Sweden heads to the polls: What’s at stake in the knife-edge election?
Sweden votes on Sunday as voters weigh migration, crime, the economy and whether the far right will enter government.

Sweden votes on Sunday as voters weigh migration, crime, the economy and whether the far right will enter government.

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