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Far-Right Party in Sweden Drives Opposition Bloc to Election Win

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson, addressing supporters this week outside Stockholm, has tried to present his right-wing party as more mainstream.Photo: jonathan nackstrand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Sweden’s prime minister conceded defeat after close-run national elections, handing a right-wing opposition bloc the first shot at forming a new government.

The victory was powered largely by support for the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, a far-right group with roots in the neo-Nazi movement, which won its biggest-ever share of the vote.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/far-right-party-in-sweden-drives-opposition-bloc-to-election-win-11663185814