Key events13m agoHej from Stockholm!20m agoEvening opening: Welcome to 2026 Swedish parliamentary election live blogHej from Stockholm!Jakub Krupain StockholmHej, that’s hello in Swedish, from Stockholm, where I spent this morning eating Swedish pastry and meatballs talking to voters about the country’s prospects as they cast their votes in today’s parliamentary elections.Here is what they told me, straight from Stockholm:‘I hope for a decent period in politics’: views of voters as Sweden goes to the polls – videoEvening opening: Welcome to 2026 Swedish parliamentary election live blogJakub Krupain StockholmWe kick off our coverage of the 2026 Swedish parliamentary election which could see the far right enter government for the first time if the country’s rightwing parties can form a majority – or a new centre-left government take control instead.Voters take part in Sweden’s general election in the Stockholm region on Sunday. Photograph: Joel Lindhe/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockAs our Nordic correspondent Miranda Bryant noted in her preview,
“In 2022, the current prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the centre-right Moderates, broke a longstanding taboo to make a deal with the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD), so that his minority coalition could form a government.
