Swedes are voting in a closely fought general election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time. Country heads to the polls as latest polling shows 0.3-point gap between left and right wing blocsSince you may not be ordinarily following the Swedish politics very closely, let me bring you up to speed on some of the key aspect of this year’s election.Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer at Södertörn University in Stockholm, joined me over coffee earlier to offer some commentary to help us make sense of it. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Swedes are voting in a closely fought general election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time. With immigration, crime and the economy dominating the campaign, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Social Democrat leader...S1
- Country heads to the polls as latest polling shows 0.3-point gap between left and right wing blocsSince you may not be ordinarily following the Swedish politics very closely, let me bring you up to speed on some of the key aspect of this year’s election.Nichol...S2