For the first time in fifty years, the municipal executive board in Storfors, Sweden, has a non-left chairperson. Moderate Party member Ingmar Olsson moved into the municipal council office on Monday. The decision was made at an extraordinary municipal council meeting last week, six months before the election.
The Moderate Party is taking over power together with the Sweden Democrats, the Centre Party, and the Christian Democrats, with sights set on the autumn election. Olsson said he sees this as a start for the next term rather than an end to the current one. This is a historic power shift.
Olsson said he sees this as a start for the next term rather than an end to the current one.
The Social Democrats have governed Storfors since the 1970s, but since May 2025, they have done so with a non-left budget. The outgoing municipal councilor Eva-Lotta Härding Eriksson of the Social Democrats is now looking ahead to the next election, stating she cannot do much about the four parties choosing to unite.
The outgoing municipal councilor Eva-Lotta Härding Eriksson of the Social Democrats is now looking ahead to the next election, stating she cannot do much about the four parties choosing to unite.