Young Swedes SDU

Young Swedes SDU
Ungsvenskarna SDU
Secretary GeneralArvid Torstensson
SpokespersonEmil Eneblad
Founded1 October 2015
Preceded bySweden Democratic Youth
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Membershipc. 800 members (2016)[1]
IdeologySwedish nationalism
Conservatism
Social conservatism[2]
Euroscepticism
National conservatism
Economic liberalism[3]
Mother partySweden Democrats
European affiliationEuropean Young Conservatives[4]
Nordic affiliationNordisk Friheds Ungdom (NFU)
Websiteungsvenskarna.se
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Young Swedes (Swedish: Ungsvenskarna [ˈɵ̂ŋˌsvɛnskaɳa ɛsdeːˈʉː] ⓘ) have been the youth section within the Sweden Democrats since 1 October 2015. National spokesperson since October 2022 is Emil Eneblad.[5] According to Jimmie Åkesson, the party leader of the Sweden Democrats, the wing's main goal is to "attract young people to vote for the party".[6] The section itself says that its main task is to "prepare young people to become future Sweden Democratic politicians." They use Engelbrektsbågen as a symbol and describes itself as democratic and socially conservative with a nationalist outlook.[7]

Unlike the former youth section Sweden Democratic Youth, the Young Swedes demands that its members are also members of the Sweden Democrats. The minimum age for membership in the section is 13 years.[8] A difference compared to the other youth section in Sweden is that the delegates to the Young Swedes congresses are not elected by the sections members, instead being appointed by its national board.[9]

  1. ^ "Kampen om nationalismen: SDU och Ungsvenskarna ett år efter brytningen" [The struggle for nationalism: SDU and Ungsvenskarna one year after the break]. arkiv.kit.se (in Swedish). 17 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Vår politik" [Our policies]. ungsvenskarna.se. Young Swedes SDU. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Ekonomi- och arbetsmarknadspolitik".
  4. ^ "MEMBERSHIP". eycorganisation.com. European Young Conservatives. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Vilka vi är" [Who we are]. Ungsvenskarna (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. ^ Ett nytt fräscht SDU [A new, fresh SDU] (YouTube video). Young Swedes SDU. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Det här är SDU – Sverigedemokratisk ungdom". Sverigedemokratisk ungdom. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Sverigedemokraternas partistadgar" (PDF). Sverigedemokraterna. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Ungsvenskar i intern strid om Natoansökan". dagens Nyheter. 19 November 2016.