Editing Sweden Democrats (section)

=== Society and crime ===
====Family policy====
The Sweden Democrats consider children raised in a [[nuclear family]] as the preferred option for the child's development. Those not raised by their biological parents should have the right to associate with or at least find out who they were. SD has been critical of adoption and [[artificial insemination]] for same-sex couples and [[Polyamory|polyamorous]] people.<ref>{{cite web |last=Voss |first=Jon |date=2015-11-28 |title=SD behåller krav på förbud för adoption och insemination |url=https://www.qx.se/samhalle/30016/sd-behaller-krav-pa-forbud-for-adoption-och-insemination/ |access-date=16 January 2021 |website=[[QX (magazine)|QX]] |language=sv-SE |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122235016/https://www.qx.se/samhalle/30016/sd-behaller-krav-pa-forbud-for-adoption-och-insemination/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The party also calls for a ban on child, polygamous and [[forced marriage]]s, as well as harsher penalties for [[Honor killing|honor violence]]. It also supports a zero-tolerance stance against [[female genital mutilation]] within Sweden and abroad, and for perpetrators to be prosecuted or if necessary deported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/familjepolitik/|title=Familjepolitik|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501050653/https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/familjepolitik/|archive-date=1 May 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> SD also wants certain restrictions on [[Circumcision|male circumcision]], calling for a ban on minors unless its for medical reasons. The party says that while it does support male circumcision for religious reasons, it should be performed at the age of consent and the state should not fund it through the healthcare system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sd.se/ |title=Det här vill vi |access-date=2024-02-18 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908210848/https://sd.se/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Canhasi |first1=Britt-Mari |last2=Yurkovskiy |first2=Leonid |date=2021-03-01 |title=SD-politiker om omskärelse: Ge barn rätt till sin egen kropp |trans-title=SD politicians about circumcision: Give children right to their own body |url=https://www.altinget.se/artikel/sd-politiker-om-omskarelse-ge-barn-ratt-till-sin-egen-kropp |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Altinget.se |archive-date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910222842/https://www.altinget.se/artikel/sd-politiker-om-omskarelse-ge-barn-ratt-till-sin-egen-kropp |url-status=live }}</ref>

SD supports [[abortion]] being legal in Sweden and free access to abortions up to the legal limit in Sweden which is 22 weeks since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lantz |first=Daniel |date=2022-07-22 |title=SD står starkt bakom svensk abortlagstiftning |url=https://www.sdkvinnor.se/sd-star-starkt-bakom-svensk-abortlagstiftning/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=SD-kvinnor |language=sv-SE}}</ref>

==== LGBT rights ====
The party today fully supports legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] and [[civil union]]s for gay couples but believes the ultimate decision to perform a wedding ceremony should be decided by the individual religious institution rather than the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jämställdhetspolitik|url=https://sd.se/var-politik/jamstalldhetspolitik/|website=Sd.se|access-date=28 July 2015|language=sv|archive-date=10 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210190603/https://sd.se/var-politik/jamstalldhetspolitik/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

SD previously opposed government sanctioned adoption to single people and same-sex couples unless the adopting party are close relatives or already have a close relationship with the child, but has since shifted its stance to permitting [[same-sex adoption]] and supports privately funded insemination for single or gay parents. Historically, members of SD have criticized a so-called "[[Gay Mafia|Homosex Lobby]]" but the party has since changed and moderated its position on LGBT in Swedish society. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson has expressed concerns that what he describes as the gradual [[Spread of Islam|Islamisation]] of Sweden will eventually lead to the rights of [[Sexual minority|sexual minorities]] being violated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brandel |first1=Tobias |date=28 July 2010 |title=SD siktar in sig på hbt-röster |trans-title=SD targets LGBT voices |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/sd-siktar-in-sig-pa-hbt-roster_5054837.svd |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 February 2015 |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |language=sv |archive-date=18 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118043113/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/sd-siktar-in-sig-pa-hbt-roster_5054837.svd |url-status=live }}</ref>

