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Sweden · Monday, 3 August 2026

Sweden Democrat Richard Jomshof likens Aftonbladet's political editor to Quisling

Sweden Democrat Richard Jomshof likens Aftonbladet's political editor to Quisling

Richard Jomshof, one of the four who took over the Sweden Democrats in 1995, posted on X an image of Aftonbladet political editor Anders Lindberg next to Vidkun Quisling, writing that the man on the left is Quisling and the man on the right is a quisling. Lindberg said he read the post as close to a death threat, recalling that Quisling was executed, while Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson called the statement deeply un-Swedish. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson conceded that Jomshof had put it provocatively but accused the opposition of feigned shock, and Jomshof then called Andersson a quisling as well.

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