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Swedish Antisemitic Union () was an
anti-Jewish Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemi ...
organisation, established in 1923. It promoted hostility towards
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s and also used the
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. The Swedish Antisemitic Union was in a sense, a forerunner to the Nazi parties that later evolved in
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. The association also organized boycotts of Jewish-owned companies and among the organisations slogans was "''Sweden for Swedes".'' The organisation ceased to exist in 1931.


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