Sverige muslimer 2050
Med Googles kostnadsfria tjänst kan du översätta ord, fraser och webbsidor från engelska till fler än andra språk direkt. Historically, Sweden has been a generous safe haven for refugees. Of all the countries featured in this Brookings project , it has taken in the most refugees per capita, and is third in the world on this measure behind Canada and Australia. For a country like Sweden that has grown increasingly secular over recent decades, the influx of Muslims from war-torn countries has greatly impacted politics and society.
The Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna , a right-wing populist party once politically verboten because of ties to neo-Nazis at its founding in , is now the third largest party in the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. It has effectively fashioned a narrative linking the surge of predominantly Muslim immigrants to a perception of an uptick in violent crimes and perceived strains on the prized Swedish welfare system. This case study offers insight into why Swedes are joining the Sweden Democrats and the connection to their perception of Islam.
Through interviews with Sweden Democrat voters and officials primarily in Skåne, the southern party stronghold, this paper provides an intimate portrait of Sweden Democrats and their frustration with a political establishment over Muslim immigration, the perceived impact on the welfare system, and the cultural fallout in secular, liberal Sweden. Sweden Democrats do not believe that problems of crime or integration stem primarily from failures of socioeconomic policy or government bureaucracy; rather, they also blame culture, both of Muslim immigrants and political correctness.
When faced with allegations of racism, however, Sweden Democrats double down on the populist message that they are normal, working-class people trying to call attention to socioeconomic and sociocultural challenges posed by an influx of non-Western refugees, which they claim traditional political parties do not tackle head-on. The current ruling party, the Social Democrats, has been in power for the better part of the twentieth century with the exception of a few election cycles.
It is the oldest party in Sweden and is currently leading the government in coalition with the Green Party. The second largest party is the Moderates, a center-right party and the main opposition to the Social Democrats. They differ from the latter in their support for free market principles, economic liberalism, and tax cuts.
From to they were the lead party in coalition with the Christian Democrats, Liberals, and Center Party. Being a safe haven for others became a point of pride.
Muslimer och postmuslimer i Svenska kyrkan
It was against a backdrop of de-industrialization, public spending cutbacks, rising unemployment, and the violent breakup of Yugoslavia that caused an influx of refugees, that the Swedish Democrats grew up after their founding in Most of my interviewees acknowledged the racist origins of the Sweden Democrats but insisted that the party had outgrown them. Despite dark origins, the Sweden Democrats have surged both in Riksdag seats and in public opinion polls.
In the Riksdag election, the Sweden Democrats gained 13 seats for a total of 62, while the Social Democrats lost 13 seats, dropping to Why the increased popularity? The first was before , when the party was more or less out of public view and perceived as a small movement with neo-Nazi flourishes. In , the year-old chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth, Jimmie Åkesson became the party leader, a position he still holds today.
This catapulted the Swedish Democrats into the media and public consciousness and gave the party its first significant electoral gains. The third phase came in , when they entered parliament for the first time with 20 seats. Notably, anti-Islam and anti-Muslim sentiments were not included in this expulsion. The Sweden Democrats had been laying the groundwork for a more focused anti-Islam narrative long before , identifying Islam as public enemy number one.
Survey research shows that Sweden Democrats have significantly different opinions of Muslims than those in other parties. According to recent Pew Research Center polls, 59 percent of Swedes with a positive opinion of the Sweden Democrats express an unfavorable opinion of Muslims in their country. Conversely of those with a negative view of the Sweden Democrats, just 17 percent see Muslims negatively. In a span of three months, , predominantly Muslim asylum seekers arrived in Sweden, primarily into Malmö and small towns in the South, overwhelming the capacity of both government and civil society organizations while garnering continuous media attention.
When I asked Sweden Democrat members why they joined the party, most everyone mentioned the refugee crisis, violence, or strains on the welfare state.
The Rise of Sweden Democrats: Islam, Populism and the End of Swedish Exceptionalism
They generally believed that while these issues have socioeconomic dimensions, they are also connected to the nature of Muslim culture. For instance, mainstream journalism might cover a bombing. This section explores, in their own words, interviewee reflections on the issues, the media environment, and personal experiences that inspired them to join the Sweden Democrats. The subsequent section then dives deeper into the role their perception of culture and Islam has in making sense of the issues in question.
Though immigration has since slowed significantly, 41 the political and social impact of the refugee crisis still looms large. We have a big harbor here in Trelleborg. Between to 1, [came] every 24 hours. Typically, the Swedish government funds language training and labor market integration of asylees in their first two years. Generally, after two years of support for new asylees, the national government then passes responsibility over to municipalities who administer most social services locally.
Even though the government moved to institute border checkpoints, began to limit asylees as soon as November , and temporarily revoked permanent residency and family reunification privileges to most new asylum seekers, 50 the Sweden Democrats positioned themselves as the insurgent voice calling the government out for acting too late and ineffectively, for too long. We have had immigration much too high for a long time.
But I never thought about, you know, entering politics. I went to vote. I had an opinion about this and that.