Current Status
Currently, the Social Democratic Party has about 100,000 members, with about 2,540 local party associations and 500 workplace associations. The member base is diverse, but prominently features organized blue-collar workers and public sector employees. The party has a close, historical relationship with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige, commonly referred to as LO); but as a corporatist organ, the Social Democratic Party has formed policy in compromise mediation with the employers' federations (primarily Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and its predecessors) as well as the union federations. The party is a member of Socialist International, the Party of European Socialists and SAMAK.
Organisations within the Swedish social democratic movement:
- The National Federation of Social Democratic Women in Sweden (S-kvinnor) organizes women.
- The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund or SSU) organizes youth.
- The Social Democratic Students of Sweden (Socialdemokratiska Studentförbundet) organizes university students.
- The Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats (Broderskap) organizes Christian socialists.
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