The Latest Breaking News from Sweden Democrats

Mapped: Sweden’s right and left blocs neck-and-neck in critical general election

Sweden’s election is on a knife-edge, with final results likely not to be confirmed until Wednesday

The Independent UK · Sep 15

Sweden heads to polls in close election race dominated by welfare state and security

Opinion polls ahead of Sunday's vote point to a victory for the centre-left opposition headed by the Social Democrats which could see Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's centre-right coalition ousted.

Euronews · Sep 8

Sweden’s libraries caught in a political row about drag story hour

Drag story hour is “nothing other than indoctrination and sexualisation of children”, claimed Sweden Democrats politician Jonathan Sager during a session of the local parliament in Kalmar, southern Sweden, in 2022. He was reacting to plans to organise a drag story hour event at the local library, where drag queens…

The Conversation · Oct 22, 2024

Burning of Qur’an in Stockholm funded by journalist with Kremlin ties

Permit for demonstration at which anti-Islam provocateur burned Muslim holy book was paid for by far-right journalist linked to Moscow-backed media

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

The Guardian view on European migration policy: a cruel, myopic shambles

Editorial: As Sweden takes over the EU presidency, the prospects of a coherent approach are minimal, thanks to the influence of the radical right

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023

Far-right shadow looming over Swedish EU presidency

There are concerns in the European Union that Sweden's ambitions for its presidency of the Council of the European Union won’t materialize into concrete progress

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Stockholm takes up EU presidency in the shadow of Sweden's shift to the right

Sweden took over the EU's rotating presidency for six months on 1 January 2023. The authorities have promised to uphold fundamental European values. But this may prove difficult with the far-right, anti-European, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats party a crucial part of the conservative government.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 3, 2023

The fox in the chicken coop: how the far right is playing the European Parliament

Several countries in the European Union are currently governed by far-right political parties. In Hungary, Fidesz under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been progressively dismantling the country’s constitutional protections of the rule of law and democratic institutions. Poland under its ruling Law and Justice party has shown equally worrying trends.…

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2022

Far-right Sweden Democrats not welcome at Nobel banquet - foundation

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, which became the country's second biggest party in last month's election, are not welcome at the Nobel banquet, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Sweden's new right-leaning government to look at outsourcing prisoners to other countries

Sweden has a new government after weeks of political horse-trading following the the election in September. Ulf Kristersson’s Moderates will lead a centre-right coalition with the Christian Democrats and the Liberals. But it will govern with support from the Sweden Democrats, who won a fifth of votes in recent polls.

The Conversation · Oct 21, 2022