STOCKHOLM — A month after Sweden’s election campaign began, with politicians and candidates — including Syriac-Swedish politician Aday Bethkinne, head of the Christian Family Party — taking to the streets of Swedish cities to meet voters and promote their parties, 95% of the votes have now been counted. The Social Democratic Party is currently leading with 28.1% of the vote, followed by the Moderate Party with 19.9% and the Sweden Democrats with 17.5%.

Sweden’s final opinion polls before Sunday’s election show widely differing gaps between the Tidö parties and the opposition, SVT reported. The Liberals are above the parliamentary threshold in every poll. “It is set up to be an exciting election weekend,” SVT political commentator Mats Knutson s…

SVT’s Politicsbyrån is hosting a live discussion about the final stretch before Sweden’s 2026 election, focusing on accusations of lying and politicians attacking one another. The programme will examine whether such tactics can attract voters and what will ultimately decide the election. Guests i…

Economy, schools, climate, crime, integration and healthcare will be the main topics in SVT’s final debate with all eight party leaders ahead of Sweden’s 2026 parliamentary election. “We have, of course, chosen to include some of the issues that matter most to voters, but also issues where we kno…

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson accused Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson of focusing her election campaign on attacking him and his party during a debate broadcast by Swedish public broadcaster SVT on Tuesday. Five days before the election, Andersson criticised the Sweden Democ…

Moderate Party leader and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has warned centre-right voters that supporting the Centre Party could lead to left-wing policies, SVT reports. With the election only days away, the Moderates are targeting voters who support centre-right politics but have turned away from …

An upward trend for the Liberals and declining support for the Social Democrats are narrowing the gap between Sweden’s political blocs, according to an analysis by SVT’s domestic political commentator Mats Knutson. If the trend continues, the 2026 election could be close. The trend appears in sev…

The Social Democrats must retain voters who switched from the right in the last election, while also fighting the Sweden Democrats in northern Sweden and the Moderates in major cities, according to SVT election reporter Fouad Youcefi. “This election is truly a multi-front war for the Social Democ…

Sweden’s Prime Minister and Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson was questioned in his hometown of Strängnäs in an election programme published by SVT. SVT’s five-minute edition presents highlights from the interview. A full version of the programme, featuring questions from Camilla Kvartoft and…

Jonas Sjöstedt, a senior Left Party politician, is seriously concerned that Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson could seek to form a government with the Christian Democrats after the 2026 election, SVT reported. “I am afraid of that. I fear it. There is a great deal of flirting, not only w…

Healthcare workers at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm want less administration and better working hours ahead of Sweden’s 2026 election, SVT reports. Healthcare is the most important issue for voters. The parties’ main healthcare pledges include: The Left Party wants increased and index-linked govern…

Sharp exchanges between prime ministerial candidates, accusations over antisemitism and an invitation to switch sides were among the highlights of a major election debate on Monday evening, SVT reported. Expressen and Dagens Industri organised the first major debate of the final stretch of Sweden…

SVT political commentator Mats Knutson writes that Vänsterpartiet's leader Nooshi Dadgostar is seeing her hopes of ministerial posts recede as further revelations emerge about party members accused of praising terrorism. Among Sweden's parliamentary parties, none has a stronger engagement in the …