Sweden Democrats launch 'migration map' amid warnings that population is being 'replaced'
The Sweden Democrats' leading MEP, Charlie Weimers, has launched a "migration map," Aftonbladet reports, which he claims shows that Sweden is "undergoing a dramatic change and that the population is being replaced."
While Weimers used slightly different phrasing, the term folkutbyte in Swedish is a clear reference to the Great Replacement Theory that underpinned the deadly terror attack mounted by the Norwegian extremist Anders Breivik.
The map is based on statistics from Statistics Sweden, which defines a person with foreign background as an individual born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign parents.
The migration map, however, also includes people who were born in Sweden to just one foreign parent.
Weimers told Aftonbladet that the map does not go into more detail on which country immigrants in each region come from due to a "lack of resources", but said that he hopes the map encourages further debate.
"We need to stop talking about integration and start talking about assimilation," he said.
Swedish vocabulary: utrikesfödd ‒ born abroad
Christian Democrat leader would not rule out Social Democrat prime minister
Ebba Busch, the deputy prime minister and the leader of the Christian Democrats, would not rule out backing Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson as prime minister after the next election, she told Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SvD).
Busch told the newspaper that she is much closer to Andersson than she was a year ago, among other things in their shared interest in agreements between the different political blocks if needed to get things done.
Busch's party is one of four in the right-wing block, while Andersson's is the largest in the left-wing block. The Christian Democrat leader said that she would be open to negotiating with Andersson if the next election leaves parliament in deadlock.
"Am I particularly keen on seeing Magdalena Andersson as prime minister again? No," Busch told SvD. "But I want to make it possible for there to be broader agreements on important issues. And I want more options, if needed."
Swedish vocabulary: låst läge ‒ locked situation, or deadlock
More Swedish households opting for fixed rates
The number of households choosing fixed-term mortgage rates has increased slightly, according to a new property price indicator for November by SEB bank.
The indicator shows that on average, households expect the central bank not to cut the key interest rate again in the near future, with households predicting an average rate of 1.78 in a year's time ‒ roughly the same as the current rate of 1.75.
In addition to this, the indicator showed that the number of households predicting property prices to rise went up by 3 percent to a total of 46 percent, while the number of households expecting prices to drop fell by 2 percent to 12 percent. The number expecting prices to stay the same rose one percent, to 29 percent.
Swedish vocabulary: bundna räntor ‒ fixed-term interest rates
Export companies positive about the future
Around 9 in 10 Swedish export companies believe that the number of orders made in the next 12 months will rise or remain the same, according to a new barometer from AB Svensk Exportkredit, a state-owned company which finances Swedish export companies.
"In total, 44 percent of export companies expect more orders, while 47 believe the number will not change. Only 9 percent expect the number of orders will drop," the company wrote in a press statement.
Swedish vocabulary: oförändrad ‒ unchanged
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