A minister in the Swedish government has a close relative who through various accounts on social media has tried to recruit people to the white power organization Det fria Sverige, according to the newspaper Expo's investigation.
Generally, Mattsson means that people are not recruited to these environments in the traditional sense.
In some cases within research, one can really talk about recruitment, as when IS recruited and there was an explicit strategy. You can also be very young and step right into gang crime by making money. You can't do that here.
Alternative to young people
He describes the recruitment to these groups as socially organic and compares entry points with everyday social contexts.
In this case, individuals usually come in by getting to know others who are already involved and who they have gained trust in. It can happen on the internet or in the area where you live.
There may be different forms of signal or telegram groups where you can be invited, but it's not deviant sociability either.
According to Mattsson, they focus on people with right-wing extremist views who want to meet and socialize, which also differs from the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR), which has a party program and an idea of how to missionary its message.
These loosely composed groups emerged as an alternative and offered the same community, but reached younger people by gathering in different ways, for example by training.
Stop discussing views
Young people who join right-wing extremist groups have, according to Mattsson, often grown up in environments where it is common with racist, anti-Semitic and misogynistic values. It is also here that there is a deviation that he believes relatives can be aware of.
To join such a group, these values must be present from the beginning. As a relative, you can, for example, notice that the person stops discussing their political views and becomes more closed off about who they socialize with.
