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Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presented his new government to parliament on Tuesday, confirming he would govern with the minority his coalition was handed after the September 19 vote.

Reinfeldt announced the 24 ministers to serve in his second term government, confirming officially for the first time he would maintain his existing four-party coalition.

The coalition won most votes in last month's election but fell two seats short of a majority in the parliament.

The move is controversial, since governing with a minority opens the way for the far-right Sweden Democrats, who entered parliament for the first time with 20 seats, to play kingmaker or spoiler in most parliamentary votes.

There had been speculation he might invite in the popular opposition Greens to secure a house majority, but Reinfeldt made clear he would instead appeal to the opposition parties to help pass legislation without adding a new party to his coalition.

"The government will seek broad-based and responsible solutions in the Riksdag, where it may be natural to hold regular discussions with the Green Party, in the first instance, but also the Social Democratic Party where appropriate," he told parliament Tuesday.

Reinfeldt kept most of the heavyweights from his previous government in the same ministerial posts, including popular Finance Minister Anders Borg and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who himself was head of government in the 1990s.

Centre Party leader Maud Olofsson kept her post as enterprise and energy minister but will no longer be deputy prime minister, a title that goes to the Liberal Party's Jan Bjoerklund, who also keeps his education portfolio.

Reinfeldt's new government counts two more ministers than his previous cabinet, and the new nominations reflected the increased weight of Reinfeldt's Moderate Party -- the only party in the coalition to increase its score in the election.

With the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats in parliament, Reinfeldt stressed in his opening speech the importance of improving integration, calling it his government's "greatest challenge."

Already the subject of much media attention since their election last month, the Sweden Democrats members of parliament sparked surprise and indignation by interrupting an official ceremony held at the Stockholm Cathedral before the opening of parliament Tuesday.

Bishop Eva Brunne angered the far-right MPs when, at the beginning of her sermon, she referred to the anti-racism demonstrations that had been held across the country over the past weeks.

When she added it was not worthy of a person of faith to differentiate between people only because they come from another country, the 20 MPs got up at the same time and left the cathedral.

"It was a very clear attack against us," far-right leader Jimmie Aakesson, who was clad in the official dress of Sweden Democrat southern stronghold Blekinge, told reporters.

He referred to Monday night's protest in Stockholm in which demonstrators were "shouting for him to be expelled."

"What we did in the church was hugely spontaneous. I am very surprised by the bishop's speech," he added.

Many MPs condemned the move, with Liberal Johan Pehrson describing it as "the largest etiquette breach" he had ever witnessed.

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