It was when Jonas Attenius and a co-worker were recording a clip for social media at Klippan's steamboat pier in Majorna that a man nearby began to act aggressively and threateningly.
He screamed, "You fucking traitor, what the hell are you doing on the dock, you fucking scumbag, go to hell! Now you're fucking going into the water!", Attenius tells Göteborgs-Posten.
This was the first time I thought: Now it's over, now it's over, he continues.
S leader Magdalena Andersson began Monday night's live election duel on TV4 between the two prime ministerial candidates by referring to the incident.
It matters how we talk about each other because it also affects the boundaries for how we behave towards each other, she said, and was supported by the Prime Minister, who described the incident as "terrible."
The beauty of Swedish democracy is that in peace and quiet on the streets and squares and when knocking on doors we can sometimes agree and sometimes disagree, but do it in a very civilised way. That is my experience of how Swedish democracy should work, says Ulf Kristersson (M).
