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News Sweden » Politics: Sweden heads to polls in close election race dominated by welfare state and security

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-au/politics/government/sweden-heads-to-polls-in-close-election-race-dominated-by-welfare-state-and-security/ar-AA2bOczx

Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Opinion polls ahead of Sunday's vote point to a victory for the centre-left opposition headed by the Social Democrats which could see Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's centre-right coalition ousted. Vi ...

News Sweden » Politics: Sweden heads to the polls in close election race

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sweden-heads-to-the-polls-in-close-election-race/ar-AA2bMlyn

Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Sweden votes Sunday in a tight general election that could see the left-wing opposition oust the government after a campaign dominated by concerns over healthcare and the welfare state amid fears over ...

News Sweden » Politics: How Sweden’s far right went from political pariah to powerbroker

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-sweden-s-far-right-went-from-political-pariah-to-powerbroker/ar-AA25VOFy

Published on: Wednesday 17 June 2026

There is an expression in Swedish, “to be let into the warmth” – meaning to be welcomed into the fold. In a country shaped by long, dark winters, the image speaks for itself. A decade ago, the Sweden ...

News Sweden » Politics: Sweden's foreign minister announces shock departure from politics

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/swedens-foreign-minister-announces-shock-154330715.html

Published on: Wednesday 04 September 2024

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the ...

News Sweden » Politics: Inside Sweden: Is Swedish politics at risk of losing its greatest strength?

News channel or source: https://www.thelocal.se/20260808/inside-sweden-is-swedish-politics-at-risk-of-losing-its-greatest-strength

Published on: Friday 07 August 2026

The election cabins or valstugor that spring up next to eachother in every square at election time shows the high level of political trust in Sweden. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT Add The Local as a ...

News Sweden » Politics: Sweden faces political crisis as extreme right rejects budget

News channel or source: https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/sweden-faces-political-crisis-as-extreme-right-rejects-budget/

Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2014

A political crisis erupted in Sweden Tuesday when the extreme-right Sweden Democrats, the country’s third largest party, vowed to block the new leftist-green government’s budget, a move that could ...

News Sweden » Politics: Sweden's foreign minister announces surprising departure from politics

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/sweden-s-foreign-minister-announces-surprising-departure-from-politics-/7771278.html