Young Christian Democrats (Sweden)

The Young Christian Democrats (Swedish: Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet, KDU) is the youth organization of the Christian Democrats in Sweden.

Young Christian Democrats Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet
Chairperson	Louise Hammargren
Secretary General	Karolina Kässlin
Founded	1966
Membership	4 854 (2020)
Ideology	Christian democracy[1] Conservatism Social conservatism[2] National conservatism[3][4] Economic liberalism
Mother party	Christian Democrats
International affiliation	International Young Democrat Union
European affiliation	Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP)
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Christian Democratic Youth (KDUN)
Website	www.kdu.se

KDU was founded at a conference in Sundsvall 1966. Initially the name of the organization was Christian Democratic Youth (Kristen Demokratisk Ungdom) but were later changed.

List of chairmen

• Bernt Olsson 1966–1970
• Alf Svensson 1970–1973
• Mats Odell 1975–1981
• Anders Andersson 1981–1984
• Bert-Inge Karlsson 1984–1986
• Stefan Attefall 1986–1989
• Göran Holmström 1989–1992
• Hans Åström Eklind 1992–1996
• Amanda Agestav (Grönlund) 1996–1997
• Magnus Jacobsson 1997–1999
• Magnus Berntsson 1999–2001
• Jakob Forssmed 2001–2004
• Erik Slottner 2004–2005
• Ella Bohlin 2005–2008
• Charlie Weimers 2008–2011
• Aron Modig 2011–2013
• Sara Skyttedal^[5] 2013–2016
• Christian Carlsson 2016–2018
• Martin Hallander 2018–2020
• Nike Örbrink 2020–2023
• Stefan Sarmes 2023–2024
• Louise Hammargren 2024–present

Honorary chairman

• Alf Svensson 2021–

Current national leadership: 2024-2025[6]

Presidency

• Chairman: Louise Hammargren
• 1st Vice Chairman: Lukas Bernevång Forsberg
• 2nd Vice Chairman: Lina Lindh

Members of the Board

• Juliette Walldov
• Lucas Svärd
• Matilda Anttonen
• Andreas Salomonsson
• Simone Öhrn
• Benjamin Jiang
• Myden Tanriver
• Max Pelin