| party information | |
|---|---|
| Name (abreviation): | Piratpartiet (PP) |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Founded: | 1 January 2006 |
| Registered: | 2006 |
| Party leader: | Anna Troberg |
| Vice party leader: | Vacant |
| Party secretary: | Jan Lindgren |
| Members of European parliament: |
Christian Engström Amelia Andersdotter |
| Members: | 16890 (13 Oct 2010) |
| Headquarters: | Piratpartiet Box 307 SE 101 26 Stockholm SWEDEN |
| phone: | +46 – 8 72 00 400 |
| email: | info@piratpartiet.se |
The Piratpartiet (official abbrevation: PP) is the swedish Pirate Party, and the first founded Pirate Party in the world. It was founded in 2006 by Rickard Falkvinge, who served as party leader until 2011, when he was replaced by Anna Troberg
Status
The Pirate Party of Sweden has participated in three elections so far. In the election for the Swedish parliament in 2006, the party got 0.63 % of the votes and no parliamentary seats. In the election for the European parliament of 2009, the party got 7.13 % of the votes and initially one seat, taken by Christian Engström. A second seat was granted as an effect of the Lissabon treaty, and is taken by Amelia Andersdotter. In the election for the Swedish parliament in 2010, the party got 0.65 % of the votes and no parliamentary seats.
The Pirate Party of Sweden is not a member of PPI.
Organisation
The party organization is described in http://www.piratpartiet.se/partiledning and http://www.piratpartiet.se/styrelse.
Local organization
Sweden is divided into 29 electoral districts, usually conciding with "län" (county or province). The Pirate Party of Sweden has a local organization for each electoral district. In addition, there are five districts.
- Norrbotten
- Västerbotten
- Jämtland
- Västernorrland
- Gävleborg
- Dalarna
- Värmland
- Örebro
- Västmanland
- Uppsala
- Stockholm
- Södermanland
- Östergötland
- Västergötland
- Jönköping
- Kalmar
- Gotland
- Halland
- Kronoberg
- Skåne
- Blekinge
Ung Pirat
Ung Pirat is the youth organisation of the swedish pirates. As of 13 October 2010, Ung Pirat has 5684 members. Its leader is Gustav Nipe.
Web precense
- Website (swedish) (english)
- Forum (swedish)
- no subforum at PPInternational.
- IRC (Mostly Swedish)
- Notable blogs
- Piratpartiet LIVE! A syndication of several Pirate Partists´ blogs, like a live feed of blogs.
- Rick Falkvinge's blog (Swedish)
- Anna Troberg's blog (Swedish)
- Christian Engström's blog (Swedish and English)
- Opassande, blog of Maria Andersson (Swedish)
Web pages of national parties (Quickjump)
