The prime minister condemned the action, calling it abhorrent, a sabotage of the NATO process, and said he understood Turkey's anger.
From Foreign Minister Tobias Billström it sounded the same.
Johan Pehrson, on the other hand, Minister of Labor Markets and Integration, took a different path when he was asked on Monday about the attention-grabbing puppet action outside Stockholm City Hall.
- I defend the right to protest against Erdogan in Sweden in the same way as I defend the right for Paludan to manifest his views, he says to Aftonbladet.
In a new comment to SVT Nyheter, Tobias Billström now develops his reasoning.
- Of course we stand up for freedom of expression and protect our constitutions.
But freedom of expression goes both ways, and for the government it was important to comment on how seriously we view the campaign with the doll.
"Bad for Sweden"
On Monday, the Public Prosecutor's Office announced that no preliminary investigation into the incident will be opened.
The case came in as defamation, but the prosecutor considered that the incident did not amount to that.
- We have independent authorities and courts in Sweden and it is up to them to decide what is criminal and what is not, says Tobias Billström.
However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is adamant that the action should be regarded as sabotage against Sweden's NATO application.
- We are in the biggest security policy crisis since the Second World War and it is extremely important that Sweden is allowed to join NATO.
In that context, to carry out an action like this as pure sabotage against the NATO application is bad for Sweden, and I also want to be clear about that.
In addition, it is extremely distasteful with a mock execution like this in a country that had two leading politicians murdered, he says.
Freedom of expression expert: "Should not comment"
Freedom of expression expert Nils Funcke has previously criticized the government for how it spoke about the campaign.
- A minister, especially a prime minister, should shut up and not comment on individual opinions.
You may think it is bizarre and distasteful, but it is still something that fits within the broad freedom of expression we have, he tells SVT.
Instead, the government should have acted as in the case of extraditions, Funcke believes - and emphasized that Swedish legislation and legal order apply.
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"Disgusting" - hear Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson comment on the incident with the Erdogan doll that was hung outside Stockholm City Hall.
Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT