Following the vote at the Social Democrats' congress in Gothenburg, Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson has now taken another step towards becoming Sweden's first female prime minister.
However, the road there is not straight.
In addition to the governing parties, Andersson also needs support from both the Center Party and the Left Party in a forthcoming prime ministerial vote.
No messages from V and C
The parties have not yet given any information on how they stand on the issue, but both have made special demands to release the candidate.
Andersson himself says that she will now hold talks with the parties.
If those talks then lead to the parties agreeing already this weekend, there may be quick jerks in the prime minister's issue in the future.
- If Löfven submits his resignation application on Monday, we can have a prime minister on Thursday and a new government in place on Friday or the following Monday, says Mats Knutson in Rapport.
"Great mandate to change"
Knutson calls Thursday's vote a "show in unity".
In previous election of party chairmen, the Social Democrats have often divided into different phalanxes.
This time, however, Andersson stood as the only candidate before the vote, which means that she shoulders the post with unusually high confidence in the party.
It may be needed, not least considering next year's election, says Knutson.
- This means that she has a great political mandate to change politics.
She needs that, because her challenges are very big.
Among other things, when it comes to attracting voters who have left in recent years, both to the Left Party and the Sweden Democrats, he says.