Young Christian Democrats (Sweden)

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–present

Honorary chairman

• Alf Svensson 2021–

Current national leadership: 2023-2024[6]

Presidency

• Chairman: Stefan Sarmes
• 1st Vice Chairman: Louise Hammargren
• 2nd Vice Chairman: Jonathan Derneborg

Members of the Board

• Lina Lindh
• Destiny Näslund
• Lukas Bernevång Forsberg
• Christoffer Andersson
• Juliette Walldov
• Matilda Anttonen
• Andreas Salomonsson
• Lucas Svärd

References

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). 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2024-02-19.

External links

• Kristdemokratiska Ungdomsförbundet in Swedish