Editing Sweden Democrats (section)

==== 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>