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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 [[Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt|governing]] centre-right coalition the [[The Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]], consisting of the [[Moderate Party]], the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]], the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] and the [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]]; and the opposition centre-left coalition the [[Red-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Greens]], consisting of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]], the [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] and the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]].
The Alliance received 49.27 percent of the votes (an increase by 1.03 [[Percentage point|pp]] from the [[2006 Swedish general election|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).<ref name="electionresults"/> 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.<ref name="electionresults"/> Both in terms of percentage share; 30.06%, and the actual vote; 1,791,766, the Moderate Party
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 of Sweden|Prime Minister]] [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] presenting the annual [[government policy statement]], along with changes to his cabinet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelocal.se/29438/20101005/ |title=Reinfeldt unveils reshuffled cabinet |publisher=[[The Local]] |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=5 October 2010}}</ref>
This was the first time in almost a century that a Swedish centre-right government that had served a full term was reelected.<ref name=thelocal>{{Cite news|title=Sweden braces for rollercoaster election |newspaper=[[The Local]] |date=19 September 2010 |url=http://www.thelocal.se/29104/20100919/ |access-date=19 September 2010}}</ref>
== Campaign ==▼
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One of the main campaign themes was the [[Economy of Sweden]].<ref name="the local"/>▼
The [[Sweden Democrats]] (SD) stated that it wished to cut [[political asylum]] and [[family reunification]] immigration by 90 percent.<ref>My Rohwedder Street and 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"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182113/http://svt.se/2.128339/1.2022794/minskad_invandring_ska_spara_miljarder |date=4 October 2010 }} ''Sveriges Television''</ref> The SD leader [[Jimmie Åkesson]] wrote, in an opinion piece for the social-democratic tabloid ''[[Aftonbladet]]'' that the growth of the country's [[Islam in Sweden|Muslim population]] "is the greatest foreign threat to Sweden since the [[Second World War]]."<ref name="aljaz"/><ref>Jimmie Åkesson (19 October 2009) [http://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/article5978707.ab "'Muslimerna är vårt största utländska hot'"] ''Aftonbladet Debatt''</ref>▼
The parties already represented in the Swedish parliament, along with the Swedish television networks, excluded [[minor party|minor parties]] from the televised political debates. The excluded minor parties included the Sweden Democrats,<ref name=aljazeera /> the [[June List]], the [[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]], and the [[Pirate Party (Sweden)|Pirate Party]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}▼
==Polling==▼
{{See also|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-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Green co-operation]] in December 2008.▼
[[File:Valaaffischer Stockholm 2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Campaign posters in Stockholm]]▼
[[File:Sweden2010RiksdagPolls-Coalitions.svg|350px|none|thumb|'''Poll performance 2006-2010: ''Key parties'''''<br/>{{color|#ff6060|▄}} Red-Green coalition {{color|#ff0000|█}} Social Democratic Party {{color|#3333FF|▄}} The Alliance {{color|#52bdec|█}} Moderate Party]]▼
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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 (Sweden)|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 (Sweden)|Left Party]], the [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]], the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberals]] and even the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] in most polls following the 2006 election.▼
[[File:Sweden2010RiksdagPolls-SmallParties.svg|450px|none|thumb|'''Poll performance 2006-2010: ''Small parties'''''<br/>{{color|#00FF00|█}} Green Party {{color|#0044CC|█}} Liberal People's Party {{color|#009933|▄}} Centre Party {{color|#b00000|█}} Left Party {{color|#2D338E|▄}} Christian Democrats {{color|#DDDD00|█}} Sweden Democrats {{color|gray|█}} Other]]▼
== Controversy about Sweden Democrats ==▼
[[File:SVT valdebatt 2010.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The final election debate on [[Sveriges Television|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.<ref name=aljazeera /> Both the Alliance and the Red-Greens pledged not to seek support from the SD,<ref name="aljaz"/> with Reinfeldt ruling out forming a government in cooperation with the [[Sweden Democrats]].<ref name="the local">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/29156/20100921/ |title=Economy trumps welfare worries in tight Swedish election - The Local |publisher=Thelocal.se |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref>▼
A [[TV4 Group|privately owned television network]], [[TV4 (Sweden)|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 [[burqa|burka]]-clad women with [[Baby transport|prams]].<ref name=aljazeera>{{Cite news|title=Far-right tests Swedish tolerance |first=Cajsa |last=Wikstrom |newspaper=[[Al Jazeera English]] |date=19 September 2010 |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/2010/09/201091691137186652.html |access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=SDReklam2010|title=Sverigedemokraternas valfilm 2010|date=2010-08-26|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkRRdth8AHc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/XkRRdth8AHc |archive-date=2021-12-18 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-10-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref>▼
