Storm Clouds Over Sweden’s Government

Storm Clouds Over Sweden’s Government
Police officers work onsite a day after a deadly shooting at Vaksala Square in Uppsala, Sweden, on April 30, 2025. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via Reuters
Anders W. Edwardsson
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Just over a year before Sweden’s next general election, scheduled for Sept. 13, 2026, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s center-right coalition faces a mounting crisis of confidence. The most recent opinion polls show his government trailing the opposition, some by more than 10 percentage points—a stark warning sign for a fragile administration that came to power on ambitious promises it has struggled to fulfill.

Anders W. Edwardsson
Anders W. Edwardsson
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Anders W. Edvardsson, Ph.D., is an author, political analyst, and public speaker with over three decades of experience in journalism, research, and media commentary across Europe and the United States. He is the author of several books on political history and American exceptionalism and currently teaches political science while contributing to think tanks and international publications.
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