Swedish PM Kristersson seeks new term and backing for partnership with right wing
The vote could give the Sweden Democrats cabinet posts for the first time, as polls show a tight race for control of the 349-seat parliament.
- On Sunday, September 13, 2026, Swedish voters head to the polls in a tight election that will decide whether the far-right Sweden Democrats join Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's coalition government for the first time.
- Since 2022, Prime Minister Kristersson's government has relied on parliamentary support from the Sweden Democrats, a period during which the party formally apologized in 2025 for past neo-Nazi views to normalize its political position.
- Current polling indicates a knife-edge race, with the Sweden Democrats garnering around 19% support while the centre-left opposition bloc led by Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson holds a slim but narrowing lead.
- Kristersson has pledged to grant the Sweden Democrats cabinet positions if his right-wing bloc wins, a shift former European Affairs Minister Birgitta Ohlsson warned would have an "enormously negative impact" on liberal ideals.
- This potential rightward pivot mirrors a broader European trend where far-right parties already share power in Finland, Italy, Croatia and the Czech Republic, testing Sweden's traditional democratic norms as voters debate the country's future political direction.
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