Swedish Nationalist Set to Take His Party From Pariah to Power
- 43-year-old Jimmie Akesson leads the Sweden Democrats
- Anti-immigration party is now the second-largest in Sweden
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When Jimmie Akesson joined the Sweden Democrats more than two decades ago, it was a pariah political force with a majority of its founders hailing from racist, fascist or neo-Nazi groups.
He now leads the nation’s second-largest political force that’s become a kingmaker for the next government. And his ambitions don’t stop there.