{"id":181313,"date":"2026-10-25T12:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=181313"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:50:01","slug":"har-kan-prideflaggan-stoppas-svenska-flaggan-tar-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/if-the-pride-flag-is-banned-the-swedish-flag-will-take-its-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Here's Where the Pride Flag Might Be Banned\u2014the Swedish Flag Takes Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Pride flag may be removed from Oskarshamn City Hall. When the Sweden Democrats join the ruling coalition, it will be possible to make the Swedish flag and the city coat of arms the only symbols flying on the municipality\u2019s official flagpoles.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the Pride flag is raised at City Hall in Oskarshamn to mark the start of Pride Week. But now that tradition may be coming to an end. The Sweden Democrats are joining the ruling coalition alongside the Moderates and the Liberals, which could mean new rules for the municipality\u2019s flag-raising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sverigesradio.se\/artikel\/har-kan-sd-stoppa-prideflaggan-vid-stadshuset?audio=9325603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swedish Radio<\/a><\/strong> (SR) The Sweden Democrats want only the Swedish flag and the city coat of arms to be flown on the municipality\u2019s official flagpoles. If the proposal is implemented, it would mean that the Pride flag would no longer be flown at City Hall during Pride Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Future of the Pride Flag Is Uncertain<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the new political situation, there is still no definitive decision regarding the future of the Pride flag. Neither the Sweden Democrats nor the Liberals are giving a clear answer as to whether the rainbow flag will be allowed to continue flying at City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives of the SD <strong>Ted Nyberg<\/strong> On the other hand, he emphasizes the importance of reviewing the municipality\u2019s current flag regulations. He points out that the party wants to see a review of the flag policy that governs which symbols the municipality uses on its official flagpoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>The Sweden Democrats definitely believe it is important to investigate what the flag policy entails<\/em>, \", Ted Nyberg tells SR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the new majority decides to change the municipality\u2019s flag policy, the Swedish flag and the city coat of arms could become the only symbols flown on the official flagpoles. This could bring an end to a long-standing tradition of flying Pride flags at City Hall.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pride flag may be removed from City Hall. When the Sweden Democrats take their place at the center of power, the Swedish flag may take precedence.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":130278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,205],"tags":[645,156],"class_list":["post-181313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-nyheter","tag-pride","tag-sverigedemokraterna"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181313","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=181313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}