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A ballot envelope is placed in a ballot box at a polling station at the City Hall in Malmo, Sweden, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden may wait long for a new government as the opposition has a narrow lead in a tight election

By Kostya Manenkov - Associated Press

A ballot envelope is placed in a ballot box at a polling station at the City Hall in Malmo, Sweden, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish voters go to polls to choose a new parliament as hard right bids for role in government

By Kostya Manenkov - Associated Press

Police and emergency personnel outside Brinellskolan during a major emergency response after a man with a sword reportedly injured several people at the school in Fagersta, Sweden, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

An attacker with a sword wounds several people at a school in Sweden

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Three of the five Saab JAS-39 Gripen aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force returning from the 55th NATO Tiger Meet Aviation Exercise fly above the 59th Air Base of the Hungarian Army in Kecskemet, 85 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 27, 2016. NATO's aviation exercise this year was hosted by Spain in Zaragoza, where nearly a thousand soldiers representing fifteen nations took part in the event running from 16 to 27 May, including a fifty-strong Hungarian contingent. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP) **FILE**

Sweden supplying Ukraine with next-generation jet fighter that can operate from austere locations

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Jimmie Akesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats Party and Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party arrive for a press conference regarding the formation of the government, at the Parliament in Stockholm, on Oct. 14, 2022. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Swedish prime minister says he’ll let a hard-right party enter a future government

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Swedish journalist Joakim Medin with his wife journalist Sofie Axelsson attends a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday May 17, 2025. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP)

Turkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President Erdogan

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In this photo provided by the Swedish government, Johan Floderus reunites with his family at Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, June 15, 2024, after being released from prison in Iran. (Tom Samuelsson/Swedish government/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, shakes hands with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb 23, 2024. Nearly two years after Sweden formally applied to join NATO, its membership now hinges on convincing one country — Viktor Orban's Hungary — to formally ratify its bid to join the military alliance. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungary and Sweden agree on defense deal ahead of final vote on Sweden’s NATO accession

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson makes a statement on the shooting of two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels on Monday, at Rosenbad, Stockholm, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Belgian police on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

How Quran burnings in Sweden have increased threats from Islamic militants

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Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer attend a press conference after a meeting with National Police Chief Anders Thornberg, and Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday Sept. 29, 2023. Sweden’s prime minister said Friday the Swedish military can carry out some duties to free up police so it can focus on the unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the Scandinavian country with almost daily shootings and bombings. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden says the military will help the police with some duties as gang violence escalates

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Police stand on the site of a powerful explosion that occurred early Thursday morning Sept. 28, 2023, in a housing area in Storvreta outside Uppsala, Sweden. A 25-year-old woman died in the blast. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden’s leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 on the security policy to protect Swedish citizens. (Caisa Rasmussen/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden plans to step up border controls as security situation worsens during Quran burning crisis

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Iraqis burns the picture of Sweden's prime Ulf Kristersson, during a protest in Tahrir Square, Thursday، July 20, 2023 in Baghdad, Iraq. The protest was in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden. (AP Photo/Adil AL-Khazali)

Sweden’s prime minister is concerned about a new wave of applications to burn religious books

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Immigration Lesson from Sweden Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Lessons for Biden, Mayorkas: ‘Massive immigration and poor integration simply do not work’

By Peter Parisi

Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party, speaks during a press conference regarding the formation of the government, at the Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday Oct. 14, 2022. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish Parliament elects conservative prime minister

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The Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson speaks at a press conference on the formation of the new Swedish government, in Stockholm, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish parties make deal to govern with hard-right support

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press