General election 1985

General election: On 15 September the Social Democrats retained power with 44.7%, while the Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) under new leader Bengt Westerberg more than doubled its vote from 5.9% to 14.2%, the biggest single-election gain of any Swedish party in the decade.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 1985 under Olof Palme as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.