2021 Swedish government crisis

A government crisis began on 21 June 2021 in Sweden after the Riksdag ousted Prime Minister Stefan Löfven with a no-confidence vote.

The vote was called on 17 June 2021 by the Sweden Democrats after the Swedish Left Party withdrew support for Löfven over rent control reform, which is an important issue for many voters.

The Left Party were heavily against two points in the agreement, a proposal to reform the Employment Protection Act,[12] and another point which would introduce market rents (i.e. the end of rent control) for newly-built residential developments,[13] the latter of which was the main cause to the uprising of the government crisis.

[16] On 15 June, the Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar called a press conference and gave the government a 48-hour ultimatum to scrap the proposed law.

The decision to have all 349 members present was criticized by Swedish media personalities who meant this vote could become a superspreading event of Covid-19.

[27] Some members of parliament were hesitant to the decision and called it "unpleasant" and "uncomfortable" that there was a slight risk of sick people not staying home during the vote.

Johan Carlson, director general of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, said that the strategy that was put forward was well thought-out and reasonable for the occasion.

As it stood from 23 June, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven's only hope to stay as the Prime Minister lay in the hands of the two independent politicians in the Riksdag: Emma Carlsson Löfdahl (formerly a member of the Liberals)[clarification needed] and Amineh Kakabaveh (formerly a member of the Left Party).

In the afternoon, Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson was formally tasked with forming a government and given three days.