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LIVEELECTION DAY · CONTINUING COVERAGE

Sweden votes: follow election day live

The voting, the count and the developments shaping Sweden’s next government.

LATEST UPDATES09:05Six districts remain as late-vote counting resumes 23:58Nacka rules out suspected advance-vote registration errors

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Melanoma cases rise as Swedish clinics change routines

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Opposition projection opens Andersson's path back

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Sweden eases family permit rules for young adults, with a harder test at 21

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Melanoma cases rise as Swedish clinics change routines

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Umeå police switch tactics against illegal taxi groups

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Opposition projection opens Andersson's path back

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Sweden tests mobile towers to spot small drones

Politics

Jimmie Åkesson speaking with a headset microphone at Almedalen in June 2026.

Åkesson holds strategy talks as Sweden awaits election result

16 Sept

Green Party sets three climate demands for next government

16 Sept

Green wave lifts Sweden's Greens in preliminary local results

14 Sept

Economy

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Swedish firms see best outlook in four years

16 Sept

European gas hits €81 as Sweden says supplies remain stable

11 Sept

Health

Melanoma cases rise as Swedish clinics change routines

17 Sept

Climate & Environment

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Sweden backs 17 cleaner transport projects with SEK 73 million

11 Sept

Transport

Umeå police switch tactics against illegal taxi groups

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Sweden eases family permit rules for young adults, with a harder test at 21

16 Sept

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Sweden’s citizenship plan leaves dual nationals with unequal protection

16 Sept

Multiple Swedish party ballots sit in racks inside an empty ballot-selection stand.

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Foreign-born voters are not a bloc. The election may turn on that mistake

11 Sept

Editorial illustration of a pregnant applicant holding a folder as a bright office doorway folds shut.

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‘100% from now’: pregnancy still closes workplace doors

7 Sept

Living in Sweden

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Decision to Doorstep

Your Sublet Can End Before Your Right to Reclaim Excess Rent

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Check a Swedish Public Employer’s Pay Before Accepting Its Offer

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One Accident Payout May Leave Other Insurance Claims Open

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Decision to Doorstep

Changing Clinics Can Change Who Pays for Your Care Journey

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Sweden’s worst government for immigrants in modern times may be on its way out

15 Sept

Simona Mohamsson speaks with a headset microphone on a Liberal Party stage at Almedalen in June 2025.

Opinion

From hugging Åkesson to borrowing his climate excuse

11 Sept

Magdalena Andersson walks toward the Riksdag on 24 November 2021.

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Dear Magda, it is okay to be angry about men's mediocrity

10 Sept

Magdalena Andersson carries Sweden’s budget towards the Riksdag through a crowd of officials and cameras.

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The Social Democrats’ failure to draw ideological lines might cost them the election

2 Sept

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