Bevara Sverige Svenskt
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Bevara Sverige Svenskt (BSS), which in English basically means "Preserve Sweden Swedish", is the name of a former Swedish nationalist political movement based in Stockholm, Sweden, and a slogan used by various nationalist parties in the country. The stated objective of the BBS party 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 in 1979 by Leif Zeilon, BSS was at first involved in abortive election co-operation with the Sweden Party (Swedish: Sverigepartiet). In 1986 it joined with the populist Progress Party (Swedish: Framstegspartiet), which later evolved into the Sweden Democrats (Swedish: Sverigedemokraterna). 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.
Claiming not to be racists, their often aggressive sticker campaigns arguably spoke a different language with slogans such as "don't let your daughter become a negro toy" ("låt inte din dotter bli en negerleksak") and "negroes threaten their victims" ("negrer hotar sina offer").[1] 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.
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- ^ Lodenius, Anna-Lena & Larsson, Stieg (1991). Extremhögern. Stockholm: Tiden. ISBN 91-550-3686-4.
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