Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has been given a mandate to reject a prime minister candidate if the party does not gain sufficient influence after the election. The basic demand is ministerial posts in a government. This was decided at the party's national congress in Örebro.
At the Sweden Democrats' national congress in Örebro, around 450 party members gathered to outline the political direction ahead of the 2026 election year. The congress established a mandate for party leader Jimmie Åkesson in potential government negotiations. Åkesson is given free rein to reject a prime minister candidate, regardless of party, if SD does not receive acceptable influence in the government. The basic demand is for the party to join the government with ministerial posts; otherwise, SD will go into opposition.
"It is very clear, it cannot be misinterpreted," Åkesson says about the mandate.
He interprets it as a broad mandate to handle the government issue and negotiations on the policies to be pursued in a potential post-election government. The party no longer wants to be a support party as in the Tidö Agreement, but seeks active participation in government.
The congress also approved the priorities in the party's election platform, presented under the headings Safe in Sweden, Free in Sweden, and Swedish in Sweden. Details will be decided in the spring, but the policies include hunting gangs, cheaper dental care, low fuel prices, strict immigration policy, tougher benefit requirements, combating Islamism, stopping "forced mixing," and deporting criminals and individuals without the right to stay in Sweden. These themes build on the party's current policies.