Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday

Speaker postpones decision on government exploratory talks Sweden's parliament speaker held talks with party leaders on Wednesday to determine who should try next to form a government after an inconclusive September election. With both the left- and right-wing blocs struggling to build a majority, speaker Andreas Norlén's office said he would continue informal talks with party leaders before providing further information on the process "this week".

He could give the exploratory mandate to form a government to outgoing prime minister Ulf Kristersson, who heads a caretaker government after narrowly losing the September 13th election. But he could also again ask the leader of the centre-left Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson, who was Sweden's first woman prime minister in 2021-2022. (one outlet/The Local) Swedish vocabulary: talks – samtal Two convicted in fatal Tjörn boating accident Both the pilot and the captain have been handed suspended sentences following last summer's deadly boating accident off the island of Tjörn, western Sweden, which saw the death of a mother and a child.