1988
Left bloc · SSocial Democrats hold on as the Greens enter parliament and a justice scandal erupts.
1988 infographic: Greens, scandal, and tax reform
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Highlights
- 1988 general election: In the September 18 vote, Ingvar Carlsson's Social Democrats retained government with 43.2%. The Green Party entered parliament for the first time since 1932, winning 20 seats on an environmental platform.
- Ebbe Carlsson affair: Justice Minister Anna-Greta Leijon resigned on 7 June after it emerged that a private operative had been illegally granted access to telephone taps in the Olof Palme murder investigation.
- Tax reform announced: Finance Minister Kjell-Olof Feldt unveiled plans for sweeping income and capital tax equalisation, later enacted in 1991 as the 'reform of the century'.