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Swedish PM loses confidence vote, sparking uncertainty

by Jan M. Olsen
| June 22, 2021 12:06 AM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Stefan Lofven, Sweden’s Social Democratic prime minister since 2014, lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, making him the first Swedish leader ever to lose such a motion.

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