#^The fight to save Sweden’s soul from the far right – podcastThe Swedish journalist
Martin Gelin tells
Helen Pidd about the impact the far right has had on Sweden’s politics over the last four years – and what the latest general election results could mean for the Nordic country’s future
After Sweden went to the polls on Sunday, a centre-left coalition led by Magdalena Andersson looks likely to have come out on top. The result of the general election is expected to keep the far-right Sweden Democrats, a party with neo-Nazi roots, out of government – at least for now.
But the SD’s platform – anti-immigration, harsh approaches to crime and punishment, and the idea of “making Sweden Swedish again” – has now become the political norm. And the incoming government may now struggle to find its way back to the progressive, tolerant Sweden of old.
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