We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Sweden's centre-left leader Andersson tasked with forming government after election Sweden's parliament speaker on Friday tasked opposition leader Magdalena Andersson with forming a government after an election gave the left-wing bloc a narrow majority, setting the stage for difficult coalition talks. Andersson, a former prime minister, must bridge deep differences between four parties, with the centre party ruling out a government that includes the left in cabinet. Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlen meets Social Democrat party leader Magdalena Andersson for talks as the process of proposing a new prime minister begins in Stockholm, Sweden, September 18, 2026. © Christine Olsson, via Sweden's parliament speaker said Friday that following post-election consultations with party leaders he had tasked opposition chief Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats with forming a government.
Andersson, who served as Sweden's first woman prime minister in 2021-2022, now faces an uphill battle to unite a left-wing bloc fractured by ideological differences. "It is a task I take on with great humility, and I will act constructively to form a new administration," Andersson, 59, said in a statement posted to Instagram. "I want to lead a government that realises the new direction that the Swedish people have voted for– a direction that moves Sweden forward and keeps our country united." Andersson is expected to try to build a government with the three other parties on the left wing, the socialist Left, the liberal Centre and the Greens.
The Centre Party has said it will oppose a government that includes cabinet posts for the Left Party, which has insisted it will only support a left-wing government that it is a member of. After Sunday's general election, the four left-wing parties hold a three-seat majority in the 349-seat parliament over outgoing prime minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing alliance, which includes the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. Norlen said Andersson would have to report back on her progress on September 28, when the new parliament convenes for the first time and elects a new speaker.
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