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== History ==

=== Foundation ===
The party was formed in 2003 in the wake of the [[2003 Swedish euro referendum|Swedish euro referendum]] held in September, in which the adoption of the euro was rejected. The party was founded by [[Nils Lundgren]], former member of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] and chief economist of the bank [[Nordea]], [[Lars Wohlin]], former member of the [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] and Jesper Katz.<ref name="svt2008">{{cite news |title=Ordföranden för junilistan avgår |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/ordforanden-for-junilistan-avgar |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=Sveriges Television |agency=TT |date=2008-03-16}}</ref> 

Lundgren hoped to receive support from eurosceptical voters dissatisfied with their usual parties' positive attitudes towards the euro and further European integration. Among the Swedish parties represented in parliament at the time, only the [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]], [[Center Party (Sweden)|Center Party]] and the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] were eurosceptic, while the Social Democratic Party, the major left-wing party, and all right-wing parties with exception of the Center party were positive towards European integration. Aiming at receiving support from this broad political spectrum, the board of the party contained people that had been previously active in both left- and right-wing parties.<ref name=board>{{cite web | url = http://www.junilistan.se/?p=95;96;145 | title = Styrelseledamöter | publisher = Junilistan | accessdate = 2008-01-28 | language = Swedish | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070422172939/http://www.junilistan.se/?p=95;96;145 | archivedate = 2007-04-22 }} </ref><ref name="svt2005">{{cite news |title=Vänsterprofiler lämnar Junilistan |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/vansterprofiler-lamnar-junilistan |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=Sveriges Television |date=2005-11-25}}</ref>

The party takes its name from the [[June Movement]] in [[Denmark]], which is a eurosceptic party named after the timing of the Danish [[referendum]] that rejected the [[Treaty of Maastricht]]. The June Movement was also a major source of inspiration for the June List.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

=== In the European Parliament (2004–2009) ===
[[File:Nils Lundgren b7dn273 2791.jpg|thumb|Nils Lundgren, 2007]]
The party succeeded in capturing 14% of the votes in the [[2004 European Parliament election in Sweden|2004 European Parliament election]], thereby gaining three of the 19 Swedish seats.<ref name="results2004">{{cite web |title=Valpresentationen EU-valet 2004 |url=https://historik.val.se/val/ep2004/resultat/slutresultat/index.html |publisher=[[Election Authority (Sweden)|Swedish Election Authority]] |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=sv}}</ref> The three [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]s were Nils Lundgren, former social democrat [[Hélène Goudin]] and former [[Kristdemokraterna|Christian democrat]] [[Lars Wohlin]]. The June List was one of the founding members of the [[Independence and Democracy]] group in the European Parliament.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In 2006 Wohlin, left the June List for the Christian Democrats, leaving the party with only two seats. Wohlin stated that he wanted to be able to "work for the Christian Democrats and the [[Alliance for Sweden]] in the 2006 parliamentary election" as reason for leaving the June List.<ref name=Wohlin>
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The June List was on the ballot for the [[2006 Swedish parliamentary election|2006 parliamentary elections]] in Sweden. The party's platform during the election focused on a few main issues: to increase the number of people working in the private sector, hence increasing the state's tax income, a referendum on the European Union constitution and nuclear power, and increased municipal autonomy and more local referendums. All issues that were not in the party's relatively short party program were left to the approximately 100 candidates to decide on. The voters were encouraged to choose to vote for a particular June List candidate that they preferred rather than to cast a general ballot for the party itself.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

At one point, it seemed possible that the party might be able to break the 4% threshold necessary to enter parliament,{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} with the party reaching 4.5% in the polls in September 2005, but after that peak the party's support plummeted well below the 4% barrier and in the months before the election it became clear that the party would not be taking seats in parliament that year. In the end, the party received only 26,072 votes (0.47%).<ref name="results2006">{{cite web |title=Valpresentation 2006 |url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/rike/ovriga.html |publisher=Swedish Election Authority |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=sv}}</ref>

Nils Lundgren resigned as party leader in March 2008. The party decided to elect two co-leaders instead of one party leader. They elected [[Sören Wibe]], former MEP and MP for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and Annika Eriksson, long-time member of the party's governing board.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ottosson |first1=Joakim |title=Wibe och Eriksson nya partiledare för Junilistan |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Xw93bm/wibe-och-eriksson-nya-partiledare-for-junilistan |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Aftonbladet |date=6 June 2008 |language=sv}}</ref> Eriksson resigned after five months in January 2009 because of disagreements with Wibe and the party governing board.<ref>{{cite AV media|last1=Arenander |first1=Inger |date=2009-01-22 |title=Partiledare för Junilistan hoppar av |type=Radio broadcast |language=sv |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/2584763 |publisher=[[Dagens Eko]] }}</ref> 

Swedish businessman [[Sven Hagströmer]], one of the two men who gave his name to the [[Hagströmer & Qviberg]] group of companies, served on the board of the party.

=== Decline (2009-2014) ===
The June List suffered a significant decline in its support at the [[2009 European Parliament election in Sweden|2009 European Parliament election]] and lost all of its seats in the European parliament.<ref name="results2009">{{cite web |title=Valpresentationen EU-valet 2009 |url=https://historik.val.se/val/ep2009/slutresultat/rike/index.html |publisher=Swedish Election Authority |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=sv}}</ref> The party had hoped that Wibe would attract Eurosceptic voters.<ref>{{cite AV media|last1=Eriksson |first1=Mats |date=2010-12-30 |title=Sören Wibe har avlidit 64 år gammal |type=Radio broadcast |language=sv |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/4267531 |publisher=Dagens Eko }}</ref> After the election, the party elected Wibe and {{ill|Birgitta Swedenborg|sv|Birgitta Swedenborg}} as co-leaders. Wibe died on 29 December 2010 after a short illness, leaving Swedenborg as sole party leader until she resigned in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sökes: Partiledare för Junilistan |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/sverige/sokes-partiledare-for-junilistan.9ba1396c-3816-49f5-b0ab-21671fd1e9de |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=Göteborgs-Posten |agency=TT |date=6 November 2013}}</ref>

The party was briefly revived for the 2014 European Parliament election. The party selected {{ill|Jörgen Appelgren|sv|Jörgen Appelgren}}, former chief economist of Nordea and member of the Social Democratic Party, as the new party leader and front-runner.<ref>{{cite AV media|last1=Melzer |first1=Herman |date=17 February 2014 |title=Sören Wibe har avlidit 64 år gammal |type=Radio broadcast |language=sv |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/5786684 |publisher=Dagens Eko |access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> The second front-runner was [[Camilla Lindberg]], former MP for the [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Larsson |first1=Lars-Gunnar |title=FP-Camilla byter parti |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/dalarna/fp-camilla-byter-parti |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=Sveriges Television |date=2014-02-17}}</ref> The party received only 11,629	votes nationwide.<ref name="results2014">{{cite web |title=Valpresentationen EU-valet 2014 |url=https://historik.val.se/val/ep2014/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html |publisher=Swedish Election Authority |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=sv}}</ref>