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Steven Erlanger, The New York Times<\/p>\n

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STOCKHOLM \u2014 In a civic center in Rinkeby, a heavily immigrant district of northwest Stockholm, several hundred people gathered recently for a forum on Sweden\u2019s coming election and the future of the country.<\/p>\n

The conversation, about the nature of Sweden\u2019s democracy and the importance of voting, was sophisticated and passionate. But it was frustrating for one participant, Ahmed Ali, a Somali immigrant, who thought people were dancing around the main issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stakes are really high in this election,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cThere are more extremists in the country, and they have more influence. They don\u2019t have a real political agenda. They just hate immigrants. And this xenophobia is happening all over Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an angry and divided Sweden prepares to vote on Sunday, the shape of the next Swedish government is utterly unclear, because of the rapid rise of the anti-immigration, anti-Europe Sweden Democrats, a populist nationalist party that is expected to win a fifth of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n