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Sweden’s restoration is not complete

Notebook | My latest for UnHerd

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Johan Wennström
Sep 14, 2026
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In UnHerd this morning, I offer my take on Sweden’s uncertain election outcome:

Voters do not seem convinced that Sweden’s restoration is complete, or that the Social Democrats can yet be fully trusted again. Despite keeping their distance in public, the perception that they would ultimately have to rely on the former Communists – this time tainted by their association with antisemitic, Hamas-aligned elements – may explain why, if they form a new government, they will be limping into it.

Luckily, very little is at stake in not-very-polarized Sweden, where at least 80 percent of parliament now supports the country’s Nato membership, as well as tougher sentencing for criminals to preserve the successful trend of beating back violence driven by mass immigration.

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