2010 Swedish general election

none September 2020 2010 Swedish general election Sweden parliamentary no 84.6% (2.7 pp) 2006 Swedish general election 2006 2014 Swedish general election 2014 All 349 seats to the Riksdag 175 seats are needed for a majority 19 September 2010 Mona Salhin 2009-06-06.jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Mona Sahlin 17 March 2007 Swedish Social Democratic Party Red-Greens (Sweden) 130 112 18 1,827,497 30.7% 4.3 pp Fredrik Reinfeldt on January 28, 2011.jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Fredrik Reinfeldt 25 October 2003 Moderate Party The Alliance (Sweden) 97 107 10 1,791,766 30.1% 3.9 pp Peter Eriksson and Maria Wetterstrand.jpg 210 120 160 10 50 Peter Eriksson Maria Wetterstrand 12 May 2002 Green Party (Sweden) Red-Greens (Sweden) 19 25 6 437,435 7.3% 2.1 pp Allisansen Pressträff på Kofi (4478284517) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jan Björklund 7 September 2007 Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Alliance (Sweden) 28 24 4 420,524 7.1% 0.4 pp BDF Summit 2010.06.02 (9) (4712312068) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Maud Olofsson 19 March 2001 Centre Party (Sweden) The Alliance (Sweden) 29 23 6 390,804 6.6% 1.3 pp Jimme Åkesson Almedalsveckan 2014 001 (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Jimmie Åkesson 7 May 2005 Sweden Democrats 0 20 20 339,610 5.7% 2.8 pp Lars Ohly (V)-riksdagasman (cropped).JPG 130 120 160 0 0 Lars Ohly 20 February 2004 Left Party (Sweden) Red-Greens (Sweden) 22 19 3 334,053 5.6% 0.3 pp Allisansen Pressträff på Kofi (4478910114) (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Göran Hägglund 3 April 2004 Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Alliance (Sweden) 24 19 5 333,696 5.6% 1.0 pp 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats and largest political bloc within each constituency 300px Largest party within each constituency and municipality Red-Social Democratic, Blue-Moderate Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderate Party Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderate Party List of members of the Riksdag, 2010–2014 List of members of the Riksdag, 2006–2010 General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance, consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats; and the opposition centre-left coalition the Red-Greens, consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party. The Alliance received 49.27 percent of the votes (an increase by 1.03 pp from the previous election) and 173 seats in the parliament (a decrease by 5 seats and 2 short of an overall majority), while the Red-Greens received 43.60 percent of the vote (a decrease by 2.48 pp) and 156 seats (a decrease by 15 seats). The election also saw the nationalist Sweden Democrats entering parliament for the first time, as the sixth largest and only non-aligned of the eight parties elected to the parliament, by receiving 5.70 percent of the votes (an increase by 2.77 pp) and 20 seats. Both in terms of percentage share; 30.06%, and the actual vote; 1,791,766, the Moderate Party had its strongest election of the unicameral parliamentary era, narrowly missing out on beating the Social Democrats to become the largest party. The Alliance dominated the Stockholm capital region of the municipality and county and made further gains in South Sweden including narrowly flipping Malmö blue as well as winning pluralities in traditionally red towns such as Kalmar, Landskrona and Trelleborg. The Alliance lost its absolute majority in the parliament but continued to govern as a minority government. The new parliament held its opening session on 5 October, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presenting the annual government policy statement, along with changes to his cabinet.http://www.thelocal.se/29438/20101005/ Reinfeldt unveils reshuffled cabinet The Local 5 October 2010 5 October 2010 This was the first time in almost a century that a Swedish centre-right government that had served a full term was reelected.Sweden braces for rollercoaster election The Local 19 September 2010 http://www.thelocal.se/29104/20100919/ 19 September 2010 Campaign October 2010 One of the main campaign themes was the Economy of Sweden. The Sweden Democrats (SD) stated that it wished to cut political asylum and family reunification immigration by 90 percent.My Rohwedder Street Anders Silvergren Blåder 31 May 2010 http://svt.se/2.128339/1.2022794/minskad_invandring_ska_spara_miljarder SD:s budget: Minskad invandring ska spara miljarder sv SDs budget: Reduced immigration will save millions https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182113/http://svt.se/2.128339/1.2022794/minskad_invandring_ska_spara_miljarder 