Sweden’s parliamentary speaker has formally asked Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to try to form a government after her centre-left alliance won a narrow majority in Sunday’s election.

In a post on Instagram, Andersson said she had accepted the task and that she wanted to “lead a government that realises the new direction that the Swedish people have voted for — a direction that moves Sweden forward and keeps our country united,”

Andersson has 28 days to assemble her cabinet and report back to the parliamentary speaker, Andreas Norlen. Earlier, Norlen held consultations with party leaders over coffee and a pound cake he baked…

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