Young Christian Democrats (Sweden)

Young Christian Democrats
Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet
Young Christian Democrats; Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet
Chairperson	Louise Hammargren
Secretary General	Karolina Kässlin
Founded	1966
Membership	4 854 (2020)
Ideology	Christian democracy; Conservatism; Social conservatism; National conservatism; Economic liberalism
Mother party	Christian Democrats
International affiliation	International Young Democrat Union
European affiliation	Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP)
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Christian Democratic Youth (KDUN)
Website	www.kdu.se

The Young Christian Democrats (Swedish: Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet, KDU) is the youth organization of the Christian Democrats in Sweden.

KDU was founded at a conference in Sundsvall 1966. Initially the name of the organization was Christian Democratic Youth (Kristen Demokratisk Ungdom) but were later changed.

List of chairmen

Bernt Olsson 1966–1970
Alf Svensson 1970–1973
Mats Odell 1975–1981
Anders Andersson 1981–1984
Bert-Inge Karlsson 1984–1986
Stefan Attefall 1986–1989
Göran Holmström 1989–1992
Hans Åström Eklind 1992–1996
Amanda Agestav (Grönlund) 1996–1997
Magnus Jacobsson 1997–1999
Magnus Berntsson 1999–2001
Jakob Forssmed 2001–2004
Erik Slottner 2004–2005
Ella Bohlin 2005–2008
Charlie Weimers 2008–2011
Aron Modig 2011–2013
Sara Skyttedal^[5] 2013–2016
Christian Carlsson 2016–2018
Martin Hallander 2018–2020
Nike Örbrink 2020–2023
Stefan Sarmes 2023–2024
Louise Hammargren 2024–present

Honorary chairman

Alf Svensson 2021–

Current national leadership: 2024-2025^[6]

Presidency

Chairman: Louise Hammargren
1st Vice Chairman: Lukas Bernevång Forsberg
2nd Vice Chairman: Lina Lindh

Members of the Board

Juliette Walldov
Lucas Svärd
Matilda Anttonen
Andreas Salomonsson
Simone Öhrn
Benjamin Jiang
Myden Tanriver
Max Pelin

References

^ "Home". kdu.se.
^ Lennartsson, Dimitri (30 June 2014). "KDU nobbar SDU:s Almedalsflört - P3 Nyheter Dokumentär". Sveriges Radio.
^ "Sofia Nerbrand: Konservativa måste se upp för en ny nationalistisk tankesmedjas locktoner". 11 July 2019.
^ "Ledare 8/5 -05: KDU skämmer ut sig". 8 May 2005.
^ "Sara Skyttedal vald till ny KDU-ordförande". KDU's official website (in Swedish).
^ "Förbundsstyrelsen". KDU - En rak höger (in Swedish). 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-03.

External links

Kristdemokratiska Ungdomsförbundet in Swedish

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[1] "Home". kdu.se.

[2] Lennartsson, Dimitri (30 June 2014). "KDU nobbar SDU:s Almedalsflört - P3 Nyheter Dokumentär". Sveriges Radio.

[3] "Sofia Nerbrand: Konservativa måste se upp för en ny nationalistisk tankesmedjas locktoner". 11 July 2019.

[4] "Ledare 8/5 -05: KDU skämmer ut sig". 8 May 2005.

[5] "Sara Skyttedal vald till ny KDU-ordförande". KDU's official website (in Swedish).

[6] "Förbundsstyrelsen". KDU - En rak höger (in Swedish). 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-03.

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v t e Youth wings of political parties in Sweden by Riksdag representation
Parent party represented	Moderate Youth League Young Christian Democrats Centre Party Youth Liberal Youth Young Greens Social Democratic Youth League Young Left Young Swedes SDU
Parent party unrepresented	National Democratic Youth Revolutionary Communist Youth Communist Youth Young Pirate Swedish Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Federation Sweden Democratic Youth (unaffiliated)