4 October 2010 SVT The SD leader Jimmie Åkesson wrote, in an opinion piece for the social-democratic tabloid Aftonbladet that the growth of the country's Muslim population "is the greatest foreign threat to Sweden since the Second World War."Jimmie Åkesson (19 October 2009) "'Muslimerna är vårt största utländska hot'" Aftonbladet Debatt The parties already represented in the Swedish parliament, along with the Swedish television networks, excluded minor parties from the televised political debates. The excluded minor parties included the Sweden Democrats, the June List, the Feminist Initiative, and the Pirate Party.September 2010 Polling sv: Opinionsmätningar inför riksdagsvalet i Sverige 2010 After the election in September 2006, the Alliance slipped well behind the opposition in the polls. A Sifo poll conducted in February 2008 showed the opposition leading the Alliance by 19.4%. However, this lead steadily eroded during the second half of the Alliance's term, despite the opposition's uniting in the Red-Green co-operation in December 2008. thumb|200px|Campaign posters in Stockholm 350px|none|thumb|Poll performance 2006-2010: Key parties#ff6060 ▄ Red-Green coalition #ff0000 █ Social Democratic Party #3333FF ▄ The Alliance #52bdec █ Moderate Party The Sweden Democrats were expected to enter the Parliament for the first time, as the party's polling results had exceeded the 4% entry threshold since June 2009. The Green Party had also made a significant transformation from the smallest elected party to the third largest party during the term, overtaking the Left Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberals and even the Centre Party in most polls following the 2006 election. 450px|none|thumb|Poll performance 2006-2010: Small parties#00FF00 █ Green Party #0044CC █ Liberal People's Party #009933 ▄ Centre Party #b00000 █ Left Party #2D338E ▄ Christian Democrats #DDDD00 █ Sweden Democrats gray █ Other Controversy about Sweden Democrats right|thumb|200px|The final election debate on SVT. Party leaders Hägglund (KD), Ohly (V), Björklund (FP), Sahlin (S), Reinfeldt (M), Wetterstrand (MP), and Olofsson (C). The Sweden Democrats generated controversy before the election. Both the Alliance and the Red-Greens pledged not to seek support from the SD, with Reinfeldt ruling out forming a government in cooperation with the Sweden Democrats.http://www.thelocal.se/29156/20100921/ Economy trumps welfare worries in tight Swedish election Roger Choate The Local Sweden 21 September 2010 26 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110220105342/https://www.thelocal.se/29156/20100921/ 2011-02-20 A privately owned television network, TV4, refused to air a SD campaign video, which was then uploaded to YouTube and viewed more than one million times. The SD video portrayed a track-meet, in which the race is for pension funds. In the video, a Swedish pensioner is outrun by burka-clad women with prams.Far-right tests Swedish tolerance Cajsa Wikstrom Al Jazeera English 19 September 2010 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/9/16/far-right-tests-swedish-tolerance 2026-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206003844/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/9/16/far-right-tests-swedish-tolerance 2021-12-06 liveSDReklam2010 Sverigedemokraternas valfilm 2010 2010-08-26 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkRRdth8AHc https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/XkRRdth8AHc 2021-12-18 live 2017-10-22 Several politicians in Denmark, initially from the Danish People's Party and later from the governing Venstre and the Conservative People's Party, reacted to TV4's refusal to air the video by calling for international election observers to be sent to Sweden.http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3795398.ece Aftenposten Skandinavisk "krig" før valget Jon Robin Halle 3 September 2010 1 November 2010 no dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100906144500/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3795398.ece 6 September 20102010-09-01 Danish Politicians Call for Election Observers in Sweden https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/racist-political-ad-rejected-by-swedish-tv-danish-politicians-call-for-election-observers-in-sweden-a-715107.html 2026-07-13 Der Spiegel en 2195-1349 Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the Danish People's Party, claimed that the election reminded her of "Eastern Europe", and that Sweden was the "banana republic" of the Nordic countries. Per-Willy Amundsen of the Norwegian Progress Party also criticised the decision as a "violation of democratic rules."https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10026922 