Sweden’s left-wing opposition leader begins efforts to form government

• Magdalena Andersson will likely face several challenges as she tries to get Sweden’s other left-wing parties to unite.
• Sweden’s opposition leader has officially begun talks to form a coalition government after the country’s left-wing bloc won a slim majority in last week’s election.
• Magdalena Andersson, leader of the centre-left Social Democrats, was asked by Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlen on Friday to begin efforts to form a new government.