Sweden Democrats
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| Leadership | Jimmie Åkesson |
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| Founded | Stockholm |
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| ID | 2356425 |
About Sweden Democrats
Sweden Democrats or Swedish Democrats is a national-conservative, populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. The party describes itself as social conservative with a nationalist foundation.
Sweden gangs: PM summons army chief after surge in killings
... Mr Kristersson s centre-right minority government which came to power last year, with the support of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, has not yet been able to stem the violence...
Ukraine war: Nobel Prize invitation to Russia and Iran withdrawn
... This includes the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats - a party founded by Nazi sympathisers, who had been shunned by the mainstream for decades...
Ukraine war: Russia and Iran invited back to Nobel Prize banquet
... The leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, Jimmie Akesson, was also invited for the first time this year but said he was too busy to attend...
Sweden ditches 'feminist foreign policy'
... The biggest winners in the 11 September election were the far-right Sweden Democrats who emerged as the second-largest party behind the Social Democrats - who have dominated Swedish politics since the 1930s - taking around one-in-five votes...
Sweden election: How an ex neo-Nazi movement became kingmakers
...More than one in five Swedes voted for the radical anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) party in elections on Sunday...
Magdalena Andersson: Swedish PM resigns as right-wing parties win vote
... It will include the Sweden Democrats, a far-right party that has campaigned against The final result is still to be confirmed after a recount, which is standard practice in Sweden...
Sweden election: Result could take days as vote too close to call
... Immigration and crime were major issues in the campaign, and the far-right Sweden Democrats look set to become the second-largest party...
Sweden election: Gang shootings cast shadow over vote
... Polls show the Sweden Democrats are now the second most popular party in the country, behind the ruling Social Democrats and just ahead of the centre-right Moderates...
Ukraine war: Russia and Iran invited back to Nobel Prize banquet
By George WrightBBC News
Russia and Belarus have been invited back to Stockholm's Nobel Prize banquet after being left out Last Year because of the Ukraine war, the Nobel Foundation says.
Iran has also been invited back to The Event in Sweden's capital after not being allowed to attend Last Year .
The Foundation said it sought to include even those who did not share the values of the Nobel Prize .
One Swedish MEP called this year's invites " extremely inappropriate".
The leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, Jimmie Akesson , was also invited for the First Time this year but said he was too busy to attend.
Five of the six Nobel Prize ceremonies take place in Stockholm each year, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo.
Last Year , the Nobel Foundation said ambassadors from Russia and Belarus would not be invited " due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine". Belarus is a key ally of Russia and its leader, Alexander Lukashenko , has backed Russia's " special military operation" as it calls The Invasion of Ukraine in February of Last Year .
Iran was also not invited Last Year . Tehran has long faced criticism for its Human Rights record. The UN has said the government there in its crackdown on protests Last Year .
Vidar Helgesen , Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation , explained the decision to invite the countries back: " It is clear that The World is increasingly divided into spheres, where dialogue between those with differing views is being reduced.
" To counter this tendency, We Are now broadening our invitations to celebrate and understand the Nobel Prize and the importance of free science, free culture and free, peaceful societies. "
Swedish Liberal MEP Karin Karlsbro accused The Foundation of setting a " dangerous precedent" by " giving a Green Light to inviting Russia to a glamorous party while missiles fall over Ukrainian cultural centres and murder children. "
Speaking to Swedish public radio, she called Russia, Belarus and Iran " rogue states" that " oppress their citizens, Wage War and terror against their own people and neighbouring countries".
" They're countries that don't subscribe to democratic values in any way, " She Said . " There's A War in Europe. [They take] an incredibly naive position. It undermines the cohesion we need throughout society. "
Swedish Political Party leaders are traditionally invited to The Banquet but Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson was snubbed in The Past .
His party was founded by Nazi sympathisers and had been shunned by the mainstream for decades. It won around a fifth of votes in Last Year 's general election.
Mr Akesson said he would not be attending. " Unfortunately I'm busy That Day , " he wrote on Facebook.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
