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Voters experience long waiting times at the polling station in Ålidhemshallen during election day.
Johanna Fridberg has stood in line for over three hours to the polling station in Ålidhemshallen.
- Now we see the voting booths, but there are still probably 20 minutes left, says Johanna Friberg when SVT reaches her at 1:30 p.m.
For the first two hours she stood outside in a sunny but chilly Umeå, but for the last hour she has had to wait indoors.
- The mood is not so good, it's actually quite tired, she says.
Johanna Friberg describes that several people have left the queue, and others around are discussing doing the same. They have probably gone home and hope to come back a little later if it is calmer, she says.
- We haven't eaten for a long time, so the blood sugar is starting to get a little low.

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