The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (Swedish: Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund, or SSU) is a branch of the Swedish social democratic party Socialdemokraterna and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. Its membership consists of young people and has around 8 000 members.
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