Bevara Sverige Svenskt
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Bevara Sverige Svenskt ("Keep Sweden Swedish") was a Swedish nationalist political movement based in Stockholm and a slogan used by various nationalist parties in the country. The stated objective of the BSS movement and the aim of the slogan were to initiate a debate in order to reduce immigration from non-European countries and repatriate non-ethnic Swedes.
Founded as a loose network in 1979 by Leif Zeilon and formalized as an organization in 1983, BSS became involved with the populist Progress Party (Swedish: Framstegspartiet) in 1986. This co-operation became known as the Sweden Party (Swedish: Sverigepartiet). This cooperation evolved into the Sweden Democrats (Swedish: Sverigedemokraterna) in 1988.[1]
Although its number of members were always quite small, BSS represented the first organized attempt to reduce immigration and as a result received massive media attention.
The slogan "Preserve Sweden Swedish" was taken up by Sweden Democrats and became especially prevalent in 2003-2004 when it was used as headlines in the party organ "SD Kuriren" and as slogans on bumper stickers.
[edit] References
- ^ Stieg Larsson & Mikael Ekman: Sverigedemokraterna - Den nationella rörelsen ISBN 91-7324-877-0
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