On Monday evening, the Social Democrats in Blekinge announced that they had decided to nominate Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson for the position as the party's new chairman after Stefan Löfven's resignation, which Sydöstran was the first to report.

- Blekinge's members have had the chance to discuss the issue and it has been conducted in all our working municipalities.

There is a great deal of agreement about Magdalena Andersson among Blekinge's members and it is unanimously thought that it is a competent and very good candidate.

I feel proud that we have had a solid process in our party district, says district chairman Heléne Björklund in a press release.

The party chairman will be elected during the congress in Gothenburg in early November.