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Swedish PM-hopeful Andersson preaches unity but needs to heal opposition split
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Cooperation rather than conflict is the promise Swedish Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson is offering voters as she seeks a return to the prime minister's office in Sunday's election.
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A former national level swimmer who colleagues describe as hardworking and demanding, Andersson became Sweden's first female prime minister in 2021.
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She holds the record for the shortest period in office — resigning after less than 12 hours as prime minister when her coalition partner quit — although ultimately completed a 10-month term, starting again days later as the head of a single-party minority government.
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As prime minister, she had to negotiate Sweden's response to the COVID pandemic and NATO application in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Despite being voted out of office in 2022, polls still show her as the politician most trusted by Swedes.
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Andersson, 59, has portrayed herself as a unifying force after four years during which the centre right, backed by the far-right Sweden Democrats, have cracked down on immigration and turned away from the liberal, inclusive politics that have characterised Sweden for decades.
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"Either I lead the government and bring the country together ... or you have a government where the Sweden Democrats use their platform to create division," she told reporters earlier this month.
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BLOC DIFFERENCES OVER ENERGY AND TAX
Yet the message of unity masks tensions within her left-wing bloc, with parties differing on issues ranging from energy policy to taxation.
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Andersson is more technocrat than torch-bearer: she carries a boiled egg in her handbag in case she gets hungry and told Swedish radio earlier this year she could not tell Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks apart.
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After graduating from Stockholm's prestigious School of Economics, she spent her early career in the finance department before becoming deputy director-general of Sweden's Tax Agency, returning to politics as finance minister from 2014 to 2021.
Playing on traditional Social Democratic strengths, Andersson is promising voters more spending on welfare, a fairer tax system and a focus on social cohesion.
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Polls show the centre-left bloc's 10-point lead during the summer has melted away, partly over concerns about how Andersson can square the circle of ruling with parties that refuse to cooperate with each other.
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If Andersson does win office she is "probably doomed to hold together a quartet that includes parties that loathe each other, but which just about loathe the Sweden Democrats more", Nick Aylott, senior lecturer in political science at Sodertorn University, said.
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