2021 Swedish government formation

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Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021, leaving his cabinet in place as a caretaker government until a new prime minister was elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson, the newly-elected head of the Social Democrats offering to lead a government. She was formally nominated to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag, Andreas Norlén later the same day. It was the third government formation process since the 2018 general election, the first taking a record 134 days before the formation of the Löfven II cabinet. The process took place just ten months ahead of the 2022 general election. Andersson was elected Prime Minister the first time on 24 November and was expected to have appointed the ministers of her government by 26 November. The same day, however, the government-authored budget was voted down in the Riksdag, with the right-wing opposition's proposal passing instead. This led to the...

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