https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Four parties in the Swedish parliament - the Sweden Democrats (SD), the Christian Democrats, the Centre Party and Left Party - would fall below the threshold for Riksdag seats if an election were held today, a new poll on Friday showed. https://www.thelocal.se/20110826/35776 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:15:00 +0200 35776 The Social Democrats have reclaimed the title of Sweden's largest political party for the first time since the 2010 elections, a new poll shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20110527/34024 Fri, 27 May 2011 10:49:00 +0200 34024 Support for the far-right Sweden Democrats has increased since the party entered the Riksdag, while support for the four parties of the centre-right Alliance government have dropped, according to a new poll. https://www.thelocal.se/20110131/31748 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:52:00 +0100 31748 The centre-left Red-Greens succeeded in diminishing the government’s lead, while the far-right Sweden Democrats appear poised to enter the Riksdag, according to several polls published on Saturday, one day prior to Sweden’s elections. https://www.thelocal.se/20100918/29094 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:34:00 +0200 29094 The centre-right Alliance’s steady poll lead continues, with a new voter survey published on Wednesday giving them support of 49.8 percent of the voters. Support for the far-right Sweden Democrats also reached new highs. https://www.thelocal.se/20100915/29000 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:22:00 +0200 29000 The centre-right Alliance extended its lead over the opposition in a poll released on Friday, while the nationalist Sweden Democrats saw their support climb to 6 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20100910/28902 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:44:00 +0200 28902 The gap between the government parties and the opposition has halved in Synovate's latest election poll. https://www.thelocal.se/20100903/28748 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:14:00 +0200 28748 The Alliance parties lead over the opposition has increased a little in the latest opinion poll, by Synovate on behalf of the Dagens Nyheter daily. https://www.thelocal.se/20100827/28608 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:07:00 +0200 28608 The centre-right Alliance coalition remains slightly ahead of the Red-Green opposition with only a month left before the election, according to a new poll published by Synovate on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100820/28472 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:54:00 +0200 28472 Sweden's Social Democrats are haemorrhaging support and are less popular than at any time in the past 10 years, according to a new poll from Synovate. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate Party has a stable lead over its main rival, the poll shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20100624/27418 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:25:00 +0200 27418 The left-green opposition has increased its lead over the Alliance government to 8.1 percentage points, a new voter survey by Synovate shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20100430/26374 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:23:00 +0200 26374 Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt retains his position at the top of the party leader board in a new survey on voter confidence while support for opposition leader Mona Sahlin continues to decline. https://www.thelocal.se/20100320/25638 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:51:00 +0100 25638 Sweden's ruling centre-right alliance has increased its pulling power among voters to take a 45.7 percent share according to a new poll. But the left-green opposition still maintains its lead with 48.6 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20100129/24668 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:18:00 +0100 24668 Exactly one year before the general election, Sweden’s opposition parties stand marginally ahead of the governing centre-right Alliance, according to the latest poll. https://www.thelocal.se/20090919/22172 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:10:00 +0200 22172 The far-right Sweden Democrats need just 8,000 more votes to gain a spot in the Riksdag, according to a new poll. https://www.thelocal.se/20090717/20744 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:41:00 +0200 20744 Support for the Moderate Party dropped significantly in June, while Sweden’s Green Party reached heights not seen since the 2006 Riksdag elections, a new poll shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20090626/20286 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:50:00 +0200 20286 A spike in the number of younger men who decided to cast their vote in recent EU Parliamentary elections is the likely reason for the success of the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet), a new poll shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20090613/20046 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:46:00 +0200 20046 One in four Swedish voters still doesn’t know that EU-parliamentary elections are on Sunday, according to a poll from Synovate published by Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20090606/19908 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:30:00 +0200 19908 Confidence in Fredrik Reinfeldt has climbed by more than 10 percentage points in the last 12 months, with a record high 52 percent of voters supporting the Swedish prime minister. https://www.thelocal.se/20090318/18280 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:36:00 +0100 18280 The opposition has hit a two year low in voter support, while the Moderate Party has reached heights not seen since the month following Sweden’s last election, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.se/20090130/17252 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:19:00 +0100 17252