Restore law and order
- Zero tolerance towards criminal gangs and clans.
Make Sweden safe again
In just a few decades, Sweden has gone from being one of the safest countries in the world to one of the most violent in Europe. The society that was once a model for other nations is now used as a cautionary tale.
The number of laws has grown exponentially, but often in the wrong areas. Good citizens have seen their freedoms of expression curtailed and scrutiny increased. But criminal gangs have escaped with minimal consequences.
Ambition Sverige recognises the escalation of violence, gang crime and widespread everyday crime as one of the greatest threats to our society. The state has an absolute obligation to protect its citizens - on the streets, in the home and in the workplace.
Strengthening criminal law with a focus on victims and protecting society
Current criminal law is largely based on rehabilitating the offender and often ignores the needs of the victim. Victims of violence, humiliation or economic exploitation should not have to experience a quick return to the streets. When the legal system prioritises the interests of the offender over the victim's redress, it is a betrayal of society.
Swedish criminal law must place victims and their right to justice at the centre. A sentence should reflect the seriousness of the offence and provide real protection for victims and the public.
To achieve this, we want to increase minimum sentences for systemic crime, gang-related crime, violent crime and property crime linked to organised crime. Sentencing discounts and conditional release for these types of offences will be abolished, and sentences will be served in full as a starting point. In addition, the provision in the Criminal Code, Chapter 30. 4 of the Criminal Code, which obliges the court to always consider whether a lighter penalty than imprisonment can be chosen, is to be abolished. The court's focus should be on the seriousness of the offence, the victim's right to redress and the protection of the public - not on finding the mildest possible penalty.
Furthermore, law-abiding citizens should never risk being penalised more severely than their attacker. The right of self-defence must therefore be strengthened and designed so that it always takes the perspective of the real victim first.
Imprisonment and deportation
Swedish citizens have the right to demand that sentences are executed without delay. To ensure this, a major expansion of prison, remand and detention centres will be implemented.
Deportation should be mandatory for non-Swedish citizens who commit serious offences or repeat crimes. As a general rule, those sentenced to deportation should serve their sentence abroad. Sweden should therefore enter into international cooperation agreements that allow it to rent prison places in other countries, in exchange for financial or other support.
A special enquiry should be set up to ensure that citizenship obtained on false grounds can be revoked. What was illegal from the outset should not be considered valid and be given protection value.
If third countries refuse to take back their citizens after a final deportation judgement, Sweden should be able to use economic or diplomatic sanctions to force their readmission. The role of the state is to protect its own citizens - not to act as a refuge for repeat offenders from other countries and force the Swedish people to finance their everyday lives.
Swedish aid should also be conditional on convicted criminals from aid countries being accepted in order for the country to receive financial support from Sweden.
No parallel legal system - only Swedish law applies
Sweden shall be free from religious or political legislation that is contrary to our legal system. Sharia or other foreign law shall never be applied in Sweden. Imams and other preachers of hate who incite violence, oppression of women or subversive activities should be able to lose their citizenship and be deported. Foreign funding of religious communities and buildings should be banned, as it is often used to influence our society and democracy.
Curbing everyday crime and protecting citizens
The wave of fraud and theft that has swept across Sweden requires a new approach. The methods used so far have not worked. Citizens must be able to feel secure in their everyday lives, including when dealing with digital services and financial systems. Therefore, the fight against these crimes must be prioritised and conducted with completely new methods.
Fighting fraud and identity fraud is no longer a one-off exercise, but a central task for the entire rule of law. It is about tackling organised crime that operates across borders, exploits technological gaps and directly targets ordinary people. Reversing this trend requires modern technology, stronger protection of personal data (such as income information, phone numbers and email addresses) and determined international cooperation.
