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Sverigedemokraternas regionala politiska kultur i Skåne och Blekinge: vad ligger bakom partiets exceptionella regionala framgångar?
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9482-4494
2025 (Swedish)Report (Refereed)
Abstract [sv]

Rapporten syftar till att undersöka varför Sverigedemokraterna lyckats så bra i just Skåne och Blekinge och vad som kännetecknar den regionala politiska kultur som dominerar i detta område. Vid 2022 års val fick man 30 procent av rösterna i detta område, mot drygt 20 procent i Sverige som helhet. Den politiska regionen Skåne-Blekinge (SD) innefattar 25 av de 38 kommunerna i dessa län. Partiet har där gjort inbrytningar i alla samhällsgrupper, men särskilt i dess kärngrupper av män, arbetare, lågutbildade och lågavlönade.

Den kanske viktigaste förklaringen till Sverigedemokraternas framgångar i denna politiska region är att medborgarna redan innan detta parti dök upp hade mer konservativa och nationalistiska åsikter, som motsvarade Sverigedemokraternas. De hade också svag tillit till andra människor och var särskilt missnöjda med det politiska systemet. Detta mönster präglade både arbetarklass och medelklass. Särskilt de socialdemokratiska sympatisörerna hade sådana uppfattningar och lockades snabbt över till det nya partiet. 

Det historiska ursprunget till detta åsikts- och handlingsmönster är höjt i dunkel, men en negativ inställning till invandrare har djupa rötter och är dokumenterat inom både fackföreningsrörelsen och på den skånska landsbygden. Skånsk separatism och närheten till kontinenten har också angivits som skäl. Detta förhållningssätt överförs också alltjämt från generation till generation.

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Umeå: Umeå University, 2025. , p. 59
Series
Umeå Working Papers in Political Science, ISSN 1654-238X ; 2025:01
Keywords [sv]
Politiska regioner, politisk kultur, Sverigedemokraterna, politiska partier, val
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Political Science
Research subject
political science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-233626ISBN: 978-91-8070-603-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-233626DiVA, id: diva2:1924920
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The report aims to investigate why the Sweden Democrats have succeeded so well in Skåne and Blekinge and what characterizes the regional political culture that dominates in this area. In the 2022 general elections, the party received 30 percent of the votes this area, compared to 20 percent in the country as a whole. The political region Skåne-Blekinge (SD) includes 25 of the 38 municipalities in these two counties. The party has made inroads into all social groups, but especially into its core groups of men, manual workers, people with limited education and the low-paid.

Perhaps the most important explanation for the Sweden Democrats' success in this political region is that even before this party appeared, the citizens had more conservative and nationalist views, which corresponded with those of the Sweden Democrats. Citizens also had little trust in other people and were particularly dissatisfied with the political system. This pattern characterized both the working class and the middle class. The Social Democratic sympathizers in particular held such views and were quickly attracted to the new party.

The historical origins of this pattern of opinion and action are shrouded in mystery, but a negative attitude towards immigrants has deep roots and is documented within both the trade union movement and in the Skåne countryside. Regional separatism and proximity to the continent have also been cited as reasons. This attitude is continues to be transmitted from generation to generation.

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