Nationalism is on the rise indeed, the nationalist party has been growing exponentially the last elections, now at ~13%. The reason why it's rising is probably not because swedes particularly like the ideology, but because it is the only party that does not believe that the current situation is feasible (They want to drastically limit immigration so it's equal to that of our neighbors)
I have not seen any rise in fascism. Xenophobia, maybe. By the definition of the word it is the irrational fear of the foreign. The fear is often very rational as immigrants are over-represented in crime, unemployment etc. However people work with generalizations so it is not unlikely that some of the fears might be irrational.
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Nationalism is on the rise indeed, the nationalist party has been growing exponentially the last elections, now at ~13%. The reason why it's rising is probably not because swedes particularly like the ideology, but because it is the only party that does not believe that the current situation is feasible (They want to drastically limit immigration so it's equal to that of our neighbors)
I have not seen any rise in fascism. Xenophobia, maybe. By the definition of the word it is the irrational fear of the foreign. The fear is often very rational as immigrants are over-represented in crime, unemployment etc. However people work with generalizations so it is not unlikely that some of the fears might be irrational.
(I'm from and live in Sweden)