Flags of political parties (Sweden)

Last modified: 2002-07-13 by elias granqvist
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• Moderata Samlingspartiet (Moderate Party)
• Centerpartiet (Centre Party)
• Folkpartiet Liberalerna (People's Party the Liberals)
• Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party)
• Vänsterpartiet (Left Party)

• Fria Moderata Studentförbundet (Free Conservative Students)
• AnarkoKapitalistisk Front (Swedish Anarcho-Capitalist Front)

• National Socialists (Nazis) in the 1930s/'40s (Sweden) (presented on a separate page)
• National Socialists ("Neo-Nazis") in present times (Sweden) (presented on a separate page)

See also:

• Sweden

Parties in the Parliament

Moderata Samlingspartiet (Moderate Party)

Moderaterna (Moderate Party) is the Swedish conservative party.
Marcus Wendel, 5 September 1999

The logotype of Moderata Samlingspartiet, a designed version of the initial letter of the party name, was appropved by the executive board of the party in 1969. This was soon after the party changed name from Högerpartiet (The Right Party). The production designer Carl Göran Craaford made the initial design work.
When presented, the symbol was blue. In the spring of 1969 the colour was changed to wine-red, which it was throughout the election campaign 1970. The reason of the change was that red was considered as a better color to attract attention. While blue traditionally has been the colour of the party and red often associated to left-wing parties, the colour changed back to blue.
During the eighties the tone of the blue colour was changed a couple of times. In 1998 the symbol was added with a coloured corona of yellow and red. The purpose is to let the party symbol say something more to take a step forward but still keep the values of our classical brand.
Niklas Claesson (Moderaterna), 16 Sep 1999

Moderaterna also uses a version with "Moderaterna" written in black below the logo.
Niklas Claesson (Moderaterna), 20 Sep 1999

Centerpartiet (Centre Party)

The Centre Party (agrarian party) is often displaying all-green flags together with the Swedish flag.
Elias Granqvist 13 aug 1999

Centerpartiet also used a green flag with their logo.
Marcus Wendel 06 sep 1999

Folkpartiet Liberalerna (People's Party the Liberals)

by Marcus Wendel 05 sep 1999

The image is based on information and images recieved from Folkpartiet.
Marcus Wendel

Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party)

The Social Democrats have used flags of different designs with red as a predominant colour. Sometimes they have used all-red flags.
Elias Granqvist, 13 August 1999

The first flag of Socialdemokraterna was red with
frihet
jemlikhet
broderskap
in yellow (?) centered on the flag.
Marcus Wendel, 6 September 1999

Vänsterpartiet (Left Party)

The Left Party (former communists) have used red flags of different kinds.
Elias Granqvist, 13 August 1999

Other Political Organisations

Fria Moderata Studentförbundet (Free Conservative Students)

Fria Moderata Studentförbundet (Free Conservative Students), a student organisation ideologically though not formally connected to the Moderate Party, has an official flag with is green (a slightly blueish green shade), on which is a white circle ("cannon ball") within a white laurel wreath.
Elias Granqvist, 13 August 1999

AnarkoKapitalistisk Front (Swedish Anarcho-Capitalist Front)

This is the flag of the AnarkoKapitalistisk Front, or Swedish Anarcho-Capitalist Front. You can read more about them and what they stand for on their web site: http://home.bip.net/timetraveller/ak/akf/.

As far as the flag itself, they say the black, as is traditional, stands for anarchism, while the gold stands for capitalism.

Andrew Rogers, 16 April 2002