A populist right-wing party of anti-immigration nationalists has won 18 percent of the vote in the Swedish general election, while the centrist ruling party fell to its lowest share in more than a century. While speculation that the Sweden Democrats could have surged to even greater heights ultimately proved unfounded, the electoral gains made by the party, whose most prominent policies include taking the country out of the European Union and closing the borders to refugees, could give the party enough representatives to make or break legislation.
