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Sweden is inching toward political transformation
The Riksdag has 349 members elected every four years. Only candidates nominated by political parties are eligible to run. Eight political parties are represented in the Riksdag during the last three electoral periods (source: macpixxel for GIS)
General info
What's inside
- Opinion polls in Sweden indicate that a major political change looms on the horizon
- Cooperation between the Social Democrats and labor unions no longer cements the country’s political scene
- Conservative Sweden Democrats have enough strength to act as kingmaker between the left and the right
Who will benefit?
- Report is targeted to the decision makers in cross country manufacturing – suppliers, manufacturers, logistics.
- Also considered useful for the administrative university facilities, to better understand the possibe effects of current decisions.
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