Moderaterna
Placement: Law-and-order center-right
Moderates, the liberal-conservative party of outgoing prime minister Ulf Kristersson, leading the government since 2022 with the Christian Democrats and Liberals and outside support from the Sweden Democrats. Lower taxes on work, tougher sentences, more selective immigration, NATO membership.
In short
On the traditional scale, Moderaterna sits in the law-and-order center-right camp. The clearest positions are on foreign policy: strongly towards “interventionism”; justice: strongly towards “tough on crime”; democracy: strongly towards “technocracy”; immigration: strongly towards “control”. On society, sovereignty and devolution it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is liberal conservatism (89%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
Liberal conservatismThe Notary89%Authoritarian technocracyThe Administrator87%OrdoliberalismThe Referee87%Similar parties
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en DemocratieNetherlands99%
Det Konservative FolkepartiDenmark96%
Les RépublicainsFrance95%
Conservative PartyCanada94%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.