Sweden's party leaders will meet with the parliamentary speaker for a second round of talks on Tuesday, with the aim of finding a candidate for prime minister who can lead a workable government.
The leader of Sweden’s centre-right Moderate party pledged once again to oust the country’s prime minister Stefan Löfven after the final result of last week's election was confirmed on Sunday.
Sweden's far-right had hoped to overtake the "establishment" in weekend elections and become the country's biggest party, but, having fallen well short of that goal, some are now wondering whether support for the Sweden Democrats has peaked.
UPDATED: The parliamentary group leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has been criticized for a Facebook post he made following the election result, in which he said "there are only two choices, victory or death".
When Sweden holds its general election in less than two weeks, between 80 and 90 percent of the eligible population are expected to go to the polls. The country has one of Europe's highest voter turnouts, but foreign-born residents are less likely than native Swedes to have their say. As part of The Local's Sweden in Focus series, we took a look at why that's the case and what's being done to break the trend.
Sweden's feminist party says it will base its election campaign on similar 'pink policies' to those adopted in the past, despite a change in political climate.
Sweden's intelligence service has warned "foreign powers" could try to meddle in the country's upcoming general election, singling out Russia in light of alleged interference in the last US vote.
Sweden's ruling Social Democrats have announced a plan to win the votes of 350,000 undecideds wavering between them and the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats.
Swedish voters aged between 18 and 29 see climate change and the environment as the most important political issues, according to a new survey commissioned by radio station Sveriges Radio.
