However, no tensions were noticeable when Kristersson received his party leadership colleagues outside his private residence.
The police had set up roadblocks, technicians had rigged up floodlights and a sound system for the press conference after lunch, and journalists were huddled outside. The Prime Minister offered gingerbread cookies and gingerbread.
Can collaborate
One purpose of the meeting in Strängnäs is to show that the Tidöl leaders can cooperate. When Kristersson made the invitation in October, he claimed that the red-green opposition can't even drink coffee together.
SD leader Jimmie Åkesson appeared in SD's own Christmas sweater. He has demanded that the party be allowed to sit in a possible new Tidö government after the next election.
I'm going to put on the biggest charm today and be really Christmassy, so let's hope it bites, he says.
However, the Liberals will not participate in a government that includes the SD, but want to continue the Tidö cooperation as it is today, with the SD as a supporting party. Liberal leader Simona Mohamsson has said that the party cannot behave.
Christmas gifts for everyone
But she didn't mention that when she arrived. Instead, Mohamsson brought "personal" Christmas presents.
KD leader Ebba Busch created a bad atmosphere earlier this fall by accusing the Moderates of treating her party badly, including because she wants to settle with the Social Democrats on major issues that are important to Sweden.
She brought a bouquet of amaryllis with her to Kristersson.
"I think that just the fact that we are having this meeting shows the great divide in Swedish politics. Ulf Kristersson has managed to gather a majority behind him," says Busch.
The government issue is reportedly not on the agenda in Strängnäs. However, Tidöledarna is expected to broadly outline the way forward for continued cooperation after the next election. Kristersson wants to prioritize three areas: everyday crime, growth and integration. However, it is not about writing a joint election manifesto.
Nothing new
It is not unique for party leaders to meet at each other's homes. For example, the conservative Alliance leaders did so at the home of then Center Party leader Maud Olofsson in Högfors in 2004. That is where the Alliance was formed.
At the home of then-KD leader Göran Hägglund in Bankeryd, the basis for the Alliance's economic policy was developed.
However, not all home meetings have been equally eventful. Many people's lasting memories of the party leaders' meeting at the home of former C-leader Annie Lööf in Maramö, Småland, were that they grilled sausages.
