Following the 2015 migrant crisis, Swedes’ views on migration changed significantly. A new research report shows that support for accepting large numbers of refugees declined sharply, while concerns about crime and social development increased. At the same time, the differences between various groups in Sweden are growing, both geographically, politically, and socially.
In the report Swedes and the Migration Issue, which was prepared for the Institute for Future Studies, the researcher Göran Holmqvist analyzed Swedes' attitudes toward migration between 2012 and 2025 using several large-scale opinion polls.
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