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Magdalena Andersson has been tasked with forming a government after the election but encounters difficulties in the negotiations with the red-green parties. The economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel is awarded annually to researchers who have made outstanding contributions in economic science. Since Russia's 2022 invasion, Ukraine has carried out attacks on Russian energy infrastructure to weaken the war machine. Pierre Lindstedt was a well-known Swedish actor with a long career in film, theater and television. Sweden's school system has been debated intensively after Pisaraset 2022, where Swedish students' results fell in reading comprehension.
Andersson can be sentenced as early as this week
Much points to Magdalena Andersson being defeated in a prime ministerial vote later this week. That assessment is made by DN's sources in the red-green parties.
On Tuesday, the S-leader must inform the speaker of how things are going with the formation of the government.
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Duo is awarded the economics prize in 2026
Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford are awarded the 2026 Alfred Nobel Memorial Economics Prize.
- The work of the prize winners has given us a stable theoretical basis for models that are today used by central banks and governments worldwide, says John Hassler, chairman of the economics prize committee.
The Riksbank uses a model based on research when the interest rate is determined.
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Ukraine can continue to strike against Russian oil - does Zelensky dare to defy Trump?
Ukraine has the capacity to continue to strike against Russian oil even if the US pauses arms deliveries. But what is more important: to please Trump or to try to stop the inflow to the Kremlin's war coffers?
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The actor Pierre Lindstedt is dead
The popular actor Pierre Lindstedt is dead. Expressen writes this with reference to his family. Lindstedt was 83 years old.
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Despite Pisaraset - Swedish students' grades unchanged
Despite the alarm about a reading crisis in Swedish schools, the students' grades are stagnant. The gap to the results in the international knowledge measurement Pisa raises questions about what the grades actually show.
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Five news from October 12:
Duo is awarded the economics prize in 2026
The actor Pierre Lindstedt is dead
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Magdalena Andersson will be defeated in the prime ministerial vote later this week
Likely · Within days
Ukraine will continue its attacks on Russian oil infrastructure even if the US pauses arms deliveries
Possible · Within weeks
The debate about Swedish schools' grading system and their relationship to actual knowledge results will intensify
Likely · Within weeks

The US Criminal Investigation Agency (HSI) executed a search warrant against Congressman Ilhan Omar on Monday morning, according to sources linked to fraud related to her immigration to the United States. The investigation, which was opened in September by Tom Homan, concerns documents her late father filled out upon her arrival. Omar is running for re-election on November 3 and has long been at odds with Donald Trump, who previously urged her to "go home". Several Democrats criticize the raid as a political weapon.

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle to Greece after reports of inappropriate and possibly illegal behavior, including demands for money and abusive remarks against event organizers, according to AP sources.
The Social Democrats have recorded a historically low election result in Kramfors, a municipality with a strong historical connection to the labor movement. Local representatives are now calling for self-criticism to understand the loss of voters and the reduced trust in the party.

One month after the election, S leader Magdalena Andersson must report back on her probe mission to the speaker. Despite continued talks, a unified government document is missing, and a prime ministerial vote is expected to take place later this week.
The party leaders gathered for a situation seminar initiated by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist. Professor Kimmo Grönlund believes that Sweden has stuck to the government foundation, unlike Finland where the focus is on the government program.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham confirms in a podcast that Russia tried to influence the Brexit vote in 2016, breaking the position of previous Conservative governments.