Police will have dedicated units focusing on fraud, identity theft and cybercrime. Personal data protection must be strengthened: sensitive data must no longer be freely searchable and easily accessible to criminals. Banks, payment services and credit institutions must be required to actively protect Swedish citizens by quickly stopping suspicious transactions and cooperating in the fight against crime. In addition, Swedish authorities will work closely with foreign police to crack down on organised crime groups operating across national borders. Countries where organised gangs commit fraud against Swedish citizens, authorities and institutions should be clearly met with demands to stop crimes against Sweden and otherwise be met with economic or diplomatic sanctions until they put an end to the gangs.
Crimes against children, domestic violence and women's rights
Sweden today faces a serious reality where domestic violence often leaves women and children without protection. When threats, control and physical violence are allowed to continue without adequate prevention, many are forced to live in constant insecurity. The state often intervenes only after the damage has been done, leaving victims to bear the consequences of a system that should have protected them in the first place.
The police must be given significantly better opportunities to intervene early. Violence in close relationships must be prioritised and stopped ”preventively”, before it turns into action. Shelters for women and children who are forced to flee violence must be expanded and maintained at the highest level of security. Such shelters should offer long-term support so that victims can rebuild their lives in safety. Perpetrators should never be able to reach out to threaten, control or disturb their peace. In this way, we make it clear that the state will always be on the side of the victim.
The internet and social media have become a tool for paedophiles to lure children into physical or digital encounters. This happens without society having sufficient tools to stop the perpetrators in time, making children a vulnerable target for abuse.
This is why we need tougher legislation against child sexual abuse. Police must be given the tools to act preventively - crime prevention for protection purposes, similar to Dumpen's methods, should be allowed.
Introduction of the Constitutional Court
Sweden is currently one of the few European countries without a constitutional court. As a consequence, laws that conflict with the Constitution or other higher sources of law cannot be invalidated. While courts and authorities can override such a law on a case-by-case basis, it continues to apply and be enforced against other citizens until Parliament votes it down.
In practice, this means that unconstitutional laws can remain in place, undermining the protection of people's constitutional rights and freedoms. Strong constitutional protection requires a body that can put an end to laws that violate higher law.
Ambition Sverige wants to introduce a constitutional court with the power to annul laws that violate the constitution. Only then can citizens' rights and freedoms be seriously guaranteed.
Functioning civil service accountability in practice
Since the abolition of civil servant liability by the Social Democrats in the 1970s, civil servants who commit misconduct have in practice not been penalised. The provision on official misconduct in the Criminal Code (Chapter 20, Section 1) is already in place and, if applied correctly, would provide for effective official liability. In reality, however, police and prosecutors often choose not to initiate, or to quickly close, investigations - even in cases of provable misconduct. Prosecutions and convictions are extremely rare. The problem is therefore a crisis of implementation - not a lack of legal support.
In order to re-establish true accountability of public servants, Ambition Sverige wants to set up an investigation to clarify the underlying causes of the lack of application of the misconduct clause. A special, well-resourced investigation unit, the misconduct unit, within the police and prosecutors with the exclusive task of investigating reports of misconduct, should be established. This unit will deal exclusively with misconduct investigations in the service of citizens and will assist citizens who have been victimised.
Citizens should not feel powerless when the state commits wrongdoing. A functioning civil service accountability system, where violations of the rule of law lead to investigations and consequences, is crucial to counteract political activism, abuse of power and corruption.
A non-political judiciary
The core institutions of the state have been weakened by political appointments replacing competence and experience as the basis for appointments. When the government unilaterally controls the power of appointment, heads of agencies, police chiefs, prosecutors and judges all risk becoming career dependencies of political power instead of serving citizens. This undermines the independence of the judiciary and jeopardises the possibility of maintaining a rule of law where laws and rules apply equally to all.
Restoring an independent judiciary requires a fundamental reform. Jurors should no longer be appointed by political parties, but alternative appointment methods must be explored to ensure impartiality in the courts.
