Göran Persson takes office as prime minister in 1996 and forms his government. He settles in Harpsund and attends his first royal dinner. The fight against Carl Bildt becomes fierce and he are closes to losing power in the 1998 election.
Göran Persson is the first Swedish prime minister in over 30 years to visit Israel, and Sweden's foreign policy is changing. The conflicts with the Left Party and Gudrun Schyman are difficult.
Göran Persson jumps out of anger at the environmental party, which threatens to switch to the bourgeois bloc after the 2002 election, but ultimately manages to save its parliamentary majority.
Göran Persson becomes increasingly frustrated and irritated by enemies and advances, internally and from the press. He finds his farm in Sörmland and starts building his dream house, but fears for his life after all the writings.