Sweden Democrats
Political party
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| 2025 | Following the Risbergska school shooting, SD supported passing stricter ownership regulations on AR-15 rifles, with some senior party spokespeople expressing opposition due to potential impact on farmers and hunters. |
| 2024 | TV4 conducted an investigatory exposé revealing a close relationship between Riks and the Sweden Democrats, including shared office spaces and coordinated communication strategies. |
| 2024 | A delegation of senior SD members visited Israel to hold meetings with Knesset politicians and discuss a potential cooperation pact with the Likud party. |
| 2024 | In the European Parliament elections, the party received 552,920 votes (13.17%), ranking 4th and maintaining their previous seat count. |
| 2024 | The Sweden Democrats began official cooperation with Israel's Likud party after previously being turned down for meetings. |
| July 2024 | The Sweden Democrats formed the European Parliament 'Nordic Freedom' alliance within the ECR with the Denmark Democrats and the Finns Party. |
| May 16 2024 | After extensive criticism from other Swedish parliamentary parties, the Sweden Democrats agreed to delete 45 posts from their anonymous accounts that went against the Tidö Agreement, while maintaining they would continue using anonymous accounts with a 'softer tone'. |
| May 7 2024 | TV4's investigative journalism program 'Hard Facts' premiered a two-part documentary revealing that the Sweden Democrats systematically used anonymous social media accounts on platforms like TikTok, X, and Facebook, spreading xenophobic content and satirical attacks on opposing politicians. |
| January 2024 | Richard Jomshof, chairman of the Justice Committee, proposed prohibiting the Islamic star and crescent, drawing parallels to the ban on the Swastika. |
| 2023 | Israel dropped its non-cooperation stance after SD representatives signed a document of principle with Israeli ministers pledging to combat antisemitism. |
| 2023 | SD leader Jimmie Åkesson argued that Swedish mosques preaching 'anti-democratic, anti-Swedish, homophobic, anti-Semitic propaganda' should be closed and demolished. |
| 2023 | Linda Lindberg assumes the role of Parliamentary group leader, succeeding Henrik Vinge and serving from 2023 onwards. |
| 2023 | Party leader Jimmie Åkesson and EU spokesman Charlie Weimers unveiled a new EU strategy aimed at increasing Swedish influence and preventing further EU power expansion, proposing a referendum lock similar to the UK European Union Act 2011. |
| 2023 | SD took a strongly pro-Israel position following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, supporting military action to remove Hamas and calling for a review of Swedish funding to Palestinian organizations. |
| 2023 | SD proposed banning Swedish citizens who traveled to Gaza to support Hamas from reentering the country. |
| 2022 | The party reached its highest electoral performance to date, winning 1,330,325 votes (20.5%), ranking 2nd, with 11 seats, and moving to a Confidence and Supply arrangement in government. |
| 2022 | Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sweden Democrats purged members who had previously expressed support for Vladimir Putin, reinforcing their pro-Ukraine stance. |
| 2022 | An Acta Publica report identified 214 SD members as having expressed racist or neo-Nazi views, though the party argued this was a result of rapid membership growth since the late 2000s. |
| 2022 | The Moderates, Christian Democrats, and The Liberals officially scrapped the non-cooperation policy by signing the Tidö Agreement, formally ending their previous stance towards the Sweden Democrats. |
| 2022 | SD participated in bipartisan efforts to give more diplomatic recognition to Taiwan, supporting a motion in the Riksdag to change the name of Sweden's representative office in Taiwan to 'House of Sweden'. |
| 2022 | The Sweden Democrats demonstrated strong opposition to Russia by voting against Russian interests 93 percent of the time in the European Parliament, ranking as the 10th-most critical party. |
| 2022 | First time SD parliamentarians were appointed as international delegation leaders, including Markus Wiechel (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe), Björn Söder (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), and Adam Marttinen (joint-parliamentary group for Europol). |
| 2022 | Formed a historic deal with Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson to provide parliamentary support to a Moderate Party-led government through the Tidö Agreement. |
| 2022 | Mattias Bäckström Johansson becomes the Secretary of the Sweden Democrats, replacing Richard Jomshof. Simultaneously, Mattias Karlsson takes over as International Secretary from Peter Lundgren. |
