Following revelations of alleged racism, a culture of punishment and violence at Lundsberg, the Left Party wants the school closed. The Social Democrats, in turn, have demanded that the government assign the Swedish School Inspectorate to investigate the abuses at Lundsberg and similar boarding schools.
But Ulf Kristersson doesn't give it much credence.
The judiciary must handle suspected crimes and the Swedish School Inspectorate and the Swedish National Agency for Education must check that schools are really doing their job. If they don't do that, there should be consequences and there will be, he says.
The debate has flared up after SVT's attention-grabbing documentary "Arvtagarna." In the documentary, students, former staff and parents testify about bullying, racism and violence at the boarding school in Värmland.
But the program has also attracted criticism. Among other things, critics say a family with a son who attended the school was allowed to give an unchallenged account of the situation at the boarding school. The son has also been convicted of an assault that took place at the school.
Do you have any thoughts about what has emerged in the documentary?
"No, I will not comment on individual schools. Even less on individual criminal charges," says Ulf Kristersson.
