Tight election leaves Sweden facing a long autumn

Sweden’s election result is not yet final, but the opposition is likely to secure 175 seats, one more than the Tidö parties, according to SVT domestic political commentator Mats Knutson.

How the red-green parties could form a government remains highly uncertain, Knutson writes. The narrow result is therefore likely to lead to difficult negotiations and a prolonged political autumn.

SVT describes the article as an analysis, meaning that its conclusions are the journalist’s own.