Several politicians in Denmark, initially from the [[Danish People's Party]] and later from the governing [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] and the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]], reacted to TV4's refusal to air the video by calling for international election observers to be sent to Sweden.<ref name=aft>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3795398.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=Skandinavisk "krig" før valget|first=Jon Robin|last=Halle|date=3 September 2010|access-date=1 November 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906144500/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3795398.ece|archive-date=6 September 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,715107,00.html Danish Politicians Call for Election Observers in Sweden] ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' 1 September 2010</ref> [[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]].<ref name=aft/> [[Per-Willy Amundsen]] of the Norwegian [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] also criticised the decision as a "violation of democratic rules."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10026922|work=[[Verdens Gang]] (NTB)|title=Frp: - Svensk brudd på demokratiske spilleregler|date=31 August 2010|access-date=1 November 2010|language=no}}</ref>▼
=== Violence ===▼
On 13 September in [[Gothenburg]], about 500 counter-demonstrators prevented the Sweden Democrats from making a planned election rally.<ref name=svt100913b>{{cite journal|title=Demonstrators stopped the SD meeting |journal=Profile |date=13 September 2010 |url=http://svt.se/2.22620/1.2144519/demonstranter_stoppade_sd-mote |access-date=16 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916044214/http://svt.se/2.22620/1.2144519/demonstranter_stoppade_sd-mote |archive-date=16 September 2010 }}</ref> Police used pepper spray to disperse the counter-demonstration, which lacked a permit, and seven counter-demonstrators were detained.<ref name=svt100913b /> On 14 September, the Sweden Democrats cancelled planned rallies in three cities, [[Eskilstuna]], [[Karlstad, Sweden|Karlstad]], and [[Uddevalla]], because of security concerns. Similarly, concerns about security led to an election tour being cancelled on 15 September in [[Norrköping]].<ref name=svd100915>{{Cite news|title=SD kan inte hålla möten |first=Tobias |last=Brandel |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=15 September 2010 |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/politik/valet2010/sd-kan-inte-halla-moten_5333085.svd |access-date=16 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| title = threatened SD meeting was canceled | first = Henry | last=Engstrom | newspaper = Folkbladet | date=15 September 2010 | url = http://www.folkbladet.se/news/artikel.aspx?articleid=5353123 | archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171020121304/http://www.folkbladet.se/news/?articleid=5353123 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 October 2017 | access-date=16 September 2010 }}</ref>▼
After these cancelled election rallies, the [[National Police Commissioner (Sweden)|National Police Commissioner]] Bengt Svenson 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".<ref name=svt100916>{{cite journal|title=National Police Commissioner criticizes police Värmland |journal=Sveriges Television |date=16 September 2010 |url=http://svt.se/2.33874/1.2149654/rikspolischefen_kritiserar_varmlandspolisen |access-date=16 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918094423/http://svt.se/2.33874/1.2149654/rikspolischefen_kritiserar_varmlandspolisen |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref>▼
=== Consequences ===▼
These attempts to limit the SD message were described by [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] as counterproductive, in that they enabled the SD to portray itself as a victim of censorship.<ref name=aljazeera />▼
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."<ref>[http://www.dn.se/ledare/signerat/sverigedemokraterna-blommogram-till-extremvanstern-1.1172091 "Sverigedemokraterna: Blommogram till extremvänstern"] ''Dagens Nyheter'' 18 September 2010</ref>▼
==Results==
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{{main|Results of the 2010 Swedish general election}}
There were 5,960,408 valid ballots cast for a turnout of 84.63%.<ref name=val>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html|title=Röster - Val 2010|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]|language=sv|date=23 September 2010|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904062146/https://data.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Election results
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Moderate Party|M]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Green Party (Sweden)|MP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Liberals (Sweden)|
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| colspan="14" |Source: [https://www.scb.se/contentassets/b485269e93864392b0640b8b8c6b1c28/me0104_2010a01_br_me01br1101.pdf Statistics Sweden]
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▲== Campaign ==
▲{{Expand section|date=October 2010}}<!--to also include content from parties that were in the debate, like the UK general election page-->
▲One of the main campaign themes was the [[Economy of Sweden]].<ref name="the local"/>
▲The [[Sweden Democrats]] (SD) stated that it wished to cut [[political asylum]] and [[family reunification]] immigration by 90 percent.<ref>My Rohwedder Street and 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"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182113/http://svt.se/2.128339/1.2022794/minskad_invandring_ska_spara_miljarder |date=4 October 2010 }} ''Sveriges Television''</ref> The SD leader [[Jimmie Åkesson]] wrote, in an opinion piece for the social-democratic tabloid ''[[Aftonbladet]]'' that the growth of the country's [[Islam in Sweden|Muslim population]] "is the greatest foreign threat to Sweden since the [[Second World War]]."<ref name="aljaz"/><ref>Jimmie Åkesson (19 October 2009) [http://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/article5978707.ab "'Muslimerna är vårt största utländska hot'"] ''Aftonbladet Debatt''</ref>
▲The parties already represented in the Swedish parliament, along with the Swedish television networks, excluded [[minor party|minor parties]] from the televised political debates. The excluded minor parties included the Sweden Democrats,<ref name=aljazeera /> the [[June List]], the [[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]], and the [[Pirate Party (Sweden)|Pirate Party]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
▲==Polling==
▲{{See also|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-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Green co-operation]] in December 2008.
