Red-Greens (Sweden)

The Red-Greens (Swedish: De rödgröna) is an umbrella term which refers to the three centre-left to left-wing political parties of Sweden; the Social Democrats (S), the Left Party (V) and the Green Party (MP).

The term 'red-greens' originates from the launch of a left-wing political and electoral alliance between the parties on 7 December 2008. This alliance, which was largely based on the Norwegian Red-Green Coalition, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party which were in opposition to the centre-right Alliance coalition government. The three component parties of the Red-Greens, which faced the voters as three separate parties in the 2010 general election, aimed to reach agreements on significant areas of policy before the election. The parties aimed to achieve a majority in the following Swedish general election on 19 September 2010, in an unsuccessful bid to form a coalition government. The Red-Green pact was put to a pause on 26 October 2010, and was completely dissolved (according to a spokesperson for the Green Party) on 26 November.