The Riksdag gathers to elect the Speaker and Deputy Speakers after the election

At 11 o'clock on Monday, the members of the Riksdag gather for the first time after the election on 13 September. It is a roll call and the members must vote on who will be Speaker of the Riksdag for the coming term and which three will be Deputy Speakers.

The chairmen will be chosen individually and first is the choice of the chairperson, followed by the first vice chairperson, second vice chairperson and third vice chairperson.

The parties nominate

It is the parties that nominate candidates for the various posts.

The moderates have nominated Andreas Norlén (M). The Christian Democrats, the Liberals and the Sweden Democrats have supported the nomination. The Left Party will also vote for Norlén.

No S nomination before the deadline

The Social Democrats have not yet nominated a candidate.

For the Social Democrats, a speaker from their own party has been described as becoming an important player in the fight for government power. It is about controlling the pace of the process, so that he or she can put pressure on the negotiating parties at the right time, a social democrat has told SVT.

Two possible S-candidates that have been speculated about are, among others, former Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson and Anders Ygeman, today the senior president of the Riksdag and thus the one who has been in office the longest and who will be in Monday's speaker election.

Sunday at 2 pm was the Riksdag's deadline for the parties' nominations, in order to have time to print slips with the candidates' names. But nominations can come in right up until the vote at 11 a.m. on Monday.

Can request a closed vote

When there is only one candidate, the choice is made by so-called acclamation, which means that the members shout yes or no to the proposal. The election of the three vice-presidents takes place in the same way if there is only one candidate for each post.

If several have been nominated, the election can be made with sealed ballots, if one of the members of the Riksdag wants it. The members can then vote for which of the candidates they want without it becoming known who they voted for.