Linus Bylund

Following the 2014 general election, political turmoil and a government crisis ensue. When the Sweden Democrats—the third-largest party—vote in favor of the Alliance’s budget proposal, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven calls for a snap election. SVT political reporter Pontus Mattsson follows ministers, opposition politicians, and ordinary party members from election night through to the announcement between Christmas and New Year’s that the snap election has been cancelled.

The cake attack took place at a book signing for Jimmie Åkesson's new book, "Satis Polito", at Nytorget in Stockholm. A woman in a black coat and white scarf who was standing in the queue to the book signing booth pushed forward and threw a cake in the face of the party chairman of the Sweden Democrats. The woman, Irene Matkowitzc, was charged six months later for the crime and sentenced to two months in prison for molestation and three counts of illegal driving. In addition, she must pay SEK 5,000 in damages to the party chairman of the Sweden Democrats.