| Party of the Swedes Svenskarnas parti |
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| Leader | Daniel Höglund |
| Founded | 22 November 2008 |
| Headquarters | Stockholm |
| Newspaper | Realisten |
| Ideology | White Nationalism Swedish nationalism National Socialism |
| Political position | Third Positionism[1] Far right |
| Official colours | Black, yellow |
| Parliament |
0 / 349
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| European Parliament |
0 / 18
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| Counties |
0 / 1,662
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| Municipalities |
1 / 12,978
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| www.svenskarnasparti.se | |
| Politics of Sweden Political parties Elections |
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Party of the Swedes (Swedish: Svenskarnas parti) is a nationalist[2] political party in Sweden. It was founded by members of the now defunct National Socialist Front on 22 November 2008.[3] The current chairman of the party is Daniel Höglund, one of the former leaders of the National Socialist Front.
Until 2009 it was known as The People's Front (Folkfronten), but in the preparations for the 2010 elections it was revealed that a socialist group had managed to register under the same name. To avoid confusion and loss of votes, the name was changed and registered as the "The Party of the Swedes."[4]
In the 2010 elections the party got 102 votes or 2.8 per cent in the elections to the council of Grästorp Municipality, giving them one mandate. According to the anti-racist watchdog Expo, this made them the first National Socialist party to get a seat in a Swedish political assembly since the end of World War II.[5][6] At the second meeting of the council, the policies surrounding public tenders was to be decided and the initial proposal gave preference to bidders with higher health and safety standards and lower environmental impact. Daniel Höglund managed to gather support for an additional sentence in the paragraph on the latter, that meant that Swedish labourers and companies should be given preference over say, Polish workers, given the potential differences in travel distance. At first it sounded innocent, other politicians told Expressen, but when later reflecting upon the consequences they recanted the decision and ensured that his suggestion will not have any influence what tenders will be picked.[7]
A prerequisite for holding a mandate at a municipal council is that one lives in that municipality. However, after a few weeks and after the official records was reviewed, it was revealed that Daniel Höglund was registered as living in the neighbouring municipality and he was subsequently deprived of his seat. Daniel Höglund was the only name on the printed ballot, but small parties often let their ballot remain unlocked; meaning that voters can add additional candidates to the ballot themselves. On one of the ballots someone had scrabbled the name of another party member, Krister Johansson. However, he declined to fill the seat and thus, the party will lack representation at the council for the rest of the mandate period. According to Höglund, Johanssons unwillingness to sit was motivated by fear of loosing his job; the biggest customer of the company that Johansson worked at said that they would cease buying their services if they had an employee representing a racist party in an elected assembly.[8]
The party describes its ideology as nationalism based on a biological ground. The political program[9] states that:
1, Sweden should also in the future be Swedish: Only people who belong to the western genetic and cultural heritage, where the ethnic Swedes are included, should be Swedish citizens.
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