The Swedish Social Democrats are demanding a ban on clubs engaged in violence or ideologically violence-affirming activities, criticizing the government for passivity. Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) counters by accusing the party of delaying legislation. Both sides highlight Nazi-linked Aktivklubb Sverige as an example of the growing threat.
On Thursday, October 24, 2025, the Swedish Social Democrats (S) called for banning active clubs like Aktivklubb Sverige, a Nazi-linked group accused of building violent capacity. The party views the government as passive in the face of far-right violence and demands immediate legal changes to dissolve such organizations.
S's justice policy spokesperson Teresa Carvalho stressed the urgency: 'The government must stop ignoring and make the legal changes required to dissolve and stop these clubs,' she told Dagens Nyheter. Specifically, S wants to modernize the 1934 law on unauthorized corps activities, which prohibits unlicensed paramilitary groups.
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) defended the government and pointed to S's prior resistance. 'We are four years behind the curve here; we could have had this legislation in place,' he said. Strömmer noted that an ongoing investigation into criminalizing participation in criminal networks already covers violence-affirming environments like the active clubs, including far-right extremism, autonomous left, and violence-affirming Islamism. He added: 'We could already today have legislation that hits both criminal gangs and violent far-right extremism, autonomous left, and violence-affirming Islamism.'
The debate highlights long-standing disagreement on addressing extremism in Sweden. S argues current laws are insufficient, while the government maintains existing initiatives suffice but were delayed by the opposition.