The Tidö parties discuss the future after preliminary election results

On Monday, Swedish party leaders gathered their leaders to twist and turn the preliminary election results.

And this evening Tidöblocket's four party leaders meet to discuss the way forward over a dinner. If the preliminary numbers are anything to go by, they have lost the election. But Ulf Kristersson is not ready to give up government power just yet.

Already during the vigil, whispers began about the Moderates' plan B: to continue governing even if S, C, MP and V gather greater support.

When the clock had struck midnight and a little more, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson came with a message: He would respect S-leader Magdalena Andersson's possible attempt to unite V and C - but reminded of the red lines between the two parties.

- I will therefore, even if tonight's results stand, investigate whether there are any possibilities to find in this non-socialist parliamentary majority a functioning government constellation for the economic policy that Swedish voters have voted for, Kristersson said from the stage.

It was clear that he was targeting the Center Party. The moderates now hope that the Center will give way to the pressure that Sweden will quickly get a government.

In background conversations, there are moderates who are open to solutions no one has talked about before the election. Maybe the Sweden Democrats have to let go of the agreement on SD ministers, and instead stand outside a government?

The Christian Democrats' Ebba Busch was already clear during the election campaign that she would like to see the Center in a Tidö collaboration. When she was a guest on SVT's election watch last night, she said there is a lot of pressure on both the Center and SD if the red-green parties cannot form a government.

- There will be a lot of pressure on both the Center Party and the Sweden Democrats. The three governing parties are advancing in this election. Then both C and SD will be tested in if you are prepared to take responsibility for Sweden.

The Sweden Democrats' party secretary Mattias Bäckström Johansson thinks that all questions about future collaborations are asked too early.

- It is possible to paint a number of different hypothetical scenarios now, but I think it is probably best to wait for a finished election result before letting your thoughts run wild too much, he says.

The Liberals' party secretary Fredrik Brange also expressed caution about the Center on Monday.

He says that the Liberals have always been open to cooperating with C, but that C and L have made different path choices.

- I have respect for the Center Party's decision and assume that they have the same respect for us, he says and continues:

- Of course, we welcome the Center Party if they want to participate and take responsibility for Sweden with the Tidö parties. But I have understood that they are not interested in that, and then the ball lies with Magdalena Andersson to put together a government document based on the red-green parties. If the numbers are correct, they have the majority and then they have to take responsibility for it, says Brange.

When Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson met journalists outside the Sagerska House at lunchtime on Monday, he said that the Tidöledarna should summarize the night's events in "calm and quiet".

- Now I intend to wait for the final election results. Then we thought about having a number of conversations. I intend to take it quite easy right now, he says.

- If all red lines are fixed, then Sweden will not get a government at all. I thought I'd take a look at a number of possibilities that might exist. But I understand that others will also try to do that.

He is asked if he has his eye on the Center Party, but does not want to say more about tonight's meeting with the Tidö leaders.

- I promise that we will meet tonight and talk. I'll send you a nice picture so you can see what we eat, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, M, before he disappears into the Säpobilen to meet the moderate party leadership.