Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns after resignation

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Sweden's first female prime minister has been reappointed to the top job after political turmoil forced her to resign within hours of taking the post last week.
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She will attempt to lead a one-party government until an election in September next year.
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In Monday's vote in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, 101 of its 349 members voted yes, 75 abstained and 173 voted no.

To be appointed prime minister under Sweden's political system, a candidate only needs to avoid a majority voting against them.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59459733

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Ah, the joys of proportional representation and coalitions. It looks like she'll spend her time chasing every vote. Good luck to her.

[deurbano]

1. This seems like a season of Borgen, but in Swedish, rather than Danish.

Stay tuned... (And congrats to Sweden!)

[Ocelot II]

3. Borgen is a terrific series.

It offers a look into the workings of a parliamentary system - which can be messy and corrupt like ours, although because parties need to form coalitions at least it isn't a zero-sum game like ours.

[deurbano]

5. That's a good point about the parliamentary system, and I agree about Borgen. Also, I'm surprised

i still can't speak Swedish...or Danish... or Norwegian... after all the Scandinavian series I've watched during the pandemic!

[Ocelot II]

6. The Scandinavian series are all really good. The best one, I think, is "Occupied"

which is on Netflix. I know some Norwegian (can read better than speak), so I can kind of understand what's going on without being totally stuck to the subtitles - Swedish is actually easier to understand, very similar to Norwegian but they speak more slowly. Spoken Danish is really tough to understand although the words are almost identical; it sounds like Norwegian spoken with a big mouthful of peanut butter. Check out the Icelandic shows - they tend to be particularly dark and weird. I suppose that's a result of being stuck on a small island in the North Atlantic with volcanoes and the hidden people.

[deurbano]

7. Oh, yes... I've seen Occupied and Trapped...and lots of Nordic Noir (as they say), and love them

all! It's always startling to me when a major character suddenly speaks English and basically sounds like any random (well spoken) American! It's so cool you actually know some of the languages. The only thing I have picked up is: Absolut!

One series (QUITE different from the ones we've mentioned) that I really like is "Love Me" (Swedish), which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it.

[appalachiablue]

2. All the best, PM Andersson

[hunter]

4. As opposed to the "joys" of the U.S.A. two party system...

... where one of the parties has fully embraced everything that is wrong with the U.S.A.?