The Moderates see economic policy as their sharpest weapon in the election campaign. But they also hope to attract new voters - not least women - by presenting a new image of the party.
SwedenThe book was almost finished, the cover ready. Then Viktor Gyökeres took Sweden to the World Cup - and Olof Lundh had to think again. "We probably didn't really think that Sweden would make it to the World Cup," says Olof Lundh.
SportsThe government has appointed Nicola Clase as the new Swedish ambassador to the United States.
SwedenJanne Andersson is disappointed with former union leaders Fredrik Reinfeldt and Andrea Möllerberg. "The fact that no one was interested in listening to my experiences made me sad," he says. Graham Potter, on the other hand, shows interest.
SportsBoth the left and the right are to blame for the rise of Islamism in Sweden, says Social Democrat and Muslim Nalin Baksi. The left gave them political legitimacy in the name of anti-racism, and the right has financed them through its policies, she says.
SwedenThe hunt for a replacement for the dismissed Jon Dahl Tomasson is underway. At the same time, it is not ruled out that the football national team will be led by an interim national team manager when the World Championship qualification is completed in November. If you ask me today, we probably need to have both of those options open, says association chairman Simon Åström.
SportsMalmö FF's current CEO Niclas Carlnén will become the new secretary general of the Swedish Football Association. However, regarding the turbulence that has been in the association, he is taciturn. Come back in six months, says Carlnén.
Sports”We can do it” – we will manage it, said Angela Merkel when hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants came to Europe in 2015. Now the former German Chancellor says her policy contributed to strengthening the far-right – but she does not regret it.
WorldFormer Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has married his Anna Nordin. ”Great joy and much love”, writes his son.
SwedenNorway in – Sweden out. Now Swedish football is no longer at the table of power in the European Football Association (Uefa). For me, there is no self-evident goal to seek specific positions, says the new federation boss Simon Åström.
SportsViolence decreased on football stands last year. At the same time, Halmstad is losing a major sponsor due to fireworks and in IFK Göteborg, several people have been subjected to threats. It's absolutely nothing we want to see in Swedish football, says Simon Åström, new chairman of the Swedish Football Association.
SportsNow it's settled and clear. Simon Åström has been elected as the new chairman of the Swedish Football Association – after outgoing Fredrik Reinfeldt.
SportsSweden supported the World Championship in football going to Saudi Arabia. Outgoing chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt defended himself in his farewell speech at the Football Association's annual meeting – and attacked the USA. What kind of World Championship in football is being inaugurated by President Trump and (FIFA) President (Gianni) Infantino?
SportsThe criticism of the work environment at the association, the controversial VAR statement, and the support for Saudi Arabia's World Championship bid. Here are the schisms that brought down Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has announced that he will not stand for re-election in the presidential election of the Swedish Football Association.
SportsIt was the right decision by the electoral committee, says Lars-Christer Olsson about the choice not to propose Fredrik Reinfeldt for re-election as chairman of the football association. It has been an unnecessary parenthesis in Swedish football, says Olsson about Reinfeldt's time in the position.
SportsFredrik Reinfeldt is rejected for re-election to the chairmanship in the Swedish Football Association. The electoral committee instead proposes that SEF chairman Simon Åström becomes the new chairman. My impression is that there is a clear majority that supports my candidacy, says Åström to TT.
SportsAndrea Möllerberg was fired as Secretary-General of the Swedish Football Association. Something she saw coming. I was prepared for it, she says to the website Fotbolldirekt. She calls the criticism against her "one-sided".
SportsToo fast and too hard. That's what Olof Lundh, editor-in-chief of TV4's Football Channel, says about the transformation work within Swedish football that has now led to the dismissal of General Secretary Anders Möllerberg.
SportsThe Swedish Football Association's Secretary General Andrea Möllerberg is fired. According to the association's board, "the trust is exhausted". The board was unanimous in its decision and based it on a comprehensive assessment over a longer period of time related to the trust issue, says Chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt at a press conference.
SportsA majority in the football movement supports him as the new chairman of the Swedish Football Association. This is the signal Sef-basen Simon Åström has received when he now challenges the sitting chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt for the most powerful position in Swedish football.
SportsThe Swedish Football Association's chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt gets an opponent candidate at the annual meeting in March. Simon Åström, chairman of Swedish Elite Football, is nominated as a candidate for the chairman post.
SportsThe chaos, the criticism, the commission. The Swedish government's actions during the tsunami disaster were condemned from several quarters. This is a timeline of the political events.
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