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(Bloomberg) -- Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson conceded defeat and announced she will resign as surge in support for a nationalist party helped the right-wing opposition win one of the ...
Andersson then assumed the office of Prime Minister on 30 November 2021 as Sweden's first female prime minister. [4] After her coalition lost its majority in the 2022 Swedish general election, Andersson announced her intention to resign as prime minister. [5] She was succeeded by Ulf Kristersson on 18 October the same year. [6] [7] [8]
Louis De Geer, the architect of the bicameral Riksdag of 1866, which replaced the centuries-old Riksdag of the Estates, became Sweden's first prime minister in 1876. As of 2022, the prime minister of Sweden is Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party. The list below contains statistics about the tenures of each of the prime ministers of ...
The cause for the reshuffle was that Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Jessika Roswall had earlier in the year, following the 2024 European Parliament election, been nominated by the government to become Sweden's European commissioner for the 2024–2029 term, forcing her to leave her ministerial role. [1]
The prime minister of Sweden (Swedish: statsminister literally translates as "minister of state") is the head of government of the Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to the Parliament of Sweden. The prime minister is nominated by the ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Monday demanded the immediate release of Swedish European Union employee Johan Floderus from prison in Iran. Floderus was arrested in ...
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021, leaving his government in place as a caretaker cabinet until a new Prime Minister is elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson, the newly-elected head of the Social Democratic party offering to lead a ...
Ulf Kristersson, who stepped into his role as prime minister in 2022, extended a “warm welcome” to Swift on Thursday, May 16 as she prepared to kick off three consecutive nights in Sweden’s ...