SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

Centre risks giving Sweden’s defeated right a way back

Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist talks with people at a Centre Party campaign booth in Gothenburg in August 2026.
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Centre risks turning votes cast for a change of government into the means of returning Ulf Kristersson to power. Its invitation to both sides to compete for its support may sound practical after weeks of deadlock. For voters who understood a Centre vote as a route towards Magdalena Andersson, it raises a more basic question: what was their vote supposed to mean?

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