Sweden's parliament speaker said Friday that following post-election talks with party leaders he had tasked opposition chief Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats with forming a government.
"Against the background of today's talks, I've decided to task the Social Democrats' party leader Magdalena Andersson with trying to form a government," speaker Andreas Norlen told reporters.
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