Bevara Sverige Svenskt (; BSS; "Keep Sweden Swedish") was a far-right, racist organisation Anna-Lena Lodenius, Stieg Larsson: ''Extremhögern''. Tidens förlag 1991, chapter ''BSS: en folkkampanj för rasism'', based in Stockholm, Sweden and the precursor of the current Sweden Democrats political party; it also remains a slogan used by various Swedish nationalist parties. The stated objective of the BSS movement, and the aim of the slogan, was to initiate a debate in order to stop

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by non-

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ans and

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non-ethnic Swedes. Inspiration came from the post-World War II fascist organisation Nysvenska Rörelsen created by

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. The group was often violent. Founded as a loosely organised network in 1979 by Leif Zeilon, and formalised as an organisation in 1983, BSS was involved with the

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Progress Party ( sv, Framstegspartiet) in 1986. This co-operation took place under the name Sweden Party ( sv, Sverigepartiet). This cooperation evolved into the Sweden Democrats ( sv, Sverigedemokraterna) (SD) in 1988. Stieg Larsson & Mikael Ekman: ''Sverigedemokraterna - Den nationella rörelsen'' Claiming not to be racists, their often aggressive sticker campaigns arguably indicated otherwise with slogans such as "Låt inte din dotter bli en negerleksak" (Don't let your daughter become a

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toy) and "Negrer hotar sina offer" (Negros threaten their victims). Although the number of members was comparatively small, BSS represented the first organised attempt to reduce immigration and as a result received massive media attention. The slogan "Keep Sweden Swedish" was taken on by the Sweden Democrats and became prevalent during 2003–2004, when it was used for headlines in the party newspaper "SD Kuriren" and as a slogan on bumper stickers and T-shirts.

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*Charles Westin
''Neo-Nazism in a Welfare State: The Example of Sweden''
In ''Journal of Conflict and Violence Research'', Volume 2, 2000 {{Swedish nationalism and fascism 1979 establishments in Sweden 1986 disestablishments in Sweden Anti-black racism in Europe Anti-immigration politics in Europe Far-right politics in Sweden Political movements in Sweden Swedish nationalism Racism in Sweden Political catchphrases Organizations established in 1979 Organizations disestablished in 1986