If it was time for a political change anywhere, it was time in Sweden. For 44 years the Social Democrats had ruled the country, either alone or as head of a coalitiona longevity record unsurpassed in Europe today except by the Soviet Union's durable Bolsheviks. Last week, in a decision that echoed throughout Western Europe, Sweden's voters ousted the Social Democrats and cautiously mandated a new, more conservative course for their country. Nationwide parliamentary elections gave the nonsocialist blocthe Center, Moderate and Liberal parties50.8% of the vote, providing it with 180 of Parliament's 349 seats, v. 47.6% of the...
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