Throughout the early 2000s, ''SD-Kuriren'' (the official SD party newspaper) regularly published articles criticizing LGBT events and describing homosexuality as "perversion", before moderating itself alongside a shift in party ideology.<ref>{{cite web |last=Söder |first=Björn |author-link=Björn Söder |date=3 August 2007 |title=Präster från Svenska Kyrkan deltar i homosexevenemang |trans-title=Priests from the Church of Sweden participates in gay sex event |url=http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/03/praster_fran_svenska_kyrkan_deltar_pa_ho |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109003220/http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/03/praster_fran_svenska_kyrkan_deltar_pa_ho<!--Manually retrieved archive--> |archive-date=9 November 2007 |access-date=9 November 2010 |publisher=SD-Kuriren |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Söder |first=Björn |author-link=Björn Söder |date=3 August 2007 |title=Homosexlobbyn kräver, och homosexlobbyn får |trans-title=The gay sex lobby demands, and the gay sex lobby receives |url=http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/03/homosexlobbyn_kraver_och_homosexlobbyn_f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109003023/http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/03/homosexlobbyn_kraver_och_homosexlobbyn_f<!--Manually retrieved archive--> |archive-date=9 November 2007 |access-date=9 November 2010 |publisher=SD-Kuriren |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Söder |first=Björn |author-link=Björn Söder |date=5 August 2007 |title=Kulmen nådd på perversiteterna |trans-title=The peak of the perversions reached |url=http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/05/kulmen_nadd_pa_perversiteterna |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109003047/http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/05/kulmen_nadd_pa_perversiteterna<!--Manually retrieved archive--> |archive-date=9 November 2007 |access-date=9 November 2010 |publisher=SD-Kuriren |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Söder |first=Björn |author-link=Björn Söder |date=5 August 2007 |title=Att kritisera det okritiserbara |trans-title=To criticise the uncriticisable |url=http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/05/att_kritisera_det_okritiserbara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109003255/http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/05/att_kritisera_det_okritiserbara<!--Manually retrieved archive--> |archive-date=9 November 2007 |access-date=9 November 2010 |publisher=SD-Kuriren |language=sv}}</ref> A blog post claiming [[Stockholm Pride]] sexualised young children and [[Societal attitudes toward homosexuality#Association with child sexual abuse and pedophilia|equating homosexuality with pedophilia]] titled {{Lang|sv|Botten måste snart vara nådd}} (Soon enough we'll hit rock bottom) was published by SD Party secretary [[Björn Söder]] on 1 August 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/01/botten_maste_snart_vara_nadd|title=Botten måste snart vara nådd|publisher=SD-Kuriren|date=1 August 2007|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109002951/http://www.sdkuriren.se/blog/index.php/soder/2007/08/01/botten_maste_snart_vara_nadd<!--Manually retrieved archive-->|archive-date=9 November 2007|language=sv}}</ref> The post was widely criticised in the Swedish media as an attack on LGBT people.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 August 2007 |title=Hat-attacken mot Sveriges homosexuella |trans-title=The hateful attack against Sweden's homosexuals |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/l1nya9/hat-attacken-mot-sveriges-homosexuella |access-date=16 August 2010 |newspaper=Aftonbladet |language=sv |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814114704/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/l1nya9/hat-attacken-mot-sveriges-homosexuella |url-status=live }}</ref>

