Alternative for Sweden

Alternative for Sweden
Alternativ för Sverige
AbbreviationAfS
LeaderGustav Kasselstrand
Deputy LeaderMikael Jansson
SecretaryPer Sefastsson
FoundersGustav Kasselstrand William Hahne
Founded5 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-05)
Split fromSweden Democrats
Preceded bySweden Democratic Youth (de facto)
Membership (2023)Increase 3,400[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[13]
European affiliationESN (Sofia Declaration)[14]
Colors  Blue
  Yellow
Riksdag
0 / 349
European Parliament
0 / 21
County councils
0 / 1,597
Municipal councils
0 / 12,780
National Council
3 / 251
Diocese Councils
3 / 841
Website
alternativforsverige.se

Alternative for Sweden (Swedish: Alternativ för Sverige, AfS) is a far-right[15] political party in Sweden.[16] It was founded in March 2018 by Gustav Kasselstrand and William Hahne, along with other members of the Sweden Democratic Youth, who were collectively expelled from the Sweden Democrats in 2015.[17] It advocates the forced remigration of immigrants[18] and Sweden's withdrawal from the European Union.[19][20]

AfS ran in the general elections of 2018 and 2022, but failed to enter the Riksdag. With 0.26% of the vote, AfS is the second largest party without representation in the Riksdag.[21] In the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden, the party ran on an anti-EU platform, receiving 0.46% of the vote. In November 2020, AfS announced its intention to run in the 2021 election to the Church of Sweden council.[22] It won 1.26% of the votes, giving it three seats in the Church council.[23]

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