Sollefteå's Social Democratic regional politician Roger Johansson has received a threatening email from party colleague Mattias Ahlenhed, where he is described as "a fat, ugly pig-like fascist - who wants to kill us in Ångermanland", reports SVT Västernorrland.
I have reported it to the police, says Roger Johansson to SVT.
In the email, Ahlenhed criticizes Johansson and the party's actions regarding the hospital issue.
"I will NOT apologize for the day when some old man from the northwestern parts of Sollefteå municipality gets in his car and looks you up with his moose rifle", Ahlenhed writes in the letter.
In a text message to SVT, Ahlenhed defends his email and writes that he has "described how people reason and how upset people are about what they see as murder".
He concludes the message by saying that he "understands them and their fear and anger".
There has been a deep rift within the Social Democrats in the region for a long time regarding the issue of Sollefteå hospital.
Last week, a meeting in the regional council in Region Västernorrland was interrupted after politicians and officials were threatened with death. The meeting was to discuss the hospital's future.
