Editing History of Sweden (section)

=== Welfare state ===
{{See also|Swedish Social Democratic Party|Welfare in Sweden#History}}
Sweden created a successful model of social democracy because of the unique way in which Sweden's labor leaders, politicians, and classes cooperated during the early development of Swedish democracy. Sweden's socialist leaders chose a moderate, reformist political course with broad-based public support. This helped Sweden avoid the severe extremist challenges and political and class divisions that plagued many European countries that attempted to develop social democratic systems after 1911. By dealing early, cooperatively, and effectively with the challenges of industrialization and its impact on Swedish social, political, and economic structures, Swedish social democrats were able to create one of the most successful social democratic systems in the world, including both a welfare state and extensive protections of civil liberties.<ref>Jae-Hung Ahn, "Ideology and Interest: The Case of Swedish Social Democracy, 1886–1911." ''Politics & Society'' 1996 24(2): 153–87.</ref>

When the Social Democratic Party came into power in 1932, its leaders introduced a new political decision-making process, which later became known as "the Swedish model" or the ''[[Folkhemmet]]'' (''The People's Home'').<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.academia.edu/8718837| title = Norbert Götz. "The Modern Home Sweet Home." The Swedish Success Story? Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans (eds). Stockholm: Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, 2004. 97–107, 300–302.| last1 = Götz| first1 = Prof Dr Norbert| access-date = 26 April 2018| archive-date = 17 February 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220217102128/https://www.academia.edu/8718837| url-status = live}}</ref> The party took a central role, but tried as far as possible to base its policy on mutual understanding and compromise.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} Different interest groups were always involved in official committees that preceded government decisions.