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Carl Bildt - Sweden's well-known foreign minister - on the way out after the election result (Photo: Council of European Union)

Sweden swings to left, far-right party surges to third place

Sweden woke up to political instability on Monday morning. After a tight election race, the Scandinavian nation faces a shift in power, with Social Democrat party leader Stefan Lofven now having to form a government based on one of the worst election results (31.2%) for the party in a century.

Lofven has vowed his main priority is to ensure the far-right Sweden Democrats do not get any influence.

But the anti-immigrant party - on 12.9 percent - is now the third largest in parliam...

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Carl Bildt - Sweden's well-known foreign minister - on the way out after the election result (Photo: Council of European Union)

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