2021 Einnlandic presidential election (1000 AD: Viking Settlement)

The **2021 Einnlandic presidential election** was held on 4 October 2021 to elect the president of Einnland, with a second round being held on 8 November 2021 as no candidate managed to break 50% of the vote in the first round. The Conservative Party had held the presidency continuously since 1981, and Conservative president Sara Asker ran for a second term. She was faced by political newcomer Felix Friberg, a prominent environmental activist who ran as an independent but received the support of the Einnlandic Socialist Workers' Party and Green Party. Asker also faced assemblyman Elias Molander, formerly a Conservative who had supported Asker's 2016 presidential bid, however had since split from the party and was running as the nominee of his FreeEinnland party, running a far-right campaign that concentrated on closer relations with Russia and lifting COVID-19 restrictions in the country.

Though Asker was initially considered the favorite for re-election, support for her presidency collapsed as the country entered into a major financial crisis in the summer months. Friberg, who had never before ran for public office, ran a left-wing populist campaign, while Molander ran a right-wing populist campaign which was accused of promoting numerous conspiracy theories and falsehoods. While both Asker and Molander accepted campaign donations from large corporations and political interest groups, Friberg's campaign only accepted small donations, and relied mostly on Friberg's already major media exposure and word of mouth for campaigning early on. The race quickly evolved into a three-way race with Friberg, Asker and Molander all considered major candidates, and Molander even outperformed Asker in polling through the late summer months, leading to concerns that Molander would advance to the increasingly inevitable second round.

Ultimately, Friberg won by far the most votes in the first round, receiving 45.62% of the vote and advancing to a second round against Asker, who had came in second place receiving 30.94% of the vote. Molander had underperformed polling expectations by receiving 21.26% of the vote, and was eliminated in the first round. In fact, the 1,979,508 votes Friberg received in the first round was the most cast for a presidential candidate in the nation's history. With Molander being eliminated in the first round, the second round was expected to be a toss-up between Asker and Friberg, with polling having the race virtually tied between the two candidates. However, Molander would encourage his supporters to not vote in the second round, which ultimately benefited Friberg as it drew away many potential voters for Asker, and he ended up defeating her with 52.57% of the vote to become the first left-wing president of Einnland since Anton Evenstad lost re-election in 1981. Asker initially refused to concede defeat, falsely claiming that the Russian government had tampered with the election results despite no evidence backing up her claims, and she would ultimately only concede defeat on 14 February 2022, over a month after Friberg had entered office, though she continues to claim to be the "rightful president" of Einnland.