Swedish Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson, whose party won the September elections in Sweden, announced today that she was unable to form a government.
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28/09/2026
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“Ttaking into account the talks I have held, I conclude that, in the current state of affairs, I cannot form a government,” he said at a press conference.
This means that the president of parliament, Andreas Norlen, will entrust this mission to another party leader — possibly conservative Ulf Kristersson, without guarantee of success.
The president of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament, will meet on Wednesday with the leaders of the main parties, except Magdalena Andersson.
The 59-year-old Social Democratic leader, who briefly served as Prime Minister between 2021 and 2022, was unable to coexist in a coalition with the centrists and the radical left, two formations with very distant positions.
The alliance between the right and the far right, which lost the election by 50,000 votes, awaits an opportunity. This bloc is led by Ulf Kristersson, who exerts interim government leadership.
If the outgoing Prime Minister also fails, nothing excludes the possibility of Magdalena Andersson trying again.
The Nordic country is used to this kind of twists: after the legislative elections of 2022, it took 37 days to form government; in 2018, the process took 134 days.