At Almedalen Week, Sweden's annual political festival on the island of Gotland, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson promised that Sweden will be the EU's richest country in ten years.
During his Almedalen leader's speech, which he gave on Friday June 26th, he also launched a Moderate Party election promise to the country's working parents of young children: a special parental tax deduction.
His overall message, however, was that after years he described as marked by the refugee crisis, pandemic, inflation crisis, recession and gang crime, he sees a brighter future.
"My message today is that the worst is over. If we make use of our strengths, Sweden will move towards a truly bright future."
He said wants Swedes to feel confident in the future of a rich, reasonable, and fair Sweden.
"In ten years we will be the richest country in the entire EU again. We are already better off than most, but we still have to step up," he said.
The government of recent years has been an "intensive cleaning job", according to Kristersson, and he said he now wants to move on to the next phase.
"The Moderates will go to the polls on a major reform for all of Sweden's hard-working families with children. We call this reform the parental allowance," Kristersson said.
The party's proposal involves reduced taxes for working parents of young children and is part of the party's larger election promise that a family with two children will be able to keep 5,000 kronor more a month during the next term.
"So we are going to the polls to continue improving the everyday lives of hard-working Swedes. So that a few more people can afford to do what they want, not just do what they have to," he said.