik Vinge
Senior MP · Sweden Democrats
Henrik Olof Vinge is a Swedish lawyer and politician and of the Sweden Democrats. He served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2019 to 2023 and has served as first deputy leader of his party since November 2019.
Richard Jomshof
Senior MP · Sweden Democrats
Richard Johannes Jomshof, né Lohikoski, is a Swedish politician affiliated with the Sweden Democrats (SD) party and former pop musician. He worked as a teacher and was active in the music industry before he was elected as a Member of the Riksdag in September 2010.
Martin Ådahl
MP and economic policy spokesperson · Centre Party
Sven Martin Andreas Ådahl is a Swedish politician who has served as a member of the Riksdag since 2018. He has served as economic spokesperson of the Centre Party since 2021.
Märta Stenevi
MP and former spokesperson · Green Party
Anna Märta Viktoria Stenevi, née Wallin is a Swedish former politician for the Green Party. She served as Minister for Gender Equality and as Minister for Housing from February to November 2021, and was co-spokesperson for the Green Party from January 2021 to February 2024.
Annika Hirvonen
MP · Green Party
Annika Hirvonen is a Swedish politician. She represents the constituency of Stockholm County in the Riksdag. She served as Member of the Riksdag from 24 June 2014 to 24 September 2018.