The Left Party supports Andreas Norlén as speaker - snubbing the Social Democrats

The Left Party already flagged on Friday that the party would possibly stand behind Andreas Norlén in Monday's speaker vote if Tidösidan presented him with its candidate for the post. V leader Nooshi Dadgostar justified the information to TV4 Nyheterna by saying that Norlén has "done well" in his role as speaker.

On Sunday, V-top Ida Gabrielsson confirmed that the Left Party nods to the Social Democrats and will stand behind Tidösidan's candidate instead.

- It may take a long time before Sweden gets a government, then we think we need a fixed point in the Riksdag. Therefore, we will cast our vote for Andreas Norlén, she says in Agenda.

SD, KD and L have also supported the Moderates' candidate.

Andreas Norlén has been Speaker for two mandates and is seen by the Left Party as "neutral", says Ida Gabrielsson. She believes that the Left Party does not stand behind the Moderates but Andreas Norlén.

The party would not vote "for any moderate", says the V-top.

- We are clear on which side we stand, we will never vote for anyone other than Magdalena Andersson. We believe that Andreas Norlén will be able to move the process forward, she says.

According to Ida Gabrielsson, the government negotiations are progressing slowly, or rather not at all.

- We haven't even had a coffee, she says.

The Social Democrats have previously stated that they want to see a Social Democratic Speaker.

DN has contacted the Social Democrats, who do not want to comment on V's announcement.