Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson quit as PM less than 12 hours after being appointed when her coalition collapsed, plunging the country into political uncertainty.
Ms Andersson said a decision by the Green party, the junior party in the coalition, to quit had forced her to resign after being unable to pass the government's budget.
Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn-up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right, the BBC reported.
"I have told the speaker that I wish to resign," Ms Andersson told reporters overnight.
But she added that she had told the Speaker of parliament she hoped to be appointed prime minster again as the head of a single-party government.
The Green party said it would leave government after the coalition's budget bill was rejected by parliament.
"I have asked the Speaker to be relieved of my duties as prime minister," Ms Andersson told a news conference.
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12 hours?
