Moderate Youth League
Political youth organization in Sweden
The Moderate Youth League (Swedish: Moderata ungdomsförbundet [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːta ˈɵ̂ŋdʊmsfœrˌbɵndɛt] (
listen); MUF), officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It is the largest of the youth groups that got support from the Swedish National Board for Youth Affairs in 2009.[3]
| Swedish Young Conservatives Moderata ungdomsförbundet | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chairperson | Douglas Thor |
| Secretary General | Fredrik Hultman |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Preceded by | National League of Sweden |
| Headquarters | Blasieholmsgatan 4A, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Membership | 10 578 (2020) |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[1] Libertarian conservatism Libertarianism[2] Classical liberalism Economic liberalism |
| Mother party | Moderate Party |
| International affiliation | International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) |
| European affiliation | Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Young Conservative Union (NUU) |
| Website | muf.se |
The Moderate Youth League is more libertarian-leaning than the Moderate Party. It is generally pro-market, pro-American, pro-Israeli and liberal in social issues such as abortion and gay rights. The group supports making it legal to share files. They also support making alcohol for private purposes. Its official ideologies are liberalism and conservatism.[4]
References
change- ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Sweden". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ↑ Slomp, Hans (26 September 2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8.
- ↑ "Organisationsstöd 2009"
- ↑ "Moderata Ungdomsförbundets strävan är att vinna unga människor för den samhällsåskådning som Moderata Samlingspartiet företräder, vilken är en syntes av liberala och konservativa idéer." §1 in the bylaws
