The left-wing opposition is narrowly ahead, but it will be "very close," Social Democrat leader Andersson said. The far-right Sweden Democrats surprisingly lost ground.

Sweden is holding an election Sunday that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or…

Ahead of Sweden’s parliamentary election on Sept. 13, polls show a steady lead for the center-left opposition led by Magdalena Andersson — a rare precedent in…