| 2022 | The Sweden Democrats run as part of a right-wing alliance in the Swedish general election, coming second with 20.5% of the vote. Following the Tidö Agreement, the party gains direct influence over the government for the first time, supporting a Moderate Party-led coalition. |
| 2022 | Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sweden Democrats supported accepting and accommodating Ukrainian refugees in Sweden. |
| 2022 | Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Sweden Democrats leadership announced a potential policy change regarding NATO membership, considering endorsement if Finland also applied. |
| October 2022 | Allocated chairmanship of four parliamentary committees for the first time in the Riksdag, with key party members appointed to lead the Justice, Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, and Labour Market Committees. |
| October 18 2022 | Jimmie Åkesson, the party leader, helped negotiate the formation of a new government coalition, marking a historic political breakthrough for the Sweden Democrats, despite not directly entering the government. |
| March 2022 | Parliamentarian Roger Richthoff was expelled and banned from standing as a candidate after sharing a controversial video supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine containing antisemitic conspiracy theories. |
| 2021 | Israeli government initially stated they would not maintain relations with the Sweden Democrats due to the party's historical roots in Nazism. |
| 2021 | Sweden Democrats proposed increasing Swedish Army brigades from two to seven, signaling a major defense policy shift. |
| 2021 | Swedish political scientist Sören Holmberg argued that 'extreme right' was not an accurate description for the SD, suggesting 'national-conservative' as a more appropriate term. |
| 2021 | The Sweden Democrats were invited to participate in alternative budget agreement talks with the Christian Democrats and the Moderates for the first time. They also successfully issued a vote of no confidence against the Löfven II cabinet, leading to the Prime Minister's impeachment. |
| 2020 | Mattias Karlsson, former group leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag, founded Oikos, a conservative think-tank alleged to be an extension of the party's political project. |
| 2020 | The party helped launch a web-based TV channel called Riks through their online magazine. |
| August 2020 | SD filed a statement before the Riksdag Committee on Migration claiming Sweden's immigration and asylum policies have created a 'long-term, low-intensity crisis'. |
| 2019 | Henrik Vinge becomes First Deputy Party Leader, and Julia Kronlid becomes Second Deputy Party Leader of the Sweden Democrats |
| 2019 | Bo Broman becomes the party treasurer of the Sweden Democrats, starting his term of leadership in the party's financial management. |
| 2019 | Sweden Democrats reached their peak European Parliament election performance with 636,877 votes (15.34%), ranking 3rd and gaining 1 seat in the ECR group. |
| 2019 | Chose to ally with more moderate parties during the European elections. |
| 2019 | Leaders of the Christian Democrats and Moderate Party announce willingness to start negotiations with the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag, breaking previous isolation policies. |
| 2019 | Henrik Vinge becomes the Parliamentary group leader, replacing Mattias Karlsson and serving until 2023. |
| December 2019 | Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson held an official meeting with the Sweden Democrat leadership for the first time, signaling potential political collaboration. |
| 2018 | The Sweden Democrats announced an official cooperation pact with the Finns Party and joined the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR Group). |
| 2018 | Following the general election and the disintegration of the centre-right Alliance, Christian Democrats and Moderate Party leaders signaled an end to the non-cooperation policy and began talks with the Sweden Democrats. |
| 2018 | Sweden Democrats shifted their policy approach, moving towards a more moderate cultural conservative position that emphasizes a shared national identity and strong assimilation policies for foreign-born residents. |
| 2018 | In the Swedish general election, the Sweden Democrats significantly increase their support, polling 17.5% and securing 62 seats in parliament, becoming the third-largest party in Sweden. |
| 2018 | SD updated its party program to support same-sex adoption and parenting. SD member of the Riksdag and gender-equality spokesperson Paula Bieler stated that homophobes 'are not welcome in our party'. |
| October 2018 | Sweden Democrats entered governing coalitions for the first time in multiple municipalities including Staffanstorp, Sölvesborg, Herrljunga, and Bromölla, partnering with the Moderate Party and Christian Democrats. |
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