Denmark has elected a centre-left government following elections this week, and will likely get its first ever female prime minister, in the form of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Read the full story

Denmark’s prime minister has called general elections for 15th September amid increasing pressure from the opposition. Read the full story

True Finns MP Teuvo Hakkarainen will be the subject of a police investigation over controversial comments he made regarding immigrants. Read the full story

The elections board of the National Church of Iceland has decided to resign in an attempt to increase trust and credibility following the contested result in the election of the Ordination Bishop of Skalholt. Read the full story

Some of those elected to Iceland’s constitutional assembly will today appeal to the Supreme Court of Iceland to reconsider its decision to nullify the election on technical grounds. The ruling was wrong, they claim. Read the full story

The names of the 25 people elected to change the Icelandic constitution last Saturday have now been released. Read the full story

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Stockholm to protest against the election to parliament of 20 far-right party members. The Sweden Democrats, who are against immigration and have been accused of racism, claimed 5.7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s elections, denying Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s centre-right Alliance a clear majority. Read the full story

The Sweden Democrats have submitted their controversial election film for review by a top legal official after broadcaster TV4 refused to air the advert. The far right group wants Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice to rule on whether the video, which shows a group of women in the burka chasing a pensioner, promotes religious hatred. Read the full story

The centre-right alliance is a dead-cert to win the upcoming parliamentary election in Sweden, if a slightly fishy forecaster is to be believed. In a study inspired by the world-renowned German octopus, Paul – who predicted the outcome of every World Cup game correctly during this year’s tournament – newspaper Sydsvenskan Daily has recruited the services of another eight-limbed oracle. Read the full story

Sweden’s Social Democrats are at their lowest popularity level for the past 10 years, according to a new poll. The party is haemorrhaging support, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s Moderate Party holding a stable lead over their rivals in the new survey by Synovate. Read the full story