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The Social Democratic Group

*Socialdemokratiska gruppen* (Swedish)
*Sosiaalidemokraattinen ryhmä* (Finnish)
*Socialdemokratisk gruppe* (Danish)
*Sosialdemokratisk gruppe* (Norwegian)
*Jafnaðarmannahópur* (Icelandic)
The Social Democratic Group Socialdemokratiska gruppen (Swedish); Sosiaalidemokraattinen ryhmä (Finnish); Socialdemokratisk gruppe (Danish); Sosialdemokratisk gruppe (Norwegian); Jafnaðarmannahópur (Icelandic)
Abbreviation	S-Norden
Chairman	Martin Kolberg
Vice chair	Annette Lind
Founded	5 October 2011
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours	Red; Green
Nordic Council	26 / 87
Website
	s-norden.org
	Politics of European Union; Political parties; Elections;

The Social Democratic Group is a social democratic party group in the Nordic Council, making up the largest group on the council. Their members come from all of the Nordic countries, and includes the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. Their main aims are sustainable development, tackling climate change, and reduction in inequality, concomitant with a robust welfare system. The group is strongly opposed to the privatisation of state assets.^[1]

Members

The member organizations of the Social Democratic Group are:^[2]

Country	National party	Nordic Council	National MPs				European MPs		Status
Country	National party	Nordic Council	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	Status
Åland	Åland Social Democrats (Ålands Socialdemokrater)	0 / 2	4 / 30	2023	0 / 200 0 / 1	2019	0 / 14	2019	Government
Denmark	Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet)	4 / 16	50 / 175	2022	50 / 179	2022	3 / 14	2019	Government
Faroe Islands	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)	0 / 2	9 / 33	2022	1 / 179 1 / 2	2022	Not in EU		Government
Finland	Social Democratic Party (Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue/ Finlands socialdemokratiska parti)	4 / 18	43 / 200	2023	43 / 200	2023	2 / 14	2019	Opposition
Greenland	Forward (Siumut)	1 / 2	10 / 31	2021	1 / 179 1 / 2	2022	Not in EU		Government
Iceland	Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin jafnaðarmannaflokkur Íslands)	1 / 7	15 / 63			2024	Not in EU		Government
Norway	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet/Arbeidarpartiet)	6 / 20	48 / 169			2021	Not in EU		Government
Sweden	Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti)	7 / 20	107 / 349			2022	5 / 20	2019	Opposition

In the European Parliament, the MEPs of the member parties are part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
European Union	European Parliament	10 / 705
	European Commission	2 / 27
	European Council (Heads of Government)	2 / 27
	Council of the European Union (Participation in Government)	2 / 27
	Committee of the Regions
Council of Europe	Parliamentary Assembly