Jimmie Åkesson is now definitively distancing himself from the idea of “ethnic Swedes” as the basis of Swedish identity. Instead, the SD leader asserts that Swedish citizenship alone determines who is Swedish—a position that means hundreds of thousands of immigrants have automatically become Swedish.
The debate over Swedish identity has been raging recently after the Sweden Democrats’ spokesperson on migration policy Ludvig Aspling said that Sweden has too large a proportion of people who do not belong to the ethnically Swedish population. He has since received support from a fellow party member Marin Kinnunen. This has caused politicians who support immigration—from the red-green parties, the Tidö Alliance, and even the Sweden Democrats—to rage and demand that “Swedishness” not be based on ethnicity.
Leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Åkesson is now outlining what he describes as the party's official position following the high-profile debate on ethnic Swedes.
– But the reality of the political situation is that Swedish identity is based on what citizenship you hold, Åkesson tells TT. At the same time, he calls Aspling’s earlier statement about ethnic Swedes ”unfortunate.”.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants become ”Swedes”
The consequence of Åkesson’s approach is that Swedish identity is reduced to an administrative decision. Since taking office in 2022, the Tidö government has granted over 200,000 Swedish citizenships. According to the SD leader’s definition, all of these people are therefore ”Swedes”—regardless of their origin, history, or ethnicity.
Åkesson has previously expressed the same view.
– If you are a Swedish citizen, you are Swedish, ", he said during a parliamentary debate, arguing at the same time that even Kurdish weddings could therefore be considered part of Swedish culture.
Draws sharp criticism
The reversal has been met with harsh criticism on social media. The account Flux Alert writes that Swedish identity is thereby ”reduced to a piece of paper” and that the historical community that built the country is being erased.
”Of course, being Swedish isn’t something that’s written in your passport”, writes another user on X.
Lunch Buffet: Jimmie has made his position clear ahead of the election.
Don't vote for this Zionist trash party. Vote for Alternative for Sweden!
So true (as usual), whitewolf.
Lunch buffet: Jimmie is a terrible, FAKE & DESPICABLE person who, quite frankly, belongs in a Siberian prison with the rest of his “Eight-Leaf Clover” buddies who have ruined this once-safe country.
He sure enjoys the generous contributions from his friends in Israel. Nah, I'm done with the SD—they're so corrupt! AFS is the only way to go!
He needs to be replaced—his brain must have short-circuited. Unfortunately, he's running the party into the ground.
Maybe he got another job????!!!
Jeremiah Åkenstein is AfS’s best campaigner!
All of the above 👍👍🇸🇪🇸🇪
Now that Zionist Jimmie has really shown just how stupid he is.
The relevant and accurate figures are:
First- and second-generation immigrants together number approximately 3.0 million people, accounting for about 28 % of Sweden's population.
If we also include people with one foreign-born and one Swedish-born parent (the broader Statistics Sweden definition of ”foreign background”), the figure is approximately:
3.8 million people, or about 35.7 % of the population. In other words, the population replacement is almost complete!
Questions??
It is ethnic background that binds people together. It creates a sustainable society. We Svear are the backbone of Sweden. Are Kurds Turks? Are Palestinians Jews? The U.S. is an ethnically diverse country. If I’m not mistaken, what holds the U.S. together is the flag. On the other hand, the ethnic groups seem to take pride in their ethnic backgrounds.
Should a Swedish passport keep Sweden united?