Alternative for Sweden
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Alternative for Sweden (Swedish: Alternativ för Sverige, AFS) is a far-right[15] political party in Sweden.[16] It was founded in March 2018 by Gustav Kasselstrand and William Hahne, along with other members of the Sweden Democratic Youth, who were collectively expelled from the Sweden Democrats in 2015.[17] It advocates the forced remigration of immigrants[18] and Sweden's withdrawal from the European Union.[19][20]
Alternative for Sweden Alternativ för Sverige | |
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Abbreviation | AFS |
Leader | Gustav Kasselstrand |
Deputy Leader | Mikael Jansson |
Secretary | Per Sefastsson |
Founders | Gustav Kasselstrand William Hahne |
Founded | 5 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-05) |
Split from | Sweden Democrats |
Preceded by | Sweden Democratic Youth (de facto) |
Membership (2023) | 3,400[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[13] |
Colors | Blue Yellow |
Riksdag | 0 / 349 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
County councils | 0 / 1,597 |
Municipal councils | 0 / 12,780 |
National Council | 3 / 251 |
Diocese Councils | 3 / 841 |
Website | |
alternativforsverige | |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2018 | 2,057 | — |
2019 | 1,742 | −15.3% |
2020 | 2,204 | +26.5% |
2021 | 2,726 | +23.7% |
2022 | 3,100 | +13.7% |
source[14] | — |
AfS ran in the general elections of 2018 and 2022, but failed to enter the Riksdag. With 0.26% of the vote, AfS is the second largest party without representation in the Riksdag.[21] In the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden, the party ran on an anti-EU platform, receiving 0.46% of the vote. In November 2020, AfS announced its intention to run in the 2021 election to the Church of Sweden council.[22] It won 1.26% of the votes, giving it three seats in the Church council.[23]