The Centre Democrats ( Swedish : Centrumdemokraterna ) was a minor political party in Sweden , founded in 1974. While the party has described itself as a "centre alternative," it has been described externally as a right-wing populist party. It agitated against immigration from the 1980s, but toned down the issue in the 2000s, focusing more on local, social and economic issues. The party had some local representation from the 1970s, until 2006, when it lost its final local seat.
11-422: Centre Democrats may refer to: Active parties Centre Democrats (Sweden) Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italy) Former parties Centre Democrats (Denmark) Centre Democrats (Netherlands) Centre Democrats (San Marino) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
22-570: A cooperation with the Moderate Party after the 1979 election . Before the 1982 election , Harry Franzén was elected as new party chairman, and the party started to focus considerably more on immigration issues. The party began speaking against immigrant native language education and called the refugee policy a "travel agency mafia" for refugees. During the Refugee controversy in Sjöbo , the party supported
33-524: The 4% threshold for gaining seats to the Riksdag. The cooperation was criticized within the Centre Party. The aim was for both parties to gain votes, but in the end the Centre Party's share of the votes decreased in comparison to the previous election in 1982 . The Christian Democrats only gained one seat in parliament for its leader, Alf Svensson . The political debate was dominated by the Moderate Party and
44-587: The Social Democrats. In January 1985, the Moderate Party had proposed in parliament a detailed plan with tax cuts and cuts in spending. The Social Democrats' leader Olof Palme managed to turn this against the Moderate Party by repeating the negative effects this would have on junior soccer teams. The Moderate Party was supported by 30 percent in an opinion poll by SIFO in June 1985, but its support decreased during
55-572: The campaign. The Liberal People's Party had chosen Bengt Westerberg as its party leader in October 1983; he had had trouble getting his message through, not least because of the party's small size in parliament and its only receiving 5.9 percent support in the 1982 election. However, in August Westerberg became viewed by the public as a calm and honest politician, in comparison to the constantly arguing Adelsohn and Palme. The Liberal People's Party
66-477: The krona in 1982. The Social Democrat ( Socialdemokraterna ) government also stressed that it had managed to decrease the budget deficit from 90 billion to 60 billion kronas. The Social Democrats also promised not to increase taxes or lower the quality of the welfare system. The Centre Party had a technical cooperation with the Christian Democrats . The Christian Democrats always received fewer votes than
77-513: The largest party in the Riksdag , winning 159 of the 349 seats. Its leader, Olof Palme, kept his position as prime minister. He would retain this position successfully until his assassination in 1986. At a campaign meeting in Sundsvall on 22 August, Minister of Social Welfare Sten Andersson promised to increase the state pensions as a compensation for the price increases following the devaluation of
88-1429: The same election. By 1997, the party had just around 300 members. For the 2006 election the party lost its final local representation, a seat it had held in Svalöv . 1976 election ; 2 mandates in Simrishamn and 2 in Båstad . 1979 election ; 4 mandates in Simrishamn, 3 in Båstad, 1 in Rättvik and 4 in Svalöv . 1982 election ; 3 mandates in Simrishamn. 1985 election ; 2 mandates in Simrishamn. 1988 election ; 3 mandates in Simrishamn, 1 in Båstad, 2 in Svedala and 3 in Svalöv. 1991 election ; 6 mandates in Simrishamn and 4 in Svalöv. 1994 election ; 5 mandates in Simrishamn and 3 in Svalöv. 1998 election ; 5 mandates in Simrishamn and 3 in Svalöv. 2002 election ; 1 mandate in Svalöv. 1985 Swedish general election Olof Palme Social Democrats Olof Palme Social Democrats General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1985. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained
99-550: The side of Sven-Olle Olsson. Right after the 1988 election , the Centre Democrats split in two factions, led by Harry Franzén and John Nielsen. Nielsen broke away in early 1989 with the local Svedala chapter, and turned it into a local chapter of the Progress Party . By the 1991 election , he had however gone back to the Centre Democrats. In turn, many leading members of the Centre Democrats went over to New Democracy by
110-485: The title Centre Democrats . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centre_Democrats&oldid=537012662 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Centre Democrats (Sweden) The party
121-521: Was founded in June 1974 by the lead of John Görnebrand of Simrishamn as an alliance of multiple local parties in Scania . It was mainly modeled after the Danish Centre Democrats , including influences from Mogens Glistrup and his Progress Party . The party won several local municipal seats in elections during the 1970s and 1980s, and was even represented in the municipal government in Båstad in
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