Now playing Next Sweden Swedish PM Lofven resigns, parliament's speaker to seek new government Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has chosen to resign rather than call snap elections after he lost a confidence vote last week. 28/06/2021
Now playing Next Sweden Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven loses no-confidence vote Lofven lost the vote with 181 MPs backing the motion, 109 supporting him and 51 abstaining. 21/06/2021
Now playing Next Sweden Sweden switches strategy and calls for face masks on public transport Sweden's healthcare sector is struggling with the resurgence of COVID-19, prompting the government to finally introduce measures already seen for months across Europe. 18/12/2020
Now playing Next Sweden Sweden introduces tougher measures to curb rising coronavirus cases Sweden is introducing new local and national measures to reduce the increasing burden on its health care system. 13/11/2020
Now playing Next World Sweden's COVID-19 death toll passes 6,000 with PM in isolation “The developments are going in the wrong direction fast," wrote Stefan Lofven. "More are infected. More die. This is a serious situation.” 06/11/2020
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