How Sweden’s far right went from political pariah to powerbroker

The Sweden Democrats (SD), a far-right anti-immigration party with roots in the neo-Nazi movement, have gone from a marginalized group to the second-largest party in Sweden. After the 2018 election, a political deadlock prompted right-wing parties to ally with them, and the SD now provides parliamentary support to the current government. The party has attempted to moderate by adopting the concept of 'open Swedishness' and expelling its extremist youth wing, but its origins in the 1980s skinhead movement remain significant.