A general election in which Sweden's Social Democrats have received a near-unprecedented hammering and which has seen the emergence as a parliamentary force holding the balance of power of a far-right, anti-immigrant party, Sweden Democrats, has sent ripples of shock not only through the country but through European politics. Is this finally it for the "Swedish model", that meld of liberal values, high taxes, outstanding childcare and welfare that made the country the poster boy for European social democracy?
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