Lechon said:
They used to be a nationalist party, now all the nationalists have been purged. SD is the strongest Israel/zionist supporting party in Sweden, they have the most in common with the Christian right, who, of course, are usually barely noticable in immigration policy from anyone else in Northern Europe.
Link?
From Jerusalem Post:
However, starting from 1995 the party underwent major reform that changed it completely. In 1999, they officially rejected Nazism; in 2001, all radical groups were completely expelled from the party. In the last elections, the party won 12.9 percent in the Swedish parliament and 9.7% in the European Parliament, making it the third largest party in Sweden.
[While it is true that SD had a radical nationalist start and some members were neo nazi/racist, the purgings that still go on also affect moderate nationalists, that is to say, just normal people with a normal sense of pride in the rest of the world.]
The party officially bans anti-Semitism.
As part of the popular right in Europe, Sweden Democrats cooperate with the UK Independence Party, promoting a new immigration policy in Europe. Party leader Jimmy Åkesson has fought Jew-hatred straight from assuming office in 2005.
["A new immigration policy". Basically one less caustic than the one other parties in Sweden, looser than the US and about the same as Norway, which is drowning in refugees too.]
He argues that Muslim immigration is the biggest threat to the country since World War II.
[Securing the nationalist vote.]
During Operation Protective Edge, Åkesson expressed his support for Israel, saying that “Hamas uses civilians as human shields, we support the right of Israel to defend itself.”
MANY DO not know, but the party actually has a Jewish representative in the parliament, Kenth Ekeroth, fighting against Jew-hatred and Islamization.
[Out with the old, in with the new. Kenth Ekeroth was scandalized in the "iron pipe"-incident, one of a kind in Swedish politics in recent years, yet out of the three participants, one is dead after an apparent overdose and being forced out in a separate purge, one was forced to quit the party, rescinded his membership and left the country, while Kenth took a 2 month break from active duties and is still a front figure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pipe_scandal ]
The Sweden Democrats are known to be pro-Israeli.
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-pro-Israeli-party-in-Sweden-379139
I don't have an easy to read English article about the purgings of nationalists, but if you read the wikipedia section from 1995 and onwards, you can see all the people who were thrown out for being "too radical". And again, some were extremists, but others weren't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats