This is how the government in the city of Stockholm will be: "Historical majority"

The new government in the city of Stockholm is ready. As expected, the Left Party, the Social Democrats and the Green Party continue to govern in the majority.

- The three of us form a historic majority in Stockholm City Hall. It is the first time that a red-green majority has been trusted by the voters to govern for two terms in a row, says Emilia Bjuggren (S), future councilor for finance.

The red-green government took over after the election in 2022. Before that, the Alliance ruled together with the Green Party for four years.

The fact that the same board remains in place for two terms in a row is unusual in the capital, where the Moderates and the Social Democrats usually take turns sitting on the Financial Citizens Council post.

During the last mandate period, the Social Democrats have held four out of nine city council posts, while the Left Party got three posts and the Green Party two. That distribution will be the same in the new government, despite the fact that the Green Party made strong progress and the Social Democrats and the Left Party retreated.

But the city council's areas of responsibility are changing somewhat. For example, the Green Party will also have responsibility for cultural issues.

- We have wanted to have responsibility for the culture for as long as possible, says Cindy Falquet Lindh (MP), who is satisfied with the negotiations.

Alexandra Mattsson (V) will be given the post of city councilor with responsibility for personnel, preschool and elderly issues.

- Also having personnel issues gives us good opportunities to work with working conditions and shorten working hours within welfare, says Mattson about his new role.

She wants to come back with exactly how she will work for this when the budget is presented.

Who is awarded the other city council posts will be presented later. The city councilors are formally elected at the municipal council's meeting on 19 October.

It has been clear since before that the long-standing councilors Karin Wanngård and Jan Valeskog, finance councilor and city planning councilor respectively, are leaving municipal politics. In addition, the leftist Torun Boucher, former councilor for the elderly and cultural citizens, is leaving.

In the election, the Social Democrats received 26.5 percent and the Left Party 14.5 percent. The Green Party increased to eleven percent and thus took over the mandates that S and V lost in the election. Together, the parties collect 53 out of 101 mandates in the municipal council.