Following the 2014 general election, political turmoil and a government crisis ensue. When the Sweden Democrats—the third-largest party—vote in favor of the Alliance’s budget proposal, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven calls for a snap election. SVT political reporter Pontus Mattsson follows ministers, opposition politicians, and ordinary party members from election night through to the announcement between Christmas and New Year’s that the snap election has been cancelled.
Pontus Mattsson
Stefan Löfven
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Jimmie Åkesson
Gustav Fridolin
Åsa Romson
Annie Lööf
Jonas Sjöstedt
Jan Björklund
Göran Hägglund
Göran Persson
Magdalena Andersson
Camilla Kvartoft
Anna Kinberg Batra
Elisabeth Svantesson
Linus Bylund
Mikael Damberg
Erik Ullenhag
Rossana Dinamarca
Per Gahrton
Björn Söder
Margot Wallström
Mattias Karlsson
Per Westerberg
Tage Erlander
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Inge Ståhlgren
Mayvor Lundberg
Håkan "Olga" Carlsson
Ewa Larsson
Maria Bergström
Ulla Andersson
Oscar Sjöstedt
Bo Jansson
Stig Victorin
Inge Johansson
Lars-Ange Staxäng
Solveig Zander
Lisbeth Åkerman