# Sweden heads to the polls: What’s at stake in the knife-edge election?

https://mins.news/en/item/55634

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-12 08:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/12/sweden-heads-to-the-polls-whats-at-stake-in-the-knife-edge-election?traffic_source=rss

> Swedes vote on Sunday in a closely contested general election focused on migration, crime and the economy. The result could bring a centre-left coalition to power or allow the Sweden Democrats, a party with neo-Nazi roots, to enter government for the first time.

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