September 13. Sweden goes to the polls. The Sweden Democrats and the Social Democrats lose ground sharply, while the Left Party makes the biggest gains of all the parties. The balance between the blocs is even.
September 15. The vote count continues. The Social Democrats demand that Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (Moderate Party) submit his resignation to the Speaker.
September 17. The red-green parties win the election, with 176 seats to the Tidö parties’ 173. Ulf Kristersson resigns as prime minister and remains at the helm of a caretaker government. Magdalena Andersson (Social Democrats) gives a victory speech.
September 18. The first round of talks on the speakership begins. Magdalena Andersson receives the first exploratory assignment.
September 21. The group leaders of the red-green parties discuss the allocation of seats on parliamentary committees. They form a cartel.
September 27. The Left Party announces that it will vote for Moderate Party MP Andreas Norlén as Speaker.
September 28. Newly elected members of parliament are called to the Riksdag. Andreas Norlén is elected Speaker for a third term with the support of the Moderate Party, Sweden Democrats, Christian Democrats, Liberals and Left Party. Magdalena Andersson returns the exploratory assignment.
September 29. The Riksdag opens.
September 30. The second round of talks on the speakership is held. Norlén needs more time to appoint an exploratory candidate.
October 2. The Speaker gives the assignment to Magdalena Andersson again and announces that she will be put to a vote for prime minister.
October 5. Magdalena Andersson begins her exploratory assignment again, with a week to complete it.
October 9. The red-green parties meet at Högberga gård on Lidingö to reach a common understanding of the challenges facing Sweden.
October 13. The Social Democratic leader reports back to the Speaker and says there are no conditions for her to form a government.
October 15. The Riksdag rejects Magdalena Andersson as prime minister in favor of a purely Social Democratic government. All parties except the Social Democrats vote no.
October 19. Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is tasked with exploring the possibility of a centre-right government led by Magdalena Andersson, with the support of the Green Party, Social Democrats, Center Party, Christian Democrats and Liberals.
October 26. Thand Ringqvist meets with the Speaker and says there is not enough support for such a centre-right government.
November 3. The Center Party leader is voted down in a vote for prime minister. The exploratory assignment goes to Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson.
November 6. The Sweden Democrats drop their demand for ministerial posts. The party is prepared to tolerate Ulf Kristersson as prime minister in a four-party centre-right government.
November 8. Magdalena Andersson announces that she wants to form a government with the Social Democrats, Green Party and Center Party. She thereby closes the door to the Left Party joining the government.
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