▲[[File:Valaaffischer Stockholm 2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Campaign posters in Stockholm]]
▲[[File:Sweden2010RiksdagPolls-Coalitions.svg|350px|none|thumb|'''Poll performance 2006-2010: ''Key parties'''''<br/>{{color|#ff6060|▄}} Red-Green coalition {{color|#ff0000|█}} Social Democratic Party {{color|#3333FF|▄}} The Alliance {{color|#52bdec|█}} Moderate Party]]
▲<br />
▲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 (Sweden)|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 (Sweden)|Left Party]], the [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]], the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberals]] and even the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] in most polls following the 2006 election.
▲[[File:Sweden2010RiksdagPolls-SmallParties.svg|450px|none|thumb|'''Poll performance 2006-2010: ''Small parties'''''<br/>{{color|#00FF00|█}} Green Party {{color|#0044CC|█}} Liberal People's Party {{color|#009933|▄}} Centre Party {{color|#b00000|█}} Left Party {{color|#2D338E|▄}} Christian Democrats {{color|#DDDD00|█}} Sweden Democrats {{color|gray|█}} Other]]
▲== Controversy about Sweden Democrats ==
▲[[File:SVT valdebatt 2010.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The final election debate on [[Sveriges Television|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.<ref name=aljazeera /> Both the Alliance and the Red-Greens pledged not to seek support from the SD,<ref name="aljaz"/> with Reinfeldt ruling out forming a government in cooperation with the [[Sweden Democrats]].<ref name="the local">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/29156/20100921/ |title=Economy trumps welfare worries in tight Swedish election - The Local |publisher=Thelocal.se |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref>
▲A [[TV4 Group|privately owned television network]], [[TV4 (Sweden)|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 [[burqa|burka]]-clad women with [[Baby transport|prams]].<ref name=aljazeera>{{Cite news|title=Far-right tests Swedish tolerance |first=Cajsa |last=Wikstrom |newspaper=[[Al Jazeera English]] |date=19 September 2010 |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/2010/09/201091691137186652.html |access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=SDReklam2010|title=Sverigedemokraternas valfilm 2010|date=2010-08-26|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkRRdth8AHc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/XkRRdth8AHc |archive-date=2021-12-18 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-10-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
▲Several politicians in Denmark, initially from the [[Danish People's Party]] and later from the governing [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] and the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]], reacted to TV4's refusal to air the video by calling for international election observers to be sent to Sweden.<ref name=aft>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3795398.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=Skandinavisk "krig" før valget|first=Jon Robin|last=Halle|date=3 September 2010|access-date=1 November 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906144500/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3795398.ece|archive-date=6 September 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,715107,00.html Danish Politicians Call for Election Observers in Sweden] ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' 1 September 2010</ref> [[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]].<ref name=aft/> [[Per-Willy Amundsen]] of the Norwegian [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] also criticised the decision as a "violation of democratic rules."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10026922|work=[[Verdens Gang]] (NTB)|title=Frp: - Svensk brudd på demokratiske spilleregler|date=31 August 2010|access-date=1 November 2010|language=no}}</ref>
▲=== Violence ===
▲On 13 September in [[Gothenburg]], about 500 counter-demonstrators prevented the Sweden Democrats from making a planned election rally.<ref name=svt100913b>{{cite journal|title=Demonstrators stopped the SD meeting |journal=Profile |date=13 September 2010 |url=http://svt.se/2.22620/1.2144519/demonstranter_stoppade_sd-mote |access-date=16 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916044214/http://svt.se/2.22620/1.2144519/demonstranter_stoppade_sd-mote |archive-date=16 September 2010 }}</ref> Police used pepper spray to disperse the counter-demonstration, which lacked a permit, and seven counter-demonstrators were detained.<ref name=svt100913b /> On 14 September, the Sweden Democrats cancelled planned rallies in three cities, [[Eskilstuna]], [[Karlstad, Sweden|Karlstad]], and [[Uddevalla]], because of security concerns. Similarly, concerns about security led to an election tour being cancelled on 15 September in [[Norrköping]].<ref name=svd100915>{{Cite news|title=SD kan inte hålla möten |first=Tobias |last=Brandel |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=15 September 2010 |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/politik/valet2010/sd-kan-inte-halla-moten_5333085.svd |access-date=16 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| title = threatened SD meeting was canceled | first = Henry | last=Engstrom | newspaper = Folkbladet | date=15 September 2010 | url = http://www.folkbladet.se/news/artikel.aspx?articleid=5353123 | archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171020121304/http://www.folkbladet.se/news/?articleid=5353123 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 October 2017 | access-date=16 September 2010 }}</ref>
