It was the magazine Expo that revealed that a minor close relative of the minister could be linked to a right-wing extremist environment and has participated in activities with the Nazi and violence-approving Activklubb Sverige.
On Thursday morning, Minister of Migration Johan Forssell appeared on TV4's "Nyhetsmorgon" and stated that it was about his son.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson expressed his support and said that he thinks Forssell "has acted as a responsible parent should when one finds out that one's child is doing wrong and is in bad company."
The SKMA is now directing sharp criticism at the statement, which they believe downplays the threat against Jews and other minorities in Sweden.
"The term 'bad company' downplays and relativizes the nature of the threat. It shifts the focus from a structural threat to society - a political ideology that threatens the foundations of democracy - to a matter of individual and morally questionable company", SKMA writes on its website.
"From political leaders, particularly from the country's government, an unequivocal and consistent distancing from Nazism and all forms of racism is required", the committee adds.
In a comment to Expressen, the Prime Minister says about the criticism that he and the government take seriously all types of violence-approving extremism - regardless of whether it concerns right-wing extremism, Islamism or autonomous left.
"It is serious for every child who is exposed to these environments and for society at large and must therefore be prevented and combated with the collective force of society", says Kristersson.