Verdens Gang (NTB) Frp: - Svensk brudd på demokratiske spilleregler 31 August 2010 1 November 2010 no Violence On 13 September in Gothenburg, about 500 counter-demonstrators prevented the Sweden Democrats from making a planned election rally.Demonstranter stoppade SD-möte sv Demonstrators stopped SD meeting SVT 13 September 2010 http://svt.se/2.22620/1.2144519/demonstranter_stoppade_sd-mote 16 September 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100916044214/http://svt.se/2.22620/1.2144519/demonstranter_stoppade_sd-mote 16 September 2010 Police used pepper spray to disperse the counter-demonstration, which lacked a permit, and seven counter-demonstrators were detained. On 14 September, the Sweden Democrats cancelled planned rallies in three cities, Eskilstuna, Karlstad, and Uddevalla, because of security concerns. Similarly, concerns about security led to an election tour being cancelled on 15 September in Norrköping.SD kan inte hålla möten sv SD can't hold meetings Tobias Brandel Svenska Dagbladet 15 September 2010 https://www.svd.se/nyheter/politik/valet2010/sd-kan-inte-halla-moten_5333085.svd 16 September 2010Hotat SD-möte ställdes in sv threatened SD meeting was canceled Henry Engstrom Folkbladet 15 September 2010 http://www.folkbladet.se/news/artikel.aspx?articleid=5353123 https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171020121304/http://www.folkbladet.se/news/?articleid=5353123 dead 20 October 2017 16 September 2010 After these cancelled election rallies, the National Police Commissioner Bengt Svenson sv severely criticized the county police for failing to safeguard the Sweden Democrats: "If it is not possible to protect them [in those locales], the police have failed in its planning and execution of its mission. ... It is a serious problem when such meetings cannot be held, because it is our absolute duty to ensure that the constitutionally guaranteed rights be maintained and that all meetings can be held".Rikspolischefen kritiserar värmlandspolisen sv National Police Commissioner criticizes the police of Värmland SVT 16 September 2010 http://svt.se/2.33874/1.2149654/rikspolischefen_kritiserar_varmlandspolisen 16 September 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100918094423/http://svt.se/2.33874/1.2149654/rikspolischefen_kritiserar_varmlandspolisen 18 September 2010 Consequences These attempts to limit the SD message were described by Al Jazeera as counterproductive, in that they enabled the SD to portray itself as a victim of censorship. Similarly, Hanne Kjöller of Dagens Nyheter hypothesised that the attacks strengthened the Sweden Democrats rather than hurting the party's support base. "Jimmie Åkesson becomes a poor underdog and the picture of a party that is holding some dangerous but important truth is enhanced. The Sweden Democrats should send flowers to the left-wing extremists, thanking them for the publicity."Kjöller Hanne 2010-09-16 Ledare: Sverigedemokraterna: Blommogram till extremvänstern https://www.dn.se/ledare/signerat/sverigedemokraterna-blommogram-till-extremvanstern/ 2026-07-13 Dagens Nyheter sv Results thumb|upright|Coalition dominance by municipality (colors aggravated, not linearly proportional). #fb0005 Red‑Greens #800080 Equal #0500fb The Alliance thumb|upright|Relative support of the Sweden Democrats by municipality. #ffff40 Sweden Democrats (max. 15.84% in Sjöbo)http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/12/65/index.html Val till riksdagen-Röster- Sjöbo Val.se 22 September 2010 5 October 2010 Results of the 2010 Swedish general election There were 5,960,408 valid ballots cast for a turnout of 84.63%.https://data.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html Röster - Val 2010 Valmyndigheten sv 23 September 2010 20 November 2019 4 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190904062146/https://data.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html dead File:Sweden_Riksdag_2010.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 1827497 112 –18 Moderate Party 1791766 107 +10 Green Party 437435 25 +6 Liberal People's Party 420524 24 –4 Centre Party 390804 23 –6 Sweden Democrats 339610 20 +20 Left Party 334053 19 –3 Christian Democrats 333696 19 –5 Pirate Party 38491 0 0 Feminist Initiative 24139 0 0 Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party 11078 0 0 Rural Democrats 1565 0 New Socialist Justice Party 1507 0 0 Norrländska Coalition 1456 0 New National Democrats 1141 0 0 Classical Liberal Party 716 0 0 Freedom Party 688 0 New Party of the Swedes 681 0 0 Unity 632 0 0 Communist Party 375 0 0 Spirits Party 237 0 New European Workers Party 187 0 0 Health Care Party 185 0 0 Alliance Party 87 0 0 Direct Democrats 76 0 0 National