Today, the Swedish Democrats told that they want to stop pushing the issue of abolishing dual citizenship. They also told us that the criticized wording "inherited essence" should be removed from the party's principle program.

Ann-Cathrine Jungar, political scientist.

Ann-Cathrine Jungar is a lecturer at Södertörn University and researches on right-wing parties in the Nordic and European countries. She takes the deletion of "inherited essence" as an example of efforts to break with the old.

- This is a further step in the SD trying to downplay the traditional type of nationalism that existed in the party.

The changed attitude to the possibility of holding dual citizenship follows the same line, says Ann-Cathrine Jungar.

Purified old nationalists

- They've done away with a lot of old nationalists. They have previously been challenged by former former party members, but now the party leadership probably feels that they are no longer a threat. That's why you can make such changes, she says, and continues:

- But there can certainly be discussion on the national days.

The Swedish Democrats will hold their national days in Örebro in two weeks. There you will vote on the new principle program in which the new formulations will be included.

For other parties

Ann-Cathrine Jungar does not believe that the changes are primarily about attracting voters, but rather to make themselves uncontroversial enough for other parties to more conveniently cooperate with them.

- It's more about being normal, she says.