Sweden’s centre-left leader fails in second bid to form government

Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson says ‘conditions not in place’ to form government, prolonging deadlock.Published On 13 Oct 202613 Oct 2026The leader of Sweden’s left-wing Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, has said her efforts to form a government have failed, prolonging a political deadlock a month after parliamentary elections.Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Andersson said talks with the three other parties in the country’s left-wing bloc had hit an impasse.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Rage-bait’ failed: Stockholm suburb celebrates far right’s election losseslist 2 of 3Sweden’s left-wing opposition leader begins efforts to form governmentlist 3 of 3Sweden heads to the polls: What’s at stake in the knife-edge election?end of listDespite progress, she said she did not believe conditions were in place to “form a government that can be tolerated by parliament”.It is her second time failing to form a government after Sweden’s parliamentary vote on September 13.Shortly after the announcement, the country’s parliament speaker, Andreas Norlen, who had tasked Andersson with gauging conditions to form a government, said a vote on whether to ...