Swedish PM Kristersson's Moderates party wants to form majority government with Sweden Democrats after September election


Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attends a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, March 6, 2026. REUTERS/Tom Little

COPENHAGEN, April ⁠1 (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister ⁠Ulf Kristersson said on ‌Wednesday that his Moderates party wants to form a majority ​government that includes ⁠the anti-immigration ⁠Sweden Democrats after a parliamentary ⁠election in ‌Sweden in September.

"After the election, ⁠we will form a four-party ​majority ‌government," Kristersson told a ⁠press conference.

"I ​will form and, as prime minister, lead ⁠that government and ... in ​that government, the Sweden Democrats will have a great ⁠deal of policy influence and important ministerial positions. It is natural that, among ​other things, ⁠it will be about ​migration and integration."

(Reporting ‌by Johan Ahlander ​and Anna Ringstrom, editing by Louise Rasmussen)

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