Ulf Kristersson replaces Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson who had been the country’s first female prime minister
Sweden’s Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson. Picture: BLOOMBERG
The parliamentary ballot confirmed backing for Kristersson by four parties, including the Sweden Democrats. Now the country’s second-largest party, the anti-immigrant force will not be part of Kristersson’s centre-right government, but supports him in exchange for seeing its policies on crime and migration implemented.
“We sought a mandate for change,” Kristersson said at a news conference after the vote. “It will be hard and it will take time, but it will be possible.” An avid long-distance runner, Kristersson emerged as party leader five years ago. He has cabinet experience from about a decade ago, having served as social security minister in a previous Moderate-led government, and holds a degree in economics from Sweden’s Uppsala University.
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