Similarly, the police must be free of political agendas and always act in accordance with the impartiality requirements of the Constitution. When police officers participate in parades or events with political messages in uniform or while on duty, activism is mixed into an activity that should be about security and order. This threatens the legitimacy of their mission.
We want to limit the government's power of appointment and introduce meritocratic appointments to key positions. Heads of government, police chiefs, prosecutors and judges should be appointed on merit, based on competence and experience. They should be reminded that they serve the people first.
Modern law enforcement with decentralisation
There is a need to change the way police work is organised. Technologies such as drones, cameras and digital tools can be crucial in the fight against crime, but decisions on their use must be taken locally, where the reality is, not by remote centralised bodies.
The rights of law-abiding citizens must always be respected, and we must counter any attempt to build a police state that is supposedly about fighting crime - but in practice is about control.
However, the police do not only create security through intervention, but also through prevention and by being present in people's everyday lives.
Ambition Sverige therefore proposes several measures: The receptions at police stations should be reopened so that citizens always have an open door to the authority. Police education in schools will be reintroduced, so that children and young people can learn about law and order, traffic, drugs and safety at an early age. Finally, we want to see more neighbourhood police officers who are visible and present in local communities. It is when the police are present in everyday life that crime can be prevented and security restored.
Demonstrations and public order
Sweden has recently been hit by disproportionately aggressive demonstrations. This has seriously affected the daily lives of both individuals and businesses. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right - but it can never mean an unlimited right to restrict the freedom of others or threaten their safety. The state has a responsibility to protect both the right to demonstrate and the right of citizens to be safe in public places.
Ambition Sverige therefore proposes that masking should not be allowed, and in the event of aggressive behaviour, the organiser should be warned immediately. If problems persist, the demonstration should be dissolved. Counter-demonstrations that are unauthorised and disruptive should always be disbanded.
Specialised unit against systemic crime
Sweden is facing a criminality that not only harms individuals but threatens the very fabric of society. Clan-based networks, infiltration of authorities and organised economic crime undermine the authority of the state and create parallel centres of power. This cannot be tolerated.
Ambition Sverige therefore proposes the creation of a special unit to combat systemic crime, based on cooperation between the police, customs and coastguard, and organised within the Swedish Police Authority so that it automatically has the necessary powers. This specialised unit will have specific powers, sharp tools and an independent status. The aim is clear: the state must regain control of those parts of society where criminal networks are currently above the law.
For this to work, the rules on confidentiality must also be reviewed. Today, they prevent the effective sharing of records between police and other authorities - something that greatly complicates the fight against crime. We want to change this.
Illegal residence and internal immigration controls
Today, Sweden has an estimated hundreds of thousands of people living in the country without a legal right to be here. This creates shadow communities, fuels crime and weakens the state.
This situation has been allowed to develop through lack of control and inefficient processes. When illegal residents can stay in the country, sometimes for years, laws and decisions have lost their meaning. Shadow communities become a breeding ground for both crime and exploitation, and when identity fraud is allowed to continue, the entire justice system is undermined. At the same time, it is crucial that the fight against these problems is not directed at the law-abiding - Swedish citizens need to know that their rights and freedoms are protected.
Ambition Sverige therefore believes that the police should consistently check foreigners' right to stay in Sweden under Chapter 9 of the Aliens Act. 9 §. Internal immigration checks must be integrated into everyday work and carried out when conditions exist - without exception. Persons staying illegally must be located, detained and deported. No one staying here illegally should have access to welfare support or benefits. The Dublin Convention must be respected - a refusal in one EU country is valid throughout the Union. In this way, order can be restored, security ensured and legal certainty for law-abiding Swedish citizens strengthened.
Hate speech law to be abolished
Current legislation on incitement to racial hatred threatens freedom of expression. It has been used in practice in a way that risks criminalising perfectly legitimate criticism of the behaviour and ideologies of certain groups. The law gives different groups different levels of protection, which is contrary to the principle of equality before the law. In practice, this means that ethnic Swedes are not protected - while their freedom of expression is restricted in relation to other groups. Therefore incitement to racial hatred-law is abolished.
