The election campaign has been characterized by high tone and fierce attacks between party leaders such as Jimmie Åkesson, Ebba Busch and Magdalena Andersson, but after the election it may be time to lay down the hatchet.
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The election campaign has been intense with mutual attacks between the blocs, with party leaders criticizing each other harshly.
Analysis ·
The election campaign has at times had a high tone with harsh attacks and vicious attacks.
Jimmie Åkesson has attacked both Ebba Busch and the Liberals. Ebba Busch has in turn attacked both the Moderates and the Sweden Democrats.
On the red-green side, the Center Party and the Left Party have argued, Magdalena Andersson has more or less explicitly rejected V as the governing party.
But when the voters have cast their vote, it may be time to bury the hatchet.
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The parties will try to put down the hatchet and start talks on government cooperation after the election.
Possible · Within weeks

In the 2026 Swedish parliamentary election, Swedes abroad can vote from 30 July, early voting opens on 26 August and election day is 13 September. In order to vote, identification is required and one must choose the correct colored ballot depending on the type of election. The vote count takes place in two rounds, first locally then by the county boards, and after the election the process to form a new government begins.

The Liberals' survival in the Riksdag in 2026 does not depend on their own policies but on tactical voters from other parties, according to the article which criticizes the party's dependence on opinion polls and describes how both the Liberals and the Sweden Democrats use voter surveys as pawns in an uncertain election year where government formation is governed by the actual composition of the Riksdag, not the wishes of the party leaders.

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