Alternatively for Sverige

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Alternatively for Sverige
Gustav Kasselstrand speaks in Stockholm on 11 August 2018 3 (5) (cropped) .jpg
Party leader Gustav Kasselstrand
Secretary General Jessica Ohlson
founding March 2018
Alignment Right-wing populism ,
nationalism ,
national conservatism ,
EU skepticism
Parliament seats
0/349
Number of members 1,200
Website www.alternativforsverige.se

Alternative för Sverige ( AfS for short , German: Alternative for Sweden ) is a right-wing populist political party in Sweden .

history

The party is based on an initiative by members of the Sweden Democrats ' youth organization , who were collectively excluded from them in 2015; including several members of the Reichstag who continued to be represented in the Reichstag as independent candidates until the end of the legislative period. At the beginning of March 2018 it was announced that a party called "Alternative for Sweden" was formed from this, which would run for the upcoming Reichstag elections in autumn 2018 .

Political classification

The Alternative För Sverige advocates remigration of migrants, no interventions , Sweden's withdrawal from the European Union , a flat tax , opposition to NATO and z. B. Improved animal rights. The party positions itself to the right of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats . Party chairman Gustav Kasselstrand claims to be inspired by parties like Alternative für Deutschland , the Freedom Party of Austria and the French Rassemblement National . According to a guest contribution by Jan Henrik Holst in Tichy's insight , the party is much more reminiscent of the Identitarian Movement in content and style .

Election results

Reichstag election 2018

The party took part in the 2018 Reichstag elections with a list of 50 candidates in all constituencies. She achieved a result of 0.3 percent of the vote and did not win any seats in parliament.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ twitter.com/AfS_riks/status (Swedish), AfS on twitter.com, accessed on September 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/de-har-redan-lamnat-sd-for-kasselstrands-parti/
  3. ^ Right-wing protest party causes unrest , deutschlandfunk.de, March 7, 2018 (accessed September 8, 2018)
  4. ^ [1] Website of the Alternative for Sweden. (accessed on September 8, 2018)
  5. ↑ Kasselstrands nya parti ska ta väljare från SD (in Swedish)
  6. ^ The situation in Sweden , tichyseinblick.de of May 26, 2018 (accessed on September 8, 2018)
  7. ↑ List of candidates for the Swedish parliamentary elections 2018 of the Valmyndigheten (central authority) for holding elections and nationwide referenda, accessed on September 8, 2018
  8. ↑ Parties and ballot papers broken down by constituency. Valmyndigheten (Central Authority), accessed September 8, 2018
  9. ^ Election results - Valmyndigheten (Central Authority), accessed September 13, 2018

Web links

Commons : Alternative for Sverige  - collection of images, videos and audio files