History Of Sweden (1991–present)
This article describes the history of Sweden from 1989 until present day.
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After a period of rapid growth and unprecedented prosperity during the late 1980s, by 1990 the Swedish economy overheated, and after a controversial bill freezing salaries and banning strikes failed in parliament, the social democrat government led by Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson resigned in February 1990. At this time the respected Finance Minister Kjell-Olof Feldt left the government in protest over what he saw as irresponsible economic policies. Carlsson soon formed a new government, but by the time of the general election in September 1990 the economy was in free fall, and with rapidly rising unemployment, the social democrats received the smallest share of votes in sixty years (37.7%), resulting in the loss of office to the opposition, a centre-right coalition.
Around the same time a convicted murderer and bank robber of German origin known as Lasermannen ("the Laser Man") shot eleven and killed one person in an attempted serial killing, which scared other Swedish immigrants, whom he targeted.
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