{"id":181071,"date":"2026-10-21T13:38:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=181071"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:38:56","slug":"ville-se-fler-moskeer-nu-far-s-toppen-skandalpension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wanted-to-see-more-mosques-now-hes-getting-a-scandalous-pension\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted to See More Mosques \u2013 Now the Social Democratic Party Leader Is Receiving a Scandal-Tainted Pension"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>At first, she wanted to see more mosques and pushed for controversial initiatives funded by taxpayer money. Now, Social Democrat Karin Wanng\u00e5rd is leaving politics with a pension that ordinary Swedes can hardly dream of. Moreover, she is far from alone among top politicians in benefiting from generous pension terms.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Social Democratic Finance Commissioner of Stockholm <strong>Karin Wanng\u00e5rd<\/strong> has been granted 80,167 kronor per month in temporary pension, reveals <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/nyheter\/politik\/karin-wanngards-pension-80-000-i-manaden-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Express<\/a><\/strong>. She is only 51 years old and is eligible to receive the benefits until she turns 67. If the full amount is paid out, it will total approximately 16.5 million kronor from taxpayers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-981x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Karin Wanng\u00e5rd. Photo: Wikipedia\/Frankie Fouganthin\/CC BY-SA 4.0\" class=\"wp-image-148809 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.958044131358127;width:253px;height:auto\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-981x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Karin Wanng\u00e5rd. Photo: Wikipedia\/Frankie Fouganthin\/CC BY-SA 4.0\" class=\"wp-image-148809\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.958044131358127;width:253px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-981x1024.jpg 981w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-768x802.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-150x157.jpg 150w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-300x313.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-696x727.jpg 696w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018-600x626.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1024px-Karin_Wanngard_in_2018.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karin Wanng\u00e5rd. Photo: Wikipedia\/Frankie Fouganthin\/CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That amounts to nearly one million kronor a year with no requirement to continue working in politics. If Wanng\u00e5rd gets a new job, his earned income will be deducted from his pension. His benefits may therefore be reduced, but for the time being, they will continue to be paid out under the older pension system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More Mosques and Billions in Debt<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanng\u00e5rd is leaving Stockholm after a red-green administration during which the city\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/for-fa-moskeer-och-miljardskuld-nu-avgar-s-toppen\/\">indebtedness<\/a> <\/strong>grown to 75 billion kronor. Under her leadership, it was decided to increase funding for Stockholm Pride from 700,000 kronor to two million kronor annually, totaling eight million over four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, she attracted attention when, in the multicultural, troubled suburb of Tensta, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/detta-forraderi-ska-sta-dem-dyrt-las-reaktionerna-pa-socialdemokratiska-moskeloftet\/\">called for <\/a><\/strong>more mosques, noting that Sweden already has countless churches. The statement drew sharp criticism from, among others, the Sweden Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Yet another politician with a generous pension<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanng\u00e5rd's pension is yet another example of the substantial benefits that former top politicians can receive. The Green Party's male spokesperson <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-mp-from-the-green-party-receives-both-a-congressional-salary-and-a-politicians-pension-at-the-same-time\/\">Daniel Helld\u00e9n<\/a><\/strong> receives both a parliamentary allowance and a temporary pension from the City of Stockholm at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former City Councilor for the Moderate Party <strong>Mikael S\u00f6derlund<\/strong> has also received more than 7 million kronor through the city's pension system since 2015.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She wanted to see more mosques and ran Stockholm into mounting debt. Now, the Social Democratic Party leader could receive a pension worth millions\u2014at just 51 years old<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":181072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,205],"tags":[3543,4604,1470,157,1766],"class_list":["post-181071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-nyheter","tag-karin-wanngard","tag-pension","tag-politikerloner","tag-socialdemokraterna","tag-stockholm-stad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}