SWEDEN’S Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson handed in her resignation as prime minister yesterday after a right-wing bloc won a narrow majority in parliament.

Ms Andersson met with Riksdag speaker Andreas Norlen to formally give up her role but will continue in a caretaker capacity under a new government is formed.

On Wednesday, once 99.9 per cent of votes had been counted, Sweden Democrats (SD) leader Jimmie Akesson declared victory for the four-party right-wing bloc which includes a nationalist, anti-immigration party.