Democratic Party 63 0 0 Population Party 35 0 New Communist League 26 0 0 Freedom and Justice Party 19 0 0 Scania Party 17 0 0 Republicans 14 0 0 Republican Party 10 0 New Nordic Union 5 0 0 Alexander's Lista 4 0 New Li Yu Chen Andersson Party 4 0 New Rikshushållarna 3 0 0 Labour Market Party UPI 2 0 New Parties not on the ballot 1580 0 – 0 68274 7123651 Val Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSMMPFPCSDVKDAllianceRed-GreensOthers SDBlekinge6321231Dalarna11431111461Gävleborg124311111561Gothenburg1855211121891Gotland21111Halland123411111741Jämtland421122Jönköping134311112751Kalmar9431154Kronoberg632133Malmö10331111451Norrbotten962127Örebro124311111561Östergötland1554111111771Skåne North and East123411111741Skåne South133511111841Skåne West1034111541Södermanland11431111551Stockholm County3881533222323132Stockholm Municipality2961033212217111Uppsala1334111111751Värmland1253111157Västerbotten11421111156Västernorrland9521136Västmanland11431111461Västra Götaland East104311164Västra Götaland North1233111111651Västra Götaland South63333Västra Götaland West1334111111751Total34911210725242320191917315620Source: Statistics Sweden Reactions As exit polls conducted by the national broadcaster Swedish Television predicted, the Sweden Democrats reached the 4% threshold needed to enter parliament, making this election the first in which they were able to enter parliament.Swedish ruling bloc retains power Cajsa Wikstrom Al Jazeera English 20 September 2010 http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/2010919174619859579.html 20 September 2010 A preliminary count of 5,668 voting districts showed the Alliance with 172 seats, ahead of the Red-Greens.http://www.val.se/val/val2010/valnatt/R/rike/index.html Val till riksdagen - Valnatt val.se sv 20 September 2010 21 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100916042944/http://www.val.se/val/val2010/valnatt/R/rike/index.html 16 September 2010 dead However, this fell short of the 175 seats needed for an absolute majority, and it appeared the Sweden Democrats would hold the balance of power in the new parliament.Sweden narrowly re-elects centre-right alliance Damien McGuinness BBC Online 20 September 2010 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-11367614 20 September 2010Swedish centre-right wins ballot but loses majority Patrick Lannin Reuters 20 September 2010 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68I0II20100920 20 September 2010 Reinfeldt declared that he had no intention to cooperate with the Sweden Democrats.Alliansen segrar – SD blir vågmästare Jenny Stiernstedt Dagens Nyheter 20 September 2010 http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/alliansen-rodgrona-sd-akesson-sahlin-reinfeldt-1.1173532 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922033602/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/alliansen-rodgrona-sd-akesson-sahlin-reinfeldt-1.1173532 dead 22 September 2010 sv 20 September 2010 On 23 September, the final results showed the Centre Party gaining an adjustment seat in Dalarna, giving the Alliance a total seat count of 173, still two seats short of an absolute majority.https://historik.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html Val till riksdagenRöster Riksdag electionVotes Swedish Election Authority 23 September 2010 14 November 2010 sv live https://web.archive.org/web/20220819105113/https://historik.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html 2022-08-19 The Alliance's Liberal People's Party were only 7 and 19 votes short from gaining additional seats in Gothenburg and Värmland respectively,http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/alliansens-majoritetsdrom-upp-i-rok-1.1175060 https://archive.today/20120912134011/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/alliansens-majoritetsdrom-upp-i-rok-1.1175060 dead 12 September 2012 Alliansens majoritetsdröm upp i rök 23 September 2010 Dagens Nyheter sv 22 September 2010 but according to Svante Linusson sv, a professor in mathematics, the actual margin was still over 800 votes.https://www.svd.se/nyheter/politik/valet2010/rosterna-ar-fardigraknade_5386783.svd Rösterna är färdigräknade 23 September 2010 SvD.se sv 23 September 2010Sandberg Mattias 2010-09-21 Superrysaren https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Kv6mLG 2026-07-13 Aftonbladet sv On the day after the election, rallies against the Sweden Democrats took place in a number of Swedish cities. Reports indicated that 10,000 people were estimated to have marched in Stockholm under banners reading "We are ashamed", "No racists in Parliament","Mass demonstration: We are ashamed" https://web.archive.org/web/20121008063229/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=3615&grupp=9323&artikel=4030590 