The share of the vote won by the populist Sweden Democrats has grown in every parliamentary election since it entered parliament in 2010. Can it extend its winning streak and achieve its goal of getting ministers in a Swedish government?
In the first of The Local's election interviews with the immigration spokespeople of Sweden's political parties, the Sweden Democrats' Ludvig Aspling downplays the impacts of new stricter work permit and citizenship rules on skilled labour migrants, and outlines his party's plans for the next mandate period.
One of the most senior figures in the far-right Sweden Democrats has compared the political editor of Sweden's leading left-wing newspaper to Vidkun Quisling, who headed Norway's puppet government during its occupation by Nazi Germany.
At the start of the fourth national election campaign he's reported on in Sweden, Richard Orange reflects on his experiences of the other three and what that says about how politics has changed in Sweden.
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has his eyes set on roughly half of the seats in a future right-wing cabinet, including three of the following portfolios: finance, foreign, justice and defence.
A Sweden Democrat MP has apologised for his party's decision to send in two extra MPs to block a motion on transitional rules, saying that the party's action had been "wrong" and that principles should never be sacrificed for "short-term parliamentary gains".
The far-right Sweden Democrats will wield significant influence in government if the four centre-right parties win the September 2026 election, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Wednesday.
"They have many members who do not see me as Swedish," Liberal party leader Simona Mohamsson is heard saying of the Sweden Democrats, in SVT audio of an internal meeting of the party's Stockholm association.
Embracing the Sweden Democrats was supposed to give the Liberals access to much needed support from their allies. The risk is that it pushes their poll ratings even further into the basement, argues The Local's James Savage.
SD Member of Parliament Katja Nyberg, a former police officer who has been the party spokesperson for police issues, was stopped for suspected drunk driving over the holidays. Blood tests have now come back positive for both alcohol and narcotics.
Denice Westerberg, the national spokesperson of the Sweden Democrat youth wing Ungsvenskarna, told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) that she wants Sweden to start a new migration police force or 'Swedish ICE' to 'find, arrest and deport people'.
The Sweden Democrats presented their so-called ‘white book’ on Thursday, a nearly 900-page document following the party through its nationalist origins in 1989 to its entry into parliament in 2010. What are the key takeaways and reactions?
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson told the crowd during his speech at the Almedalen political festival that he 'apologises deeply' for his party's history, after the release of an 800-page document looking into its far-right origins.
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson got married in his hometown last month, but his wedding has been making headlines after reports that the leader of a motorcycle gang was in attendance.
Sweden's government is considering offering immigrants who return to their home countries help with healthcare and education, as well as much larger lump-sum payments and help with transport costs, the country's migration minister has said.
The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats on Saturday said he was "reaching out a hand" to Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, calling on the two parties to cooperate on issues where they "think alike".
The far-right Sweden Democrats have called for Sweden's government to overrule its own inquiry and push forward with a massive increase in grants given to immigrants to encourage them to return to their home countries.
TikTok has closed down the Sweden Democrats’ anonymous accounts after a Swedish documentary revealed that the far-right party operated a secret social media troll farm.
The Sweden Democrats on Thursday continued to hit back at a TV4 documentary that revealed a troll factory run by the far-right party, but promised to adopt a softer tone in social media when posting about its government allies in the future.
