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Swedes abroad: Can they really sway an election?

Every four years a special group of people get attention for a moment of time – the Swedes living aboard. Everyone wants to know how they will vote in the parliamentary elections. It is often claimed that overseas votes “can determine the election” because they are counted so late. But this year there was also a new phenomenon – the immigrant party Nyans.
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Swedish election debate in Norwegian

At a bar in Oslo’s Youngstorget, an election vigil was organised with over a hundred participants. Maria Can from the Adresseavisen newspaper moderated a panel consisting of (left to right) Sylo Taraku from the Agenda think-tank, Sweden’s ambassador Cecilia Björner and Claes Arvidsson from the Norwegian-Swedish Association.

New party Nyans had an impact on the election

Partiet Nyans

The Nyans party’s manifesto says:

  • Muslims and Afro-Swedes should be recognised as national minority groups.
  • Housing applications should be anonymised so that the only thing to determine who gets to hire an apartment is how long people have been in the queue.
  • Abolish employer tax for café and restaurant businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
  • Make it easier to set up schools for independent players. “More free schools are needed, not fewer”.
  • Increase the punishment for gun and drug crimes.
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