2021 Swedish government formation

2021 Swedish government formation
Date11 November 2021 – 30 November 2021
CauseResignation of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Outcome
  • Magdalena Andersson is elected Prime Minister
  • Opposition's 2022 budget passes
  • Greens leave the government
  • Andersson resigns
  • The Riksdag elects Andersson as Prime Minister again
  • Andersson forms a new cabinet and takes office

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021, leaving his government in place as a caretaker cabinet until a new Prime Minister is elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson, the newly-elected head of the Social Democratic party offering to lead a government.[1] She was formally nominated to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag, Andreas Norlén later the same day.[2] It was the third government formation process since the 2018 general election, the first taking a record 144 days before the formation of Löfven's second 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 Green Party leaving the government cooperation and Magdalena Andersson resigning as Prime Minister before taking office. She was elected a second time on 29 November and her government was officially formed the day after.[3]

  1. ^ "Magdalena Andersson: Jag vill leda Sveriges regering". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ "Stefan Löfvens avgång – följ DN:s direktrapportering". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  3. ^ "Vald till Sveriges första kvinnliga statsminister – igen". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-01.