Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) has two alternatives if the government is defeated in the vote of confidence: to resign or to call by-elections.

If that should happen, the Prime Minister says he wants to think carefully before giving notice.

Formally, Löfven has one week to announce by-elections if a majority in the Riksdag directs a no-confidence motion against him on Monday.

- We will only know on Monday when the Riksdag convenes whether there will actually be a vote or not, says SVT's domestic policy commentator Elisabeth Marmorstein.

Marble stone: Löfven will press V

Marmorstein believes that Löfven will pressure the Left Party before the vote by questioning whether they should really ally with the Sweden Democrats to throw the country into political chaos.

- Löfven puts hard against hard, says Marmorstein.

According to her, it is unclear how the Left Party will be able to change after Löfven's decision regarding the free rent for new production.

- He does not give them a back door that makes it possible for the Left Party to abstain.

The Left Party has been criticized for acting before a bill had been tabled in the Riksdag.

But they believe that the investigation proposal that now exists will mean market rents in the long run - and the party wants to stop that.

- Then you have to act now.

If you act further ahead, it is so close to the election that there is no possibility of getting the other parties to distrust it.

A chain of mistrust

On Thursday morning, the Left Party announced that they would proceed with their threat to arouse distrust.

Later the same day, SD submitted a request for a motion of censure against Stefan Löfven.

The Moderates and the Christian Democrats have already announced that they will vote to overthrow the Prime Minister.

If the Left Party also succeeds, there is a majority.

The vote will take place on Monday at 10 am

At the bottom is the conflict over free rent in newly produced apartments - which led the Left Party to raise the issue of mistrust.

Hear SVT's domestic policy commentator Elisabeth Marmorstein tell what can happen now in the clip above.