Nordic left

Scratching the seven-year itch: Iceland votes to change government
Luke Field — Iceland’s November 30 elections saw the centre-left Social Democratic Alliance returned as the largest party for the first time since 2009, but no other left-leaning parties won any seats in what is a more consolidated and right-leaning parliament.

The far right and radical left after the European and French elections
Pablo Stefanoni looks at the recent European and French elections — in which the former saw a strong showing for the far right while the latter resulted in a win for the broad left — and what it means for both sides.

More than just an electoral upwind? Nordic left-wing parties after the EU elections
Record results for (Centre-)Left parties in the Nordic countries, with far-right parties losing ground. Ada Regelmann gives a sober assessment of the European elections results in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s Left Party celebrates its biggest win in 20 year
John Hörnquist — After winning over 11 percent of the vote in June’s European Parliament elections, the Swedish Left Party Vänsterpartiet is celebrating its best election results in twenty years.