Sverigedemokraterna and 'ethnicity' in July 2026

Ludvig Aspling, migration-policy spokesperson for Sverigedemokraterna. There's a reason for why I include a date in the title of this blog post: boundaries keep shifting. A word that was spoken in 2025 may not mean the same thing in 2026. This is noteworthy, simply because of how Sverigedemokraterna want to normalise the way they speak about 'others'. Sverigedemokraterna is a Swedish political party that is built on racism, xenophobia, anger, and fascism. Less than a year ago, Ludvig Aspling, the migration-policy spokesperson for Sverigedemokraterna, said he wanted to recall permanent residence permits1 for people who 'just stick around with no reason to be here' (my translation). This naturally goes against the entire point of permanent residence permits: if a residence permit is permanent, a person with such a permit has equal rights to stay in Sweden just as a Swedish citizen. The year 2026 is election year in Sweden, Aspling now wants to push boundaries, to show what he's capable…