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What next for Sweden as Magdalena Andersson loses first PM vote?
36 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2026 at 7:32 am.
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This week: First month post-election ends with no government, breakthrough on ending teen deportations, a plan to help citizenship applicants hit retroactively by the new law, and a reminder of some of the best things about living in Sweden.

More than a month has passed since Sweden’s election, and we still don’t have a government. As we were recording this week's episode, the Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson lost a vote in parliament on installing her as prime minister. So what happens now?

Host James Savage is joined this week by panelists Mandy Pipher and Emma Löfgren.

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Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Politics

Immigration

Living in Sweden

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