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Sweden's Centre Party emerged from the 2026 election as a potential kingmaker and leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has expressed a preference for the Social Democrats' Magdalena Andersson as Sweden's next prime minister.
But the party has also ruled out collaborating in a government that contains the Left Party, a sticking point that has left coalition-building negotiations at an impasse.
Matilda Molander from the Fores think tank recently floated the possibility of the Centre Party edging its way back into the right-wing fold it abandoned over concessions to the Sweden Democrats.
The Local's Richard Orange caught up with her to find out more about the Centre Party's pivotal role and what's likely to happen next in Swedish politics.
Tune in to this week's Sweden in Focus Extra for the full analysis.
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