List of Party Leaders
| Portrait | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Collective leadership | 1889–1896 | |
| Claes Tholin | 1896–1907 | |
| Hjalmar Branting† | 1907–1925 | |
| Per Albin Hansson† | 1925–1946 | |
| Tage Erlander† | 1946–1969 | |
| Olof Palme† | 1969–1986 | |
| Ingvar Carlsson | 1986–1996 | |
| Göran Persson | 1996–2007 | |
| Mona Sahlin | 2007–2011 | |
| Håkan Juholt | 2011–2012 | |
| Stefan Löfven | 2012– |
† = died while in office.
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