Carl Bildt
prime minister of Sweden
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history of Sweden
- In Sweden: Domestic affairs through the 1990s
…Party, under the leadership of Carl Bildt. The Moderates received 22.1 percent of the vote and took 80 seats in the Riksdag, while the Social Democrats lost 18 seats. As a result, the nonsocialist parties controlled 170 seats (not a majority) against only a combined 154 for the Social Democrats…
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role in Moderate Party
- In Moderate Party
…coalition government, and its leader, Carl Bildt, became prime minister. In office the Moderate Party promoted deregulation, reductions in government spending, privatization of public services, and programs designed to reduce inflation and budget deficits. Although it met with some success, the Moderate Party was voted out of office in 1994.
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