Sweden in 2026: Will immigration be a big election issue?
Voters in Sweden will decide next year whether to keep the current coalition government bolstered by the far-right Sweden Democrats or switch to a more left-leaning alternative.
The Local’s Nordic editor Richard Orange caught up recently with Jonas Hinnfors, a political science professor at Lund University, to get his predictions for the year ahead.
Can the right-wing parties claw back the percentage points they need to surpass a potential Social Democrat-led coalition in the polls?
What are the topics likely to dominate the debate in 2026? Will immigration take centre stage again?
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