{"id":177069,"date":"2026-09-01T05:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=177069"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:43:55","slug":"akesson-inga-problem-om-vita-svenskar-blir-minoritet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/akesson-no-problem-if-white-swedes-become-a-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c5kesson: No problem if white Swedes become a minority"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ethnic Swedes are the ethnic group that has built and shaped Sweden. But when Jimmie \u00c5kesson is asked whether this particular group could become a minority in its own country, the SD leader draws no ethnic line\u2014for him, it is culture, identity, and values that must endure.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In Riks' interview Voters Grill the Politician \u2013 Jimmie \u00c5kesson<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, published on Monday, SD leader Jimmie \u00c5kesson is given the opportunity to elaborate on his views on what it means to be Swedish. The questions are posed by a group of immigrants who draw on their own backgrounds as a starting point. He talks about assimilation<\/em>: Immigrants should learn the language, support themselves, and embrace Swedish traditions and social norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then comes the question that cuts straight to the heart of what nationalism is ultimately about. \u00c5kesson is asked to respond to the view that Swedes must not become a minority in Sweden\u2014and the questioner explicitly clarifies that this refers to ethnic Swedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Yes, but I don't agree<\/em>, Or put it this way: I agree that Swedes shouldn't become a minority in Sweden. But that doesn't necessarily have an ethnic aspect to it; rather, it's specifically about identity, uh, values, and norms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept of \"the people\" is replaced by a concept of identity<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The difference is fundamental. While \u00c5kesson does say that \u201dSwedes\u201d should not become a minority, when the issue concerns the ethnically Swedish population, he shifts the definition from ancestry to identity, norms, and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to \u00c5kesson, a person with a foreign background can become Swedish through assimilation. First-generation immigrants may find it difficult to achieve that, he says, but they can instead raise their children to become Swedish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This paves the way for a Sweden where ethnic Swedes are a minority, while \u00c5kesson can still claim that \u201dSwedes\u201d are the majority. The decisive factor will not be which group makes up the population, but rather what identity the new population adopts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting the chance to draw the line<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The interviewer isn't satisfied. \u00c5kesson is presented with a concrete scenario in which Swedish traditions, values, and culture still dominate\u2014but in which the population no longer consists of white ethnic Swedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, \u00c5kesson could have said that the continued existence of ethnic Swedes as the majority population is also important. His response, however, goes in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 So, my political goal is, of course, a society that\u2019s as free of conflict as possible, and I don\u2019t think skin color or things like that play a major role in that\u2014or, actually, they don\u2019t play any role at all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c4nglasj\u00f6 Fights Back<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Freedom News Tor-Bj\u00f6rn Richthoff \u00c4nglasj\u00f6<\/strong> reacts strongly in a post on X<\/a><\/strong>. He points to precisely the consequence that becomes apparent when \u00c5kesson\u2019s cultural definition is contrasted with the question of the ethnically Swedish population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dJimmie \u00c5kesson does NOT think it\u2019s a problem if white Swedes become a minority in Sweden.\u201d<\/em>, he writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jimmie \u00c5kesson does NOT think it is a problem if white Swedes become a minority in Sweden.

This is so utterly despicable and sick. Anyone who votes for this spineless scumbag should shut up about the multicultural hell they live in.

\u00c5kesson is weak. He is not the solution\u2026<\/p>- Tor-Bj\u00f6rn Richthoff \u00c4nglasj\u00f6 (@anglasjo) August 31, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>