{"id":181981,"date":"2026-11-04T07:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=181981"},"modified":"2026-11-04T07:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:32:44","slug":"jomshof-ger-upp-svar-trohet-till-akesson-och-oppen-svenskhet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/jomshof-gives-up-his-loyalty-to-akesson-and-open-swedishness\/","title":{"rendered":"Jomshof gives up\u2014swears allegiance to \u00c5kesson and \u201copen Swedishness\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jimmie \u00c5kesson is demanding that his party colleagues fall in line behind the party platform\u2019s \u201copen Swedishness\u201d\u2014otherwise, they must resign or be expelled. Following the threat, Richard Jomshof has asserted that he is not an ethno-nationalist and that he supports \u201copen Swedishness,\u201d but he also emphasizes that Swedish cultural bearers are necessary for it to work in practice.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jimmie \u00c5kesson<\/strong> is extremely clear. Anyone who does not adhere to the party\u2019s platform must either leave or be expelled. This also applies to Richard Jomshof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">- <em>That means exactly that: you have to fall in line and follow the party's platform, and if you don't, there are other things you can do<\/em>, he tells <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/senaste-nytt-om-val-2026?inlagg=556b92182e4727a29a664d4a8c726b8f\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/senaste-nytt-om-val-2026?inlagg=556b92182e4727a29a664d4a8c726b8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SVT<\/a><\/strong> ahead of Tuesday's vote for prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He and <strong>Richard Jomshof <\/strong>have been on opposite sides in the internal dispute over what it means to be Swedish. \u00c5kesson has not spoken openly with Jomshof since the dispute. \u201d<em>We haven't talked things out, but I don't know what we actually have to talk about<\/em>\u201d, he says. \u201d<em>I think I've said everything I have to say<\/em>.\u201d<\/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\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmie \u00c5kesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats. Screenshot: Government Offices\" class=\"wp-image-166413 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.142366786531546;width:455px;height:auto\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmie \u00c5kesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats. Screenshot: Government Offices\" class=\"wp-image-166413\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.142366786531546;width:455px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-1536x716.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-696x325.jpg 696w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-1068x498.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave-600x280.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20250916_053442_Brave.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmie \u00c5kesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats. Screenshot: Government Offices<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c5kesson put his foot down last week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, \u00c5kesson took a firm stand in an op-ed in Expressen. In it, he made it clear that the party\u2019s stance on \u201copen Swedishness\u201d stands. If you want to be part of the Sweden Democrats\u2019 journey, you must stand behind the fundamental values in the party platform, of which \u201copen Swedishness\u201d is an important part. Otherwise, you\u2019ll have to step aside or be cast out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The party platform defines the nation in terms of culture, language, identity, and loyalty\u2014not in terms of historical national affiliation or genetic group affiliation. The wording has remained unchanged since 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jomshof bends down<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following \u00c5kesson's threat to expel him, Jomshof has asserted that he believes in an inclusive Swedish identity and that he is not an ethno-nationalist. In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardJomshof\/status\/2116848660008882222?a=kGi2XzSEAVZk9rHViaY&amp;s=20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardJomshof\/status\/2116848660008882222?a=kGi2XzSEAVZk9rHViaY&amp;s=20\">post<\/a><\/strong> On X, he clarified the other day that neither he nor Tobias Andersson are ethno-nationalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c5kesson refers back to the Expressen article when asked about Jomshof\u2019s actions. The message is clear: the party line applies, and anyone who doesn\u2019t fall in line has other things to do. Jomshof has now publicly pledged his loyalty to that line.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c5kesson: Fall in line or leave the SD \u2013 Jomshof pledges loyalty to \u201copen Swedishness\u201d following the threat<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2017,"featured_media":75523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1520,205],"tags":[1322,6871,1746,156],"class_list":["post-181981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-stor","category-nyheter","tag-jimmie-akesson","tag-oppen-svenskhet","tag-richard-jomshof","tag-sverigedemokraterna"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181981","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\/2017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}