Diagrams

The Social Democrats and their coalition partners held the cabinet for nearly three-quarters of the century. Everything below explains the texture of that 73 : 27.

Reads like a barcode: long red bands are the Social-Democratic decades; thin blue intrusions are the right-bloc cabinets of 1976—82, 1991—94, 2006—14, and 2022—. Hover any tile to magnify.

Each track is one bloc's continuous claim on power. Erlander's 22-year stretch on the upper track explains the dominance; the gaps in the upper track are exactly the lower track's tenures.

The 1940s–60s are pure red towers — uninterrupted Social Democracy. The 1970s and the 2020s are the two decades where the right held the cabinet for more years than the left.

A more text-led version of the decade columns. Same shape, less ink — better if the homepage stays scrollable rather than scannable.

The 44-year left streak (1932—1975) is the headline number of Swedish 20th-century politics. Everything else is small by comparison — the second-longest streak is barely a quarter as long.

Erlander alone accounts for 22 of the century's 100 years; Hansson and Palme for another 26 between them. Three social-democrats fill 48% of the century before the first right-bloc PM appears on the chart.