▲After these cancelled election rallies, the [[National Police Commissioner (Sweden)|National Police Commissioner]] Bengt Svenson 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".<ref name=svt100916>{{cite journal|title=National Police Commissioner criticizes police Värmland |journal=Sveriges Television |date=16 September 2010 |url=http://svt.se/2.33874/1.2149654/rikspolischefen_kritiserar_varmlandspolisen |access-date=16 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918094423/http://svt.se/2.33874/1.2149654/rikspolischefen_kritiserar_varmlandspolisen |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref>
▲=== 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.<ref name=aljazeera />
▲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."<ref>[http://www.dn.se/ledare/signerat/sverigedemokraterna-blommogram-till-extremvanstern-1.1172091 "Sverigedemokraterna: Blommogram till extremvänstern"] ''Dagens Nyheter'' 18 September 2010</ref>
== Reactions ==
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{{See also|Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt}}
The Alliance formed the new government with Reinfeldt continuing as prime minister. His cabinet has 24 [[Minister (government)|ministers]], three more than the previous one. The Moderates received 13 posts, an increase of three from their previous count, with the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberals]] (4), [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre]] (4) and [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|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 (Sweden)|Ministry of Health and Social Affairs]]; [[Ulf Kristersson]], replacing [[Cristina Husmark Pehrsson]] as [[Minister for Social Security (Sweden)|Minister for Social Security]]; [[Erik Ullenhag]], the Minister for Integration at the [[Ministry of Employment (Sweden)|Ministry of Employment]]; [[Hillevi Engström]], the [[Minister for Employment (Sweden)|Minister for Employment]]; [[Anna-Karin Hatt]], the Minister for Information Technology and Regional Affairs at the [[Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications (Sweden)|Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications]]; [[Peter Norman (politician)|Peter Norman]], replacing [[Mats Odell]] as [[Minister for Financial Markets (Sweden)|Minister for Financial Markets]]; and [[Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd]], replacing [[Åsa Torstensson]] as [[Minister for Communications (Sweden)|Minister for Communications]]. [[Tobias Krantz]], former Minister of Higher Education at the [[Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)|Ministry of Education and Research]], is leaving with no successor having been named.<ref name="DN new cabinet">{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/reinfeldts-nya-regering-1.1183404|title=Reinfeldts nya regering|date=5 October 2010|publisher=DN.se|language=sv|access-date=5 October 2010|archive-date=7 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007054138/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/reinfeldts-nya-regering-1.1183404|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Reinfeldt issued a 30-page statement of the new government's policies, saying it would "seek a broad-based and responsible solutions (''sic'')", and that it would "be natural...to hold regular discussions with the Green Party, in the first instance and also the Social Democratic Party where appropriate."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/10/06/1881s597843.htm|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171020112444/http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/10/06/1881s597843.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2017|title=Swedish PM Announces his New Cabinet, Policies|website=english.cri.cn|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>
== References ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100817194746/http://www.val.se/valet_2010/ Val 2010] from the [http://www.val.se/ main website], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100809074829/http://www.val.se/in_english/index.html English version]
* [http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/sweden/ NSD: European Election Database - Sweden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811053052/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/sweden/ |date=11 August 2010 }} publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1992–2010
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