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Swedish election could put far-right party in cabinet for first time
Polls favour the centre-left, but the bigger question is whether the Sweden Democrats move from external support into government alongside Kristersson's coalition
13 September 2026
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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Associate professor of political science, Södertörn University
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Polls favour the centre-left, but the bigger question is whether the Sweden Democrats move from external support into government alongside Kristersson's coalition
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Sunday's general election could give the anti-immigration party ministerial posts, a decade after it was treated as a parliamentary pariah
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A 3.2-point poll lead for the left bloc masks a contest shaped by whether the Sweden Democrats, a party rooted in Nazi sympathiser networks, move from outside supporters to cabinet ministers.
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Sunday's election could give the Sweden Democrats their first cabinet posts, testing how a new NATO member accommodates a party with neo-Nazi origins.