{"id":181676,"date":"2026-10-30T07:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=181676"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:55:57","slug":"tobias-andersson-till-sd-karlsson-du-skrammer-bort-valjare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/tobias-andersson-till-sd-karlsson-du-skrammer-bort-valjare\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobias Andersson to SD-Karlsson: You're scaring voters away"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mattias Karlsson\u2019s attacks on nationalists are now facing increasing pushback from within his own ranks. Member of Parliament Tobias Andersson accuses Karlsson of portraying the Sweden Democrats as a party full of \u201dextremists\u201d and points out that this is what is scaring voters away.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The debate over the Sweden Democrats\u2019 views on Swedish identity and nationalism is now drawing in more and more of the party\u2019s own representatives. The member of the Riksdag Tobias Andersson<\/strong> aims at a Facebook discussion <\/a><\/strong>criticism of Mattias Karlsson<\/strong>, which has recently launched increasingly vitriolic attacks against ethno-nationalists and \u201dthe hard-line right in the remote backwoods.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karlsson's latest move <\/a><\/strong>was an attempt to explain the Sweden Democrats\u201d (SD) decline in the polls, while the Moderates (M) are rising sharply. According to Karlsson, this is \u201dproof\u201d that the SD should abandon what he identifies as \u201dradical politics\u201d: talking about and championing Swedes as a unique ethnic group. But Andersson questions whether it really helps the party when its own representatives spread the impression that there are extremists in its ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dNor is it a liberalization\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Andersson points out that he himself has been labeled a \u201dhard-line right-winger\u201d by SVT. Despite this, he explicitly rejects the idea that the Sweden Democrats are becoming more radical\u2014but is equally clear in his opposition to a more liberal course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dAs someone labeled by SVT as part of the \u201dhard right,\u201d I can say that, at least for my part, I do not want to see the party become more radical\u2014nor do I want it to become more liberal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then levels a direct accusation against Karlsson and Carl Eos<\/strong>, the leading figure at Karlsson's think tank Oikos, who recently demanded <\/a><\/strong>that ethno-nationalism would be buried once and for all. Andersson writes that their repeated attacks on nationalists may be one explanation for the party\u2019s problems with public opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dAnother thought is that it might not help our standing with the public for you and Carl Eos to go out of your way to paint a picture of the party as being full of extremists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tobias