Mats Knutson: "Can be interpreted as a sign of weakness"

According to Mats Knutson, it was also a victory for the Sweden Democrats that Julia Kronlid (SD) was elected second deputy speaker.

- There is a lot of desire for revenge within SD after the last election.

Then they snubbed a deputy speaker post, now they manage to seize one and that is seen as an important symbolic event, he says.

Hear Mats Knutson's analysis of the speaker vote in the Riksdag in the clip above.