Lundgren is still respected among many Moderates for his principled stand on issues as a leader, especially since Fredrik Reinfeldt has been pursuing more centrist policies.

Reinfeldt has been credited for having moved the party more towards the centre in Swedish politics, which is also reflected by its own claim of being the " New Moderates ".

The official policy of Fredrik Reinfeldt on the issue, as of 2008, is that the result of the 2003 referendum has to be respected and that the issue will not be raised during the present term (- 2010 ).

Since Fredrik Reinfeldt became party leader, the party has slowly started to move further towards the political center and also adopted pragmatic views.

John Fredrik Reinfeldt ( pronounced ; born 4 August 1965 ) has been Prime Minister of Sweden since 2006 and is chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party since 2003.

As leader of the Moderate Party, Reinfeldt has tended to be less forceful in his criticism of the Swedish welfare state than his predecessors.

Reinfeldt has even extended an invitation to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, a traditional supporter of the Social Democrats and opponents to the Moderate Party.

Reinfeldt has been called a " Swedish David Cameron ," insofar as he succeeded in shifting the public perception of the Moderate Party from a right-wing position to a center position in politics.

Reinfeldt has also been described as a communitarian.

Reinfeldt has been perceived as a controlled and harmonious person.

Aware of this perception, Reinfeldt has said " I am by nature confident and calm.

" Regarding his family life, Reinfeldt has cultivated the image of a good family man who enjoys housework.

At present, Reinfeldt has moved into the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Sager House, together with his wife and their three children, Ebba, Gustaf and Erik.

However, when Göran Persson asked for his resignation after the lost 2006 election, the parliamentary situation was very clear, so already on 19 September 2006 Sydow could formally ask Fredrik Reinfeldt to begin the formation of a new government to take office after the new Riksdag has assembled to approve it.

Following the 1994 defeat of the Moderate-led coalition government, Reinfeldt adopted a critical stance against the party leadership under Carl Bildt, which resulted in isolation within the party.

In 1995, Reinfeldt co-authored the book " Nostalgitrippen " ( The Nostalgic Trip ), which described several persons in the Moderate Party leadership, including Gunnar Hökmark and Bo Lundgren, as " Carl Bildt-lookalikes.

On 14 February 1995, Reinfeldt was called to a meeting of the Moderate Party's Riksdag group, which took place in the former second chamber () of the Swedish parliament building, a meeting where Bildt apparently scolded him for hours.

Reinfeldt is said to have been instrumental in uniting the four parties, which previously were known for being notoriously divided, in order to present a powerful alternative to the Social Democrats.

Following the 2006 Swedish elections which saw the victory of the centre-right coalition of Fredrik Reinfeldt, Malmström returned to Sweden to take up the job of Minister for European Affairs in Reinfeldt's cabinet on 6 October 2006.

Politicians alleged to have used triangulation more recently include US President Barack Obama, former Senator Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair with " New Labour " in the United Kingdom, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin with the Liberal Party of Canada, Fredrik Reinfeldt with " The New Moderates " in Sweden, and Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, and Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party.

* Election results 2006: Fredrik Reinfeldt ( Moderate Party ) elected Prime Minister on 5 October 2006 after the victory for Alliance for Sweden in the Swedish general election, 2006.

Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Fredrik Reinfeldt ( the current Swedish Prime Minister and leader of the Moderate Party ), had been mayor of Täby for a long time, until Jan Rosenberg, of the Moderate Party, became the current mayor of Täby Municipality.

As a member of the winning side in the Swedish general election, 2006, the Alliance for Sweden, the Christian Democrats got three minister posts in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Together with the three other political parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden, Reinfeldt presides over a coalition government with the support of a narrow majority in the parliament.

After the 2002 election, Reinfeldt was elected as leader of the Moderate Party parliamentary group, spokesman for economic policy and vice chairman of the parliament's finance committee.

Fredrik Reinfeldt and the Alliance for Sweden in 2006.

In the run-up for the Swedish general election of 2006, Reinfeldt, as leader of the Moderate Party, participated in the creation of the Alliance for Sweden.

During the run-up for the 2006 Swedish general election, Reinfeldt was subjected to a smear campaign.

After the election results were clear, the Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden, Björn von Sydow, asked Reinfeldt to form Alliance for Sweden into a coalition government.

Prior to the 2004 United States presidential election, Reinfeldt again expressed his support for Bush.

Approval ratings for Reinfeldt as a person remained overall good but fluctuating through most of the period 2006-2010, but did not always seem to translate into support for the cabinet.

In 1992, Fredrik Reinfeldt married Filippa Holmberg, who is currently a Moderate Party County Councillor for healthcare issues () in Stockholm.

His father Bruno Reinfeldt was also formerly involved in local politics for the Moderate Party in Täby, but left all his political posts in February 2009 after having been arrested and later convicted for drink driving.

Later the same month a Sifo poll showed just 27 percent of Swedes confident or extremely confident in her leadership ability, while support for Reinfeldt was 60 percent.

" Liberal conservatism " in this sense is for instance represented by Michael Portillo or the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party, the Conservative Party of Norway, and the Finnish National Coalition Party.

This philosophy is that of Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

On 6 October 2006, Bildt was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the newly formed government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

This was seen by many as a somewhat surprising move, because Bildt had already served both as Prime Minister and as leader of the Moderate Party and the previous conflict between Bildt and Reinfeldt.

* Fredrik Reinfeldt (* 1965 ), current Prime Minister of Sweden.

* Fredrik Reinfeldt ( b. 1965 ), politician, Prime minister of Sweden since October 2006

* Filippa Reinfeldt ( b. 1967 ), politician, former Mayor and Commissioner of Täby, Commissioner of Health Services of Stockholm County since 2006, married to Fredrik Reinfeldt

He was succeeded by the pragmatist Fredrik Reinfeldt.

The current Prime Minister of Sweden is Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderate Party.

The current chairman of the party is Fredrik Reinfeldt, who is also Prime Minister of Sweden.

Former head of the Moderate Youth Fredrik Reinfeldt was elected as the new party leader in 2003.

It is currently a minor party in the centre-right Alliance coalition government lead by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt following the general election of 17 September 2006.

* 2006 -: Part of a four-party coalition government under Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt.

The Christian Democrats are currently a minor party in the centre-right Alliance coalition government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

The Centre Party is currently a minor party in the centre-right Alliance coalition government lead by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Fredrik Reinfeldt moved in after the Swedish general election, 2006.

A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a position he held until 1995.