While most countries in Europe are led by right-wing governments, opinion polls have for months suggested the Scandinavian country could oust its conservative bloc backed by the far-right, though the left's lead has narrowed in the final days of the campaign.The Social Democrats, Sweden's biggest party that ruled for the better part of the 20th century, have pledged to help struggling households pay their bills and bolster the welfare state."Fewer and fewer Swedes are able to realise their dream of owning their own home. Life has become too expensive. We've had four years of rising unemployment, with a salary that pays for less and less when everything has gotten more expensive," party leader Magdalena Andersson said during Thursday's debate."Two normal salaries should be enough to buy a small house. And for that you need economic growth and tax incentives so you can save for your first deposit," conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson retorted.The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Akesson, meanwhile insisted jobless immigrants should not be allowed to stay in the country."This group of people... who come from other parts of the world, who aren't employable on the Swedish labour market, they need to either get a job or leave the country," he said.Kristersson came to power in 2022 after his minority coalition reached an unprecedented deal giving the far-right influence over government policy in exchange for its support in parliament. Long viewed as political pariahs, the Sweden Democrats are now the second-biggest party, polling around 20 percent.If the right-wing were to win the election, Kristersson has vowed to give the far-right cabinet posts for the first time.Akesson would likely be given the post of migration minister, and he has demanded that his party hold several other key portfolios. "On Monday we could wake to a government where the keys to the defence ministry will be handed over to the Sweden Democrats, and that is a party that has been revealed to be infiltrated by friends of Putin. Don't take that risk," Andersson urged Swedes.Akesson criticised her for dropping "to that level."Fragmented left-wingMarja Lemne, political scientist at Sodertorn University, told AFP the election outcome remained "very open".