8 October 2012 , Sveriges Radio. and "Refugees – welcome!". In Gothenburg, 5,000 people took part in a "sorrow march against racism", and 2,000 people marched in Malmö. Support for the Sweden Democrats was strongest in the southernmost province Scania, where the party received about 10% of the vote, and in the neighbouring province Blekinge, where they received 9.8%. Liberal evening tabloid Expressen wrote in an editorial "The banner of tolerance has been hauled down and the forces of darkness have finally also taken the Swedish democracy as hostage. It's a day of sorrow." Liberal conservative morning newspaper Svenska Dagbladet said "[It is] time for the Swedes to get themselves a new national self-image [as the election] created a new picture of Sweden".subscription https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-09-21/swedes-throng-streets-to-protest-against-anti-immigrant-party-in-goverment Swedes Protest as Anti-Immigrants Enter Parliament https://web.archive.org/web/20160117185356/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-09-21/swedes-throng-streets-to-protest-against-anti-immigrant-party-in-goverment 2016-01-17 Bloomberg News 21 September 2010 Niklas Magnusson live Analysis While it's hard to say that Sweden has woken up to a new self-image, one can say that this is more like a normal European situation and is similar to other western European countries with a proportional election system, where a populist right-wing party has seats in parliament. It's the party that is the least liked among other voters, so it is not surprising that people have reacted with dismay. Carl Dahlstroem, professor of politics at University of Gothenburg The election was a landmark for its impact on the Social Democrats, which had been in government for 65 of the last 78 years and who had never lost two consecutive elections. This was their worst result since universal suffrage in 1921. Swedish political scientist Stig-Björn Ljunggren sv said "The Social Democrats no longer symbolise the Swedish model. They've lost their magic." Dagens Nyheter postulated that electoral failure was based on internal factors, such that the Social Democrats failed to win over the middle class and had completely lost touch with their original vision, which had made them a dominant political party.http://www.swedishwire.com/component/content/article/2:politics/6316:swedish-model-party-in-crisis 'Swedish model' party in crisis Swedishwire.com 26 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100924022621/http://www.swedishwire.com/component/content/article/2:politics/6316:swedish-model-party-in-crisis 24 September 2010 dead The Irish Times saw the rise of the SD as sending "ripples of shock not only through the country but through European politics," and asked "Is this finally it for the 'Swedish model'" that has been represented as a "meld of liberal values, high taxes, outstanding childcare and welfare that made the country the poster boy for European social democracy?" The Social Democrats' failure reflected the party's inability to adapt, an increasingly technocratic profile, a failure to address immigration concerns, as well as Reinfeldt's success in managing the economy. The results draws parallels with a larger decline of European left parties.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0922/1224279430777.html Sweden's right - The Irish Times - Wed, Sep 22, 2010 The Irish Times 22 September 2010 26 September 2010 An article in Al Jazeera English asked if Western political dynamics were changing following the Swedish and United States elections. The article said that predictions after the election indicated "an entirely new political landscape" and "the beginning of an era of sharper political division in Sweden." It asked if the similar results "reflect rather an underlying continuity in the generation-long evolution of Euro-American politics towards a fully neoliberalised system" and that Sweden seemed to be "moving towards an outdated model." It also said that, while social policies were similarly moving to the right, economic policies were poles apart, with the emergence of far-right parties in Sweden and Denmark still supporting the welfare state and the American parties remaining on the economic right-wing.http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/2010/11/20101115144931444264.html Nowhere left to run Mark LeVine english.aljazeera.net 8 April 2018 The case of Annika Holmqvist, a seriously ill 55-year-old woman who had her sickness benefits withdrawn and was requested to seek work, allegedly due to the Alliance's reforms of Sweden's social security system, gave the opposition a late boost in its campaign. The Local