Swedish election: centre-left parties lead by just a single seat with most votes counted Race too close to call and may take days to become clear despite early exit polls suggesting left bloc win The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
New Danish government vows to resist Greenland pressure and tackle cost of living Mette Frederiksen, who returns for third term as PM, says minority coalition will ‘improve everyday lives’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 2
Denmark’s unique political model is in crisis – I blame the boomerang effect Voters rejected rule from the centre in last month’s election – but could end up with another centrist government, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper Information The Guardian - UK · Apr 2
Swedish PM offers deal that could see far-right allowed into government Party, which has neo-Nazi roots, will hold ‘important ministerial posts within immigration’ if four-party coalition wins in September The Guardian - UK · Apr 1
Danish king tasks outgoing PM Mette Frederiksen with leading talks for next government Danes are now prepared for long coalition negotiations ahead. After the 2022 election, the talks lasted six weeks. Euronews · Mar 25
Lars Løkke Rasmussen: Denmark’s pipe-smoking kingmaker who cleans his teeth with soap Man credited with cooling Greenland tensions with Donald Trump is poised to play central role in any coalition deal The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Danish PM’s leftwing bloc wins most votes but fails to secure majority – Europe live Mette Frederiksen’s red bloc wins 84 seats, blue bloc wins 77 seats and Moderates win 14 seats The Guardian - UK · Mar 24
‘How many beers do you have?’ Swedish PM seeks boost from phone-in podcast Ulf Kristersson answers calls from voters in informal weekly show, on topics from women’s safety to beer The Guardian - UK · Feb 11
Sweden’s migration minister ‘shocked’ by teenage son’s far-right activism Johan Forssell says revelation should be ‘wake-up call’ to parents about what children are doing and seeing online The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025
Sweden Appoints New Foreign Minister In Cabinet Shake-Up Maria Malmer Stenegard appointed as Sweden's new foreign minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. Additional changes made to center-right government. Top News · Sep 10, 2024
Danish Social Democrats agree new government with right-wing opposition Denmark's Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday she had agreed to form a rare bipartisan government with the main opposition party, the Liberal Party, and the Moderates to form a government with her as prime minister. Reuters · Dec 13, 2022
Denmark centre-left bloc wins narrow victory in nail-biting vote Social Democratic incumbent PM Mette Frederiksen secures mandate to form a government after a close election. Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2022
Sweden's new PM Kristersson appoints cabinet Sweden's new right-wing prime minister, Moderates leader Ulf Kristersson, appointed party colleagues Elisabeth Svantesson as finance minister and Tobias Billstrom as foreign minister in his minority coalition on Tuesday. Reuters · Oct 18, 2022
Swedish center-right leader gets more time to form coalition The leader of Sweden’s third largest party -- the center-right Moderates -- needs more time in his attempt to form a government with other center-right parties and has been granted a two-day extension to land an agreement with the other parties The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022
Reuters · Sep 26, 2022 Swedish parliament reappoints speaker as change of government draws nearer (This Sept. 26 story corrects the first name of Swedish parliament speaker)
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022 Center-right leader asked to form new government in Sweden The leader of Sweden’s third largest party -- the center-right Moderates -- has formally been asked to try to form a new coalition government that could include the populist Sweden Democrats
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022 Sweden’s first female PM concedes defeat to right-wing, anti-immigrant bloc Leader of the Moderate Party Ulf Kristersson is expected to be the next prime minister
Reuters · Sep 13, 2022 Sweden Democrat surge a chance and a challenge for right-wing PM hopeful Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson's big bet that a deal with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats would make him prime minister looks likely to pay off, but squabbling allies, policy divisions and a cost-of-living crisis could make his tenure turbulent.
France 24 · Sep 11, 2022 Anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats leader eyes right-wing election victory Near final results in Sweden's election Sunday show that a bloc of right-wing parties was expected to defeat a left-wing bloc headed by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. The conservative group includes a populist anti-immigration party that made its best-ever showing.
Reuters · Sep 10, 2022 Swedish right opposition inches ahead in election cliff-hanger Sweden's right bloc inched into the narrowest of leads with around 90% of votes counted after Sunday's general election, with results pointing to a new government after eight years of Social Democrat rule.
Reuters · Sep 6, 2022 Explainer-Tough talks beckon for winner in Sweden's close-run election Tough talks and trade-offs await the winning side in Sweden's parliamentary elections with the governing centre-left and their right-wing challengers facing weeks of uncertainty should they come out on top.