An unofficial [[pride parade]] called Pride Järva was organised by SD member and former party magazine editor Jan Sjunnesson in the Stockholm suburbs of [[Tensta]] and [[Husby, Stockholm|Husby]], two areas with large immigrant populations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swedish Nationalists Plan Gay 'Pride' March Through Muslim Areas of Stockholm |url=https://www.haaretz.com/rightist-swedes-plan-gay-march-through-muslim-areas-of-stockholm-1.5378770 |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=Haaretz |date=25 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref> The event was disavowed by the official Stockholm Pride organisation and the [[Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights]]; in a joint statement both organisations called Sjunnesson "a person who's spreading hatred towards Muslims on social media [and] who's not supporting LGBT rights".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naib |first1=Fatima |title=Sweden far-right plans gay parade in mainly Muslim area |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/sweden-farright-plans-gay-pride-muslim-area-lgbt-150728180328656.html |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=Al Jazeera |date=28 July 2015 |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082846/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/sweden-farright-plans-gay-pride-muslim-area-lgbt-150728180328656.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Montelius |first1=Martina |title=Homonationalism – det rosa kriget |url=https://www.expressen.se/kultur/homonationalism--det-rosa-kriget/ |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=Expressen |date=14 April 2017 |language=sv |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082748/https://www.expressen.se/kultur/homonationalism--det-rosa-kriget/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Approximately 30 people participated in Pride Järva, with a larger amount of LGBT and heterosexual anti-racist [[counter-protest]]ors arriving to oppose them.<ref name="vice jarva pride">{{cite news |last1=Pérez Borjas |first1=Weronika |title=Rainbows and Racism Marched Together in Sweden During LGBT Pride Week |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sweden-jarva-pride-parade-immigration-protest/ |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=Vice |date=30 July 2016 |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082730/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/pp4k58/sweden-jarva-pride-parade-immigration-protest |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, the official [[Stockholm Pride]] voted to ban the SD from participating that year which was met with criticism from both within the party and from some opposition politicians who argued it was undemocratic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140729/sweden-democrats-barred-from-stockholm-pride|title=Stockholm Pride bars Sweden Democrats|date=29 July 2014 |access-date=20 September 2023|archive-date=4 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104012326/https://www.thelocal.se/20140729/sweden-democrats-barred-from-stockholm-pride|url-status=live}}</ref>

In recent years, the SD has shifted its stance to being more supportive of [[LGBT rights by country or territory#Northern Europe|LGBT rights]] and same-sex parenting by updating and expanding its policies regarding LGBT issues. In 2010, SD leader Jimmie Åkesson and party vice-president [[Carina Ståhl Herrstedt]] published an article apologizing for past [[homophobic]] statements made by party members and arguing that mass immigration risked eroding the rights of Sweden's gay community.<ref>[http://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/debattamnen/jamstalldhet/article6866464.ab Aftonbladet, SD – ett parti för hbt-personer], publicerad 30 mars 2010</ref> In its current platform, the SD states "everyone must be treated equally, regardless of sexual orientation, and discrimination must be combated".<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=https://sd.se/|title=Sveriges snabbast växande folkrörelse|website=Sverigedemokraterna|access-date=28 July 2015|archive-date=8 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908210848/https://sd.se/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sd.se/our-politics/hbtq-personers-psykiska-halsa/|title=HBTQ personers psykiska hälsa|access-date=22 December 2020|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806150616/https://sd.se/our-politics/hbtq-personers-psykiska-halsa/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2018 interview, SD member of the Riksdag and gender-equality spokesperson [[Paula Bieler]] stated that homophobes "are not welcome in our party".<ref>{{cite news |title=Europe's anti-immigrant parties are becoming more gay-friendly, partly as a way to bash Muslim immigrants |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/07/05/europes-anti-immigrant-parties-are-becoming-more-gay-friendly |access-date=27 January 2019 |newspaper=The Economist |date=5 July 2018 |quote=Paula Bieler, gender-equality spokesperson of the xenophobic Sweden Democrats, says homophobes 'are not welcome in our party'. |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030324/https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/07/05/europes-anti-immigrant-parties-are-becoming-more-gay-friendly |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 2018, the SD party program was updated to support same-sex adoption and parenting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.svd.se/a/EonM0o/utvecklat-mina-varderingar-om-samkonad-adoption |title="Utvecklat mina värderingar om samkönad adoption" |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=7 July 2018 |access-date=2025-01-13 |last1=Cederholm |first1=Stina }}</ref> In 2025, SD proposed constructing a statue in [[Örebro]], dedicated to [[Muhsin Hendricks]], the world’s first openly gay imam, who had been shot dead in his car in South Africa, to honour his work for the LGBTQI movement, as well as constructing a statue in [[Rinkeby]] to honour the rights of LGBTQI people in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lundkvist |first=Oscar |date=2025-04-08 |title=Upprätta ett HBT-monument i Vivalla |url=https://www.sd.se/orebro/uppratta-ett-hbt-monument-i-vivalla/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=SD Örebro |language=sv-SE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Järva |first=Nyhetsbyrån |date=2025-01-15 |title=Här vill SD uppföra ett HBTQ-monument |url=https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/har-vill-sd-uppfora-ett-hbtq-monument/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Nyhetsbyrån Järva |language=sv-SE}}</ref>

