Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven leaves the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen together with his wife Ulla after being voted back as prime minister, in Stockholm, Sweden January 18, 2019. TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament handed Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven a second term in office on Friday, ending more than four months of deadlock after an inconclusive election that had allowed a populist party to threaten the traditional balance of power.
Sweden had looked set for a snap election until last week when Lofven agreed an historic deal with the Centre, Liberal and Green parties, bringing together parties from the centre-right and centre-left to prevent the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats from having a voice in policy.
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