An investigation may examine whether there are better alternatives to the current legislation, but the starting point should always be that citizens' right to legitimate social criticism must be guaranteed.
Freedom of expression and the truth must be protected
Swedish citizens should never risk imprisonment for telling the truth. Defamation laws must be reformed so that they no longer criminalise truthful statements about people.
Strengthening the right to self-defence - victims of crime should never be punished more severely than perpetrators.
Establishing that only Swedish law applies - sharia and hate preachers should be discouraged, citizenship could be revoked and foreign funding of religious communities banned.
Reforming defamation laws - it should never be illegal to speak or publish the truth.
Ambition Sverige will work for:
- Punishment should reflect the seriousness of the offence - from the point of view of both the victim and the public.
- Abolishing sentence reductions and conditional release for these types of offences; a conviction should mean that the sentence is served in full.
- Courts should no longer be obliged to impose lighter sentences than imprisonment, but instead focus on the seriousness of the offence, the reparation of the victim and the protection of the public.
- Implement a major expansion of prisons, remand centres and detention facilities so that detention and enforcement of sentences can always take place without delay.
- introducing mandatory expulsion of foreign nationals who commit serious offences or show repeated criminality.
- Those sentenced to deportation should serve their sentence abroad, through international agreements on prison places and with receiving countries.
- that citizenship obtained under false pretences can be revoked or declared invalid.
- Sweden should make aid agreements conditional on the recipient country undertaking to accept its citizens who are sentenced to deportation.
- Using new methods and modern technology - police will have dedicated units and AI-based tools to detect patterns, stop crimes in time and prosecute the gangs.
- Strengthening the protection of personal data - sensitive personal data such as income details, phone numbers and email addresses must not be easily accessible.
- Strengthening the protection of children online - legislation against sexual abuse will be strengthened so that the police can use preventive methods before an abuse has occurred.
- Establishing a Constitutional Court with the power to annul laws that violate the Constitution or international sources of law.
- Re-establishing civil servant accountability in practice - ensuring that the provisions of the Criminal Code on misconduct are applied consistently and with legal certainty.
- Establish a dedicated, well-resourced misconduct unit within the police and prosecution services with the exclusive mandate to investigate allegations of misconduct.
- Ensuring meritocratic appointments - Heads of agencies, police chiefs, prosecutors and judges should be appointed on merit, focusing on competence and experience, not political loyalty.
- Reform the system of jurors, political parties should no longer appoint jurors. New appointment methods will be introduced to ensure impartiality in the courts.
- Opening police stations and raising the visibility of neighbourhood police officers: Reopening police station receptions and increasing the presence of neighbourhood police officers in local communities.
- Police visibility in schools: Law, traffic, drugs and safety education should be reintroduced - children and young people need the police as a source of knowledge and role model.
- Ensuring consistent order in the public space. Unauthorised demonstrations should be broken up immediately, and counter-demonstrations that disrupt order should never be tolerated. Organisers of demonstrations should be clearly accountable and masking should be banned and aggressive behaviour stopped.
- Establish a specialised unit against systemic crime within the Police Authority. It will have combined resources from the police, customs and coastguard, as well as specific powers to combat clan-based networks, government infiltration and organised economic crime.
- The police should systematically check foreigners' right to stay in Sweden. Persons staying illegally must be located, detained and deported.
- Abolish the law on incitement to racial hatred, as it restricts freedom of expression and is applied in a way that creates different levels of protection for different groups. And reforming defamation laws so that it is never illegal to speak or publish the truth.
- Strengthening the right to self-defence - victims of crime should never be punished more severely than perpetrators.
- Establishing that only Swedish law applies - sharia and hate preachers should be discouraged, citizenship could be revoked and foreign funding of religious communities banned.