The protracted negotiations after the election have been called the "Bigfoot soup in the sandbox", but on Thursday evening it became clear who will get the highest political position during the coming term.
Despite the fact that M, KD, SD and C presented a new board in October, it was unclear until the end whether they would really succeed in pushing through the historic power shift in the municipality, which has been ruled by the Social Democrats since the 70s.
Storfors is last in Värmland and among the absolute last municipalities in Sweden to get the governance ready - only a handful of others remain.
The text is updated.