Sweden’s neck-and-neck election results have put the country’s Social Democratic Party’s decadelong control of the government in jeopardy. While a final tally isn’t likely before Wednesday, what is clear is that a far-right, anti-immigration party with Neo-Nazi roots is set to be the second largest in the Scandinavian country known for its progressive politics and welfare state. Journalist Dominic Hinde has been following the election from the city of Malmö, in southern Sweden.
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