Despite the feverish commentary you might have read, Sweden's new parliament will look fundamentally the same as the last one.
Category: Scandinavia
A Swedish cliffhanger
Sweden's Social Democrats fall to a new low, but still outperform expectations, while the far right falls well short.
Election preview: Sweden
Sweden's far right is poised for significant gains in Sunday's election, but don't be taken in by the doomsaying.
Far right knocking at the door in Sweden
Sweden's model of consensus anti-extremist politics is on trial in next month's election.
Two presidents back, another in doubt
Presidents are re-elected in Czechia and Finland – one narrowly, one very comfortably – while Cyprus's election goes to a second round next Sunday.
Left falls short in Norway
Norway's government is returned, partly due to the electoral system. Next stop, New Zealand and Germany.
Election preview: Norway
The non-rise of European populism continues, with Norway's establishment parties facing off in a close election.
World election news, part I
There's a lot happening in the electoral world. Today Romania, France, Iceland and Ghana; part II to follow tomorrow.
The limits of Europe, part II
Russia and Britain, for all their obvious differences, have the same sort of equivocal relationship with Europe: unmistakably European powers, but with interests and traditions that draw them elsewhere.
Denmark swings rightwards
Danes appear to have voted by a narrow majority for a coalition in which the far right will have the largest voice, but the forces of moderation remain strong.
The World is Not Enough 