Stockholm (AFP) - The Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlin, announced on Friday that the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, has been reassigned to the task of forming a government, about three weeks after the legislative elections, which the Left Bloc won by a narrow margin.

Published on: 02/10/2026 - 11:30

“In light of the conversations I held, I decided to assign Magdalena Andersson, head of the Social Democratic Party, to resume her exploratory consultations” to form a new government, Norlin said during a press conference.

Anderson announced on Monday that she had failed to form a government that included the other three left-wing parties, a task entrusted to her following her victory in the parliamentary elections on September 13.

The right-wing camp, led by outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, whose bloc included the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, lost the elections to the left-wing bloc, consisting of four parties, by a narrow margin (176 versus 173 seats).

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