The SD supports [[gender-affirming surgery]] as long as the motive behind it is mental wellbeing and permission is given by a medical professional.<ref>{{cite web |title=HBTQ personers psykiska hälsa |url=https://sd.se/our-politics/hbtq-personers-psykiska-halsa/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806150616/https://sd.se/our-politics/hbtq-personers-psykiska-halsa/ |archive-date=6 August 2021 |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=sd.se |publisher=Sweden democrats |language=sv |quote=För att genomgå en fysisk könskorrigering ska kravet vara psykisk stabilitet.}}</ref>

==== Gender equality ====
SD opposes any "negative or positive special treatment on the basis of gender, age, sexual orientation, nationality or ethnic origin" in the labour market.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=A-Ö|url=https://sd.se/a-o/|access-date=16 January 2021|website=Sverigedemokraterna|language=sv-SE|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101041553/https://sd.se/a-o/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The party maintains that, collectively, there are biological differences between men and women, some of which that cannot be "observed with the naked eye". Perceived differences between men and women in regards to preference, behaviour and life choices exist due to each individual's choices and does not necessarily have to be "problematic, the result of discrimination nor the result of an oppressive gender power structure".<ref name=":3" />

==== Church policies ====
The party believes that the [[Church of Sweden]] should have a special position in Swedish society. In order to protect Swedish cultural heritage, members of the party want to protect the Lutheran tradition in the church elections and counteract secular party-political control of the Swedish Church. SD supports interfaith dialogue but opposes Qur'an recitals or imams delivering Islamic services in churches which the SD claims to be part of "Islamizing Swedish society".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://expo.se/nyhet/sd-kyrkan-ska-missionera-i-invandrartata-omraden/ |title=SD: "Kyrkan ska missionera i invandrartäta områden" |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref> The SD previously called for the Church of Sweden to be reinstated as a [[state church]] but no longer supports this policy, however they continue to support holidays in connection with religious occasions to only include traditionally Swedish and Christian holidays with party leader Jimmie Åkesson stating in a 2014 interview that he wants to protect Christianity as a "system of norms".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dagen.se/dokument/2014/07/18/jimmie-akesson-gud-ar-en-uppsattning-normer-och-varderingar/ |title=Jimmie Åkesson: Gud är en uppsättning normer och värderingar |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref> In Swedish Church Assembly election campaigns, the SD has campaigned on the issue of Christians who are subjected to persecution and hate crimes in Sweden and abroad.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dagen.se/dokument/2014/07/18/jimmie-akesson-gud-ar-en-uppsattning-normer-och-varderingar/ |title=Jimmie Åkesson: Gud är en uppsättning normer och värderingar |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratatosk.sd.se/sd/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/30183140/Valplattform-kyrkovalet-2021.pdf |title=Kyrkopolitisk valplattform 2021|access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref>

