The Young Christian Democrats (Swedish: Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet, KDU) is the youth organization of the Christian Democrats in Sweden.
| Young Christian Democrats Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet | |
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| Chairperson | Stefan Sarmes |
| Secretary General | Philip Lind |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Munkbron 1, Stockholm |
| Membership | 4 854 (2020) |
| Ideology | Christian democracy[1] Conservatism Social conservatism[2] National conservatism[3][4] Economic liberalism |
| Mother party | Christian Democrats |
| International affiliation | International Young Democrat Union |
| European affiliation | Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Christian Democratic Youth (KDUN) |
| Website | www.kdu.se |
KDU was founded at a conference in Sundsvall 1966. Initially the name of the organization was Christian Democratic Youth (Kristen Demokratisk Ungdom) but were later changed.
List of chairmen edit
- Bernt Olsson 1966–1970
- Alf Svensson 1970–1973
- Mats Odell 1975–1981
- Anders Andersson 1981–1984
- Bert-Inge Karlsson 1984–1986
- Stefan Attefall 1986–1989
- Göran Holmström 1989–1992
- Hans Åström Eklind 1992–1996
- Amanda Agestav (Grönlund) 1996–1997
- Magnus Jacobsson 1997–1999
- Magnus Berntsson 1999–2001
- Jakob Forssmed 2001–2004
- Erik Slottner 2004–2005
- Ella Bohlin 2005–2008
- Charlie Weimers 2008–2011
- Aron Modig 2011–2013
- Sara Skyttedal[5] 2013–2016
- Christian Carlsson 2016–2018
- Martin Hallander 2018–2020
- Nike Örbrink 2020–2023
- Stefan Sarmes 2023–present
Honorary chairman edit
- Alf Svensson 2021–
Current national leadership: 2023-2024[6] edit
Presidency edit
- Chairman: Stefan Sarmes
- 1st Vice Chairman: Louise Hammargren
- 2nd Vice Chairman: Jonathan Derneborg
Members of the Board edit
- Lina Lindh
- Destiny Näslund
- Lukas Bernevång Forsberg
- Christoffer Andersson
- Juliette Walldov
- Matilda Anttonen
- Andreas Salomonsson
- Lucas Svärd
References edit
- ^ "Home". kdu.se.
- ^ Lennartsson, Dimitri (30 June 2014). "KDU nobbar SDU:s Almedalsflört - P3 Nyheter Dokumentär". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ "Sofia Nerbrand: Konservativa måste se upp för en ny nationalistisk tankesmedjas locktoner". 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Ledare 8/5 -05: KDU skämmer ut sig". 8 May 2005.
- ^ "Sara Skyttedal vald till ny KDU-ordförande". KDU's official website (in Swedish).
- ^ "Förbundsstyrelsen". KDU - En rak höger (in Swedish). 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
External links edit
- Kristdemokratiska Ungdomsförbundet in Swedish
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