1985 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1985. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained 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.
Image: (Olof Palme) Felipe González ofrece una rueda de prensa junto al primer ministro de Suecia. Pool Moncloa. 28 de septiembre de 1984 (cropped)
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Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, usually referred to as The Social Democrats, is a centre-left social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Sweden. Globally, it is a full member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists.
Hjalmar Branting, the first elected SAP Prime Minister in 1920
Prime Minister Tage Erlander at a TV debate in 1967
Social Democratic leader and Prime Minister Olof Palme in the 1970s
Göran Persson, a prolific Social Democratic leader, holding the office of Prime Minister for ten years
