The political scientist: Unusual with parties with a religious base

In the election on Sunday, many small parties are standing around the country.

One that bets on both municipal and parliamentary elections is the party Nyans.

The party believes that the established Riksdag parties have failed the country's minorities and they therefore pursue a policy where, among other things, they want to limit freedom of expression.

At the same time, critics say that the party contributes to further polarization in society.  

Unusual with a religious base

Sofie Blombäck, political scientist at Mittuniversitetet, who focuses on new parties in particular, says that parties with a religious base are traditionally unusual from a Swedish perspective. 

- Traditionally, Swedish politics is often about economic issues, and in recent years environmental issues and the like have been added, she says. 

She highlights that, for example, it took a relatively long time for Sweden to get a Christian Democratic party into the Riksdag. 

Shade comparable to Dutch party

In the rest of Europe, religious parties are more common.

In that case, it is mainly about different variants of Christian parties or regional parties that promote religious minorities.

According to Blombäck, the party most comparable to Nyans is the Dutch party Denk, which also targets immigrants with a Muslim background. 

Nuance wants to limit freedom of expression, for example they want it to be forbidden to burn the Koran.

How radical is Nyan's politics? 

- It is difficult to say before a party ends up in a position of power.

If you look at what the party says on their website, they mainly highlight different minority perspectives.

If you look at various statements made by the representatives, you might get a different perspective, she says. 

Not impossible to see Nuance in the municipality

She believes that it is difficult to know what policy the party will actually pursue before they end up in situations where they are forced to make sharp decisions.  

- It is probably not completely impossible to get into a municipality like Malmö.

If you want to get in somewhere as a new party, it's at the municipal level, she says. 

Watch the political scientist explain how likely it is that the Nyans party will enter the Riksdag in the video above.