==== Law and order and security ====
The Sweden Democrats support generally increased [[Minimum sentence|minimum sentences]] as well as increased resources and personnel for the [[Swedish Police Authority|police]]. SD wishes to instate the possibility of [[Life imprisonment|life imprisonment without parole]] for the worst crimes and to repatriate foreign citizens found guilty of serious crimes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Straff|url=https://sd.se/our-politics/straff/|access-date=15 January 2021|website=Sverigedemokraterna|language=sv-SE|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121231313/https://sd.se/our-politics/straff/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kriminalpolitik|url=https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/kriminalpolitik/|access-date=15 January 2021|website=Sverigedemokraterna|language=sv-SE|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122221348/https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/kriminalpolitik/|url-status=dead}}</ref> SD also wants to establish a public register of individuals convicted of certain sexual crimes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jämställdhetspolitik|url=https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/jamstalldhetspolitik/|access-date=15 January 2021|website=Sverigedemokraterna|language=sv-SE|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507211527/https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/jamstalldhetspolitik/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party also supports increased surveillance of those known to be involved in criminal gangs and terrorism. SD argues for a zero-tolerance law for people who physically attack police officers and emergency workers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sd.se/vad-vi-vill/brott-och-straff/ |title=Tougher on the gangs |access-date=2024-10-03}}</ref>

SD previously supported the reinstatement of [[capital punishment]] before dropping it as an official policy after the party program was updated in 1998, although individuals within the party continue to support the death penalty for serious crimes such as murder and [[infanticide]] and have called for [[chemical castration]] of convicted child sexual abusers.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kotanen Hallbeck |first1=Linda |last2=Lindberg |first2=Linda |author-link2=Linda Lindberg |last3=Nordengrip |first3=Caroline |author-link3=Caroline Nordengrip |date=2021-01-09 |title=Debatt: 'Skydda alltid våra barn' |trans-title=Debate: "Always protect our children" |url=https://www.barometern.se/debatt/skydda-alltid-vara-barn-98f74722/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=[[Barometern]] |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Fraser |date=8 September 2018 |title=Are the Sweden Democrats far-right? Jimmie Åkesson interviewed |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-the-sweden-democrats-far-right-jimmie-akesson-interviewed |website=[[The Spectator]] |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121215406/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-the-sweden-democrats-far-right-jimmie-akesson-interviewed |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Far-right member motions death penalty |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20091017/22712 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627050333/https://www.thelocal.se/20091017/22712 |archive-date=27 June 2019 |website=[[The Local]]}}</ref>

The SD opposes allowing Swedish citizens who joined [[ISIS]] to return to Sweden and argues that anyone who joins a foreign terrorist group should be denied state funded assistance. In 2023, SD also stated that Swedes who have travelled to the [[Gaza Strip]] to support Hamas should be banned from reentering the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.svd.se/a/76av7K/akesson-vi-har-krig-pa-gatorna |title=Åkesson: Vi behöver riva moskéer i Sverige |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=25 November 2023 |access-date=2025-02-03 |last1=Svahn/Tt |first1=Niklas }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Dave |date=21 March 2019 |title=Staffanstorp votes to strip ISIS returnees of assistance |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7181036 |newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]] |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208012555/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7181036 |url-status=live }}</ref> SD has also emphasised a desire to crack down on abuses and crimes of which the elderly are particular targets.<ref name=":9">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130818021933/https://sverigedemokraterna.se/vara-asikter/vara-viktigaste-fragor/en-trygg-och-vardig-alderdom/ En trygg och värdig ålderdom]. ''sverigedemokraterna.se''.</ref>

In 2025, the SD supported passing stricter ownership regulations on [[AR-15]] rifles following the [[2025 Risbergska school shooting]] although some senior party spokespeople expressed opposition to amending gun ownership laws citing the impact it could have on farmers and hunters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3lpp9we4jo |title=Sweden plans tighter gun laws after deadly school shooting |access-date=2025-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/sweden-to-tighten-gun-laws-in-wake-of-orebro-mass-shooting|title=Sweden plans to tighten gun laws in wake of Örebro mass shooting |access-date=2025-02-17}}</ref>