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Europe watches Sweden’s election as right-wing influence grows
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Europe watches Sweden’s election as right-wing influence grows

Both the left and the far right in Europe are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the Swedish parliamentary election. Is Sweden following the EU trend with the far right in government - or going against the grain with a left turn?
Åkesson's bandleader sold Nazi music through record label, report says
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Åkesson's bandleader sold Nazi music through record label, report says

Singer Marcus Öhrn fronts the dance band "Åkezzonz" and tours with the Sweden Democrats. At the same time, he sells anti-Semitic white power music through his record label, reports Dagens ETC
SD vows lowest migration in EU, cheapest fuel prices in Sweden
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SD vows lowest migration in EU, cheapest fuel prices in Sweden

The Sweden Democrats are going to the election on the premise that Sweden will have the lowest migration and the lowest fuel prices in the EU. The price of gasoline and diesel will be the "highest priority in all budget negotiations," the party writes in its election manifesto
SD top official hands in access card after Expo revelations about partner's Russia links
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SD top official hands in access card after Expo revelations about partner's Russia links

The head of the SD's coordination office, Gustav Gellerbrant, is handing in his access card and computer to the Government Offices and taking parental leave. He calls the information about his partner's Russian connections "isolated claims
Parties’ key healthcare promises ahead of the election
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Parties’ key healthcare promises ahead of the election

Here are the parties' most important election promises on healthcare policy.
Jimmie Åkesson downplays ultimatum to the Liberals as support rises
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Jimmie Åkesson downplays ultimatum to the Liberals as support rises

SD leader Jimmie Åkesson downplays the ultimatum he previously gave the Liberals to secure support votes - even though the party has not reached Åkesson's threshold, reports Expressen.
Kristersson says SD official must be fired if pro-Russian claims are true
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Kristersson says SD official must be fired if pro-Russian claims are true

The SD official who, according to the magazine Expo, spread pro-Russian information must be fired if the information is true, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) told Aftonbladet. SD leader Jimmie Åkesson says it is not something that "the party was aware of"
Åkesson says he trusts Ebba Busch is loyal to the Tidö team
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Åkesson says he trusts Ebba Busch is loyal to the Tidö team

Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Åkesson is optimistic about the election race after opinion polls showed the gap to the red-green bloc is narrowing. Now every vote, every day and every hour are very important, he says
DN: Poll was leaked to parties before debate
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DN: Poll was leaked to parties before debate

Novus' latest survey, published on Wednesday by TV4 Nyheterna and Göteborgs-Posten, was leaked to the parties on Tuesday - before the Liberals' Simona Mohamsson and the Sweden Democrats' Jimmie Åkesson were due to debate on SVT's Aktuellt, according to Dagens Nyheter.
Mohamsson and Åkesson hug again during SVT debate over Liberal vote plea
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Mohamsson and Åkesson hug again during SVT debate over Liberal vote plea

Simona Mohamsson (L) and Jimmie Åkesson (SD) hugged again in front of the television cameras, in the middle of a debate on SVT's Aktuellt about the SD leader's call not to vote for the Liberals.
Sweden’s party voters: Surveys show the typical supporter of each party
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Sweden’s party voters: Surveys show the typical supporter of each party

There are many stereotypes about what an environmentalist or a Sweden Democrat looks like. But are they really true? Surveys provide some of the answers
Liberals hit highest support since Mohamsson shifted course on Sweden Democrats
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Liberals hit highest support since Mohamsson shifted course on Sweden Democrats

Support for the Liberals is at its highest since party leader Simona Mohamsson shifted course this spring and agreed to give the Sweden Democrats ministerial posts, according to Dagens Nyheter/Ipsos’s latest voter barometer.
Classics are rewritten for new generations
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Classics are rewritten for new generations

"The Count of Monte Cristo" in a right-wing extremist contemporary setting and Emily Brontë's beloved 19th-century book "Wuthering Heights" colored by the power relationships of the theater audience. 2025 will see several classics get a modern costume to reach new generations
William Spetz became TV king at the Crystal Gala
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William Spetz became TV king at the Crystal Gala

William Spetz received two awards at Kristallen for his Netflix series "Tore". I'm so incredibly moved and grateful
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