Gasoline and diesel prices have risen sharply in recent weeks, and further increases are expected. Protracted government negotiations in the fall could cause the temporary tax cuts to disappear in a power vacuum.
BusinessThe SD shock over the voter loss has not subsided. In the party's heartland of Skåne, SD is losing ground in 27 of 33 municipalities. We have been very spoiled by always only increasing and being the biggest, says Hanna Nilsson, SD chairwoman in Skåne.
SwedenCurrent Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren (KD) does not look likely to enter the Riksdag, nor does former program host Lars Adaktusson (KD). MP Martin Melin (L) looks likely to leave.
Swedish politicsS leader Magdalena Andersson is tasked with trying to form a new government. But how she will put it together is unclear. The Left Party is not backing down from its demand for ministerial posts, while the Centre Party does not even want to sit down for a meeting with V.
Swedish politicsBank tax, baby allowance and cheaper bus passes. This could become a reality if the red-green parties fulfill their election promises. At the same time, several blue election promises on tax cuts could come to nothing.
BusinessNorwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre congratulates Magdalena Andersson (S) after it became clear that the red-green parties had won a majority in the election.
Swedish politicsPrime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) has submitted his resignation to the Speaker. At the same time, Kristersson says that "right now there is no winner" - and says that he has not called Magdalena Andersson to congratulate her.
Swedish politicsThe red-green opposition wins the election with 176 seats against the Tidö parties' 173 seats, according to the Election Authority's preliminary vote count. The opposition won by 50,359 votes.
Swedish politicsIran expels a Swedish diplomat. The announcement is a response to Sweden expelling an official at the Iranian embassy in Sweden on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
SwedenThe votes have been counted and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) is resigning. The Swedish people have voted for a new direction for our country, for cohesion and against division, says S leader Magdalena Andersson in an initial comment.
Swedish politicsDonald Trump's actions against Canada and Greenland are bringing Canada and the EU closer together. There is now talk of Canada becoming the EU's first "associate member." It is still unclear what that means.
WorldThe Social Democrats' stronghold in Norrland is cracking at the seams. The loss in the north is in some places twice as big as in the country as a whole. We lack the fingertip feeling for what attracts voters, says John Åberg (S), second vice chairman of the Sollefteå municipal board.
Swedish politicsFormer S leader and Prime Minister Göran Persson does not rule out a special election, but sees it as less likely. Red lines have always existed - that’s where you start, he says of the government negotiations likely to await the current party leader, Magdalena Andersson.
Swedish politicsThe Tidö parties’ chance of winning a majority is now about one in a thousand, according to mathematician Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder. Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist writes on X that the Tidö parties have "lost their government mandate".
Swedish politicsA parliamentary mandate has gone back and forth between the Social Democrats, the Sweden Democrats, the Moderates and the Left Party during Wednesday's count in the constituencies.
Swedish politicsThe Moderates are calling for a meeting with all opinion pollsters. Deputy party secretary Martin Borgs believes that the party has been systematically disadvantaged by the polls, reports SVT Nyheter.
Swedish politicsSVT's program about politicians' anti-media populism - which includes the controversial Carl-Oskar Bohlin interview - will be published "as soon as possible," writes Journalisten.
TV & filmThe support S and V appear to have received in the parliamentary election in Rosengård in Malmö would have made Saddam Hussein jealous, writes Moderate MP Fredrik Kärrholm in the British magazine The Spectator.
Swedish politicsResults from the so-called Wednesday votes are still coming in. S risks losing a mandate when they are counted. The 176th mandate is up for grabs, says mathematician Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder.
Swedish politicsBan social media for children under 13 and make Canada the EU's first "associate member state." The promises came from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her annual State of the Union address.
WorldThe Social Democrats are demanding that Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) resign if the preliminary election results hold. He must admit defeat, says party secretary Tobias Baudin (S).
Swedish politicsTwo-thirds of Liberal voters made up their minds in the last week before the election, or on election day. This is a record, according to SVT's polling station survey. This is a clear indication that these are borrowed voters or voters who may not be primarily passionate about the Liberals, says political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.
Swedish politicsThe Sweden Democrats lost heavily while the Örebro Party surged in the regional election in Örebro. Now SD is inviting negotiations.
Swedish politicsSD is the party that is losing the most in the parliamentary elections. The party is losing in 285 of Sweden's 290 municipalities. It is a surprisingly large decline, says political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.
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