STOCKHOLM—The first bid to form a new Swedish government since a divisive election two months ago failed to win acceptance in Parliament on Nov. 13.
After protracted speaker-led negotiations, Ulf Kristersson, leader of the center-right Moderate party, sought support for a minority government with the Christian Democrats. But his bid was predictably rejected by a parliamentary majority—including the Liberal party and the Center party from his own four-party center-right “Alliance” that ruled Sweden from 2006 to 2014.
