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Sweden's Social Democratic Workers' Party, founded in 1889 and architect of the Swedish welfare model. It defends high taxes, strong unions, the EU and NATO, a secular and egalitarian society and, today, stricter migration control.
Political axes
Leans further toward progressive than 89% of the 190 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 271 ideologies
Scandinavian model combining tripartite collective bargaining among unions, employers and the state, a universalist welfare state funded by high taxes, and an open, export-driven market economy, with strong social consensus and low inequality.
1990s renewal of the center-left under Blair, Clinton and Giddens that accepts globalized markets and fiscal discipline, replaces welfare with work activation, is tough on crime and backs liberal interventions.
Liberal current that accepts an active role for the state in the economy and in guaranteeing rights, combining individual freedoms and markets with regulation and public policies aimed at the collective good and equality.
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FeudalismFar-Right38%
British Prime Minister and Labour leader who won power in 2024. Former chief prosecutor, he emphasizes fiscal discipline, public clean energy investment, rebuilt public services and pragmatic ties with the EU.
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Other compatible profiles
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Norwegian social-democratic party founded in 1887, in government under Jonas Gahr Støre. It defends the Nordic welfare model, strong unions, public control of oil and the sovereign fund, NATO and regulated immigration with integration.
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