thinks it might have deprived the Alliance of an overall majority. Holmqvist's daughter wrote about her case in a web log post that gained publicity and became a hot topic in the debates. In spite of promises of a solution, after the election it was decided Holmqvist will lose her illnessDecember 2010 benefits.Reinfeldt rocked by 'chlamydia letter', The Local, 19 September 2010'Chlamydia letter' blogger deprived of benefits, The Local, 21 September 2010.http://www.americablog.com/2010/09/how-blog-post-is-changing-swedish.html How a young woman's blog post is changing the Swedish elections https://web.archive.org/web/20100919195249/http://www.americablog.com/2010/09/how-blog-post-is-changing-swedish.html 19 September 2010 John Aravosis John Aravosis americablog.com 8 April 2018 The Moderate Party was still seen as one of the big winners of the election because of its "well-executed campaign" that emphasised Sweden's "remarkable political and economic stability in a turbulent world" after Sweden weathered the Great Recession; despite mass unemployment, the economic growth in 2010 was the highest in Western Europe. Government formation Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt The Alliance formed the new government with Reinfeldt continuing as prime minister. His cabinet has 24 ministers, three more than the previous one. The Moderates received 13 posts, an increase of three from their previous count, with the Liberals (4), Centre (4) and Christian Democrats (3) not gaining or losing ministers. Jan Björklund, the leader of the Liberal Party, was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister replacing Maud Olofsson. Carl Bildt remained Foreign Minister and Anders Borg remained Minister for Finance. The new ministers are Stefan Attefall, the Minister for Public Administration and Housing at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs; Ulf Kristersson, replacing Cristina Husmark Pehrsson as Minister for Social Security; Erik Ullenhag, the Minister for Integration at the Ministry of Employment; Hillevi Engström, the Minister for Employment; Anna-Karin Hatt, the Minister for Information Technology and Regional Affairs at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications; Peter Norman, replacing Mats Odell as Minister for Financial Markets; and Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, replacing Åsa Torstensson as Minister for Communications. Tobias Krantz, former Minister of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Research, is leaving with no successor having been named.http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/reinfeldts-nya-regering-1.1183404 Reinfeldts nya regering 5 October 2010 Dagens Nyheter sv 5 October 2010 7 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101007054138/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/reinfeldts-nya-regering-1.1183404 dead After the formation of the new government, Reinfeldt issued a 27-page government policy statement, saying it would "seek broad and responsible solutions", and that it would "be natural to hold regular discussions with primarily the Green Party but also the Social Democratic Party where appropriate".https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/1e413e86fff2466f8dce5a3299a3b242/regeringsforklaringen-5-oktober-2010/ sv Regeringsförklaringen 5 Oct 2010 The Declaration of Government Government of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt PDF Criticism Representatives of the Danish parties Venstre, De Konservative, and Dansk Folkeparti criticized Sweden during the 2010 election campaign after TV4 stopped the Sweden Democrats' election commercial. Venstre's foreign affairs spokesman, Michael Aastrup Jensen, said he would raise the issue of Swedish political censorship at the next meeting of the Council of Europe and propose that the council send election observers to Sweden ahead of the election on 19 September.http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/dansk-kritik-valcensur-i-sverige_5222981.svd http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/dansk-kritik-valcensur-i-sverige_5222981.svd 25 August 2026http://nyheter24.se/maktkamp24/452745-danmark-rasar-mot-sd-censur http://nyheter24.se/maktkamp24/452745-danmark-rasar-mot-sd-censur 25 August 2026 References External links Swedish general election, 2010 Sweden Val 2010 from the main website, English version NSD: European Election Database - Sweden https://web.archive.org/web/20100811053052/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/sweden/ 11 August 2010 publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1992–2010 2010 Category:2010 elections in Sweden Category:September 2010 in Sweden Category:September 2010 elections