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Sept 20 (Reuters) - Fredrik Reinfeldt seems sure to have won re-election as Swedish prime minister in Sunday's election.
While his four-party Alliance did not win a parliamentary majority, it is the biggest bloc and Reinfeldt has said he was prepared to lead a minority government. However, he said he would approach the opposition Green Party for support.
Key Facts:
-- Reinfeldt swept to power in 2006 on a promise to fine tune, not destroy,the Swedish welfare state by cutting taxes and providing more incentives for people to return to work. His four-party coalition is made up of the Moderate Party, the Liberal Party, the Christian Democrats and the Centre Party.
-- His alliance broke 12 years of rule by the Social Democrats and has during its four years in power cut income tax and abolished a wealth tax which the Social Democrat-led opposition wanted to revive.
-- Reinfeldt, whose personal popularity far exceeds that of his opponent -- Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin, came to power as one of the country's youngest prime ministers and stepped up his presence on the international stage during Sweden's six-month European Union presidency.
-- He is a family man who is known for his calm, controlled approach to leadership which observers say sets him apart from some of his predecessors.
-- Analysts had said re-election for the centre-right government would show Swedes were prepared to inch further away from the tradtional "Swedish Model" of a cradle-to-grave welfare state to one with a heavier dose of capitalism.
-- Reinfeldt has long wanted to make it more profitable for lower and middle-income earners to work and reduce unemployment benefits to boost incentives to take work.
-- However, even though the Moderate-led government has cut taxes and trimmed the welfare state to try and boost jobs, the jobless rate stands at 7.4 percent -- higher than when Reinfeldt came to power. The opposition says that his policies simply punish the sick and unemployed and benefit the rich.
-- Reinfeldt has said he wants Sweden more involved in the EU, but the country's main political parties have all but ruled out a new referendum on the euro currency during the next four years. Swedes rejected adopting the common currency in 2003.
-- Reinfeldt's alliance wants to sell 100 billion Swedish
crowns ($14.2 billion) of state-owned shares over four years.
That is likely to include stakes in Nordea