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

Stockholm, Sweden – On Sunday, Swedes will vote in a knife-edge general election that could see it either usher in a left-wing coalition or take a step even further to the right and welcome the Sweden Democrats , a party with neo-Nazi roots, into government for the first time. Once a political pariah, the party has become the greatest force on the right and has already helped shape government policy from beyond the cabinet. Now, Moderate Party leader and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wants to bring it formally into power. Opposing them is a centre-left bloc led by Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson, which has been leading in the polls, although the gap has been narrowing in recent weeks.