On Tuesday, Minister of Finance Elisabeth Svantesson (M) held a meeting with Sweden's three food giants, Ica, Axfood and Coop. However, no concrete measures were presented.
"I have insisted that it is not acceptable for prices to increase so much," she said afterwards.
That's not enough, according to Nooshi Dadgostar (V):
"Svantesson came out empty-handed from the meeting. Instead of giving the task to the food giants to push down the price, the food giants have tasked the finance minister with reading the latest inflation figures. This shows that Elisabeth Svantesson is not up to the task.
'Terrible'
Nooshi Dadgostar describes the situation as terrible.
"I just came from Norway today and a price freeze has led to inflation falling broadly. So it is clear that it is frustrating that the Swedish government does nothing when others do so much.
Muharrem Demirok (C), who wants to see measures other than a price cap on goods, believes a food price war in politics is underway.
"It started already in the election campaign when Ebba Busch went around waving the falu sausage. Now we see that more and more families find it difficult to buy falukorv. If there are no sharp proposals, we will have to step this up and press on further, says Muharrem Demirok to the Politics Bureau and continues:
"The debate can be very tough and I won't back down. The government has the budget to present an emergency package specifically aimed at families with children with low incomes.
"Must take responsibility"
Elisabeth Svantesson declines an interview. Instead, it is Edward Riedl (M), chairman of the Finance Committee, who answers questions:
"The message from our side is very clear, everyone has to take responsibility. You must not take the opportunity to surreptitiously raise prices and contribute to inflation sticking around because everyone loses out," he says.