DN’s new investigation into Sweden Democrat MP Rasmus Giertz demands a concrete organisational response, even though the published allegations are not a legal finding. When a party and its youth organisation are confronted with accounts this serious, they cannot treat them solely as private disputes.
DN reports that 12 current or former members of Ungsvenskarna said they had reacted to Giertz’s behaviour toward young women. The newspaper also says it reviewed material it considered support for five specific incidents involving five different young women. The reported accounts include allegations of unwanted advances and sexual violence.
Giertz rejects DN’s account. He said it was entirely untrue and denied taking or sharing the photographs mentioned in the report. DN’s reporting does not itself determine whether crimes were committed or establish individual legal responsibility. But that does not remove the organisations’ responsibility for how reports of risk are received and handled.
That is now the central political question. Ungsvenskarna is a setting where younger members meet older, more established representatives, and DN’s material concerns a sitting MP with a history in the organisation. SD and Ungsvenskarna should therefore explain what routes members have to raise concerns, who can receive complaints independently of local power structures, and what safeguards apply at conferences and internal gatherings.
Providing that account would not decide guilt in any individual allegation. It is the minimum institutional responsibility required when young members say they have felt compelled to warn one another. DN’s reporting means the response can no longer rest on broad statements of values; it needs identifiable procedures and accountable representatives.
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- Dagens Nyheter · Source date: 2026-11-12
Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-12
Ungsvenskarna testimonies: Sweden Democrats must answer on member safety