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2021-10-17T20:08:58.223Z
During the party leader debate on October 10, the Green Party's spokesman Per Bolund called the opposition "blue-brown" - something that stirred the emotions of the Sweden Democrats' party leader Jimmie Åkesson. But where does the color designation come from? SVT Kulturnyheterna sorts out.
The Sweden Democrats' party leader Jimmie Åkesson reacted strongly to Per Bolund (MP) calling him "brown", a term he equated with being called a Nazi.
The Green Party's spokesman Per Bolund, for his part, said that the term referred to right-wing populism.
But where does the designation come from? In the video you can see the background.
Source: svt
