Sweden's Social Democrat prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, accepted defeat after a close-fought election, handing the four-party right-wing opposition bloc victory and first go at forming a new government.

Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate party, the opposition's candidate to be prime minister, said he wanted his government to unite and not divide; but the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, shunned by all the major parties when they first entered parliament in 2010, are part of the coalition and look likely to have won 20.6% of the vote

Swedish PM concedes election defeat to bloc including far-right Sweden Democrats https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/swedish-pm-concedes-election-defeat-to-bloc-led-by-far-right-sweden-democrats