In Sweden, the Örebropartiet's breakthrough shakes up local politics in Örebro

In the Swedish municipal elections held on 13 September, the Örebropartiet, a political party to the right of the Swedish far right, won 17.2% of the vote in the town of Örebro, a score that puts pressure on the local political balance.

The party was founded by a former activist of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet), an atypical trajectory that illustrates the growing porosity between certain segments of the electorate traditionally classified as left-wing and radical nationalist movements.

A strategy based on social networks

The success of the Örebropartiet is largely based on an active presence on social networks, where the party has disseminated a nationalist discourse described as ultra-radical, allowing it to reach an electorate that the traditional parties have struggled to mobilise.

This result is part of a series of analyses devoted to the anchoring of the far right in Europe, which examines how formations even further to the right than the historical far-right parties manage to establish themselves at the local level in several European countries.

The rise of such formations at the municipal level raises questions about the ability of Sweden's traditional parties to retain their influence in some cities as the local political landscape becomes more fragmented.

The report does not specify the concrete repercussions of this score on the composition of the Örebro municipal council or on possible future local alliances.