Bevara Sverige Svenskt

Bevara Sverige Svenskt (BSS; literally "Preserve Sweden [as] Swedish") was a Swedish nationalist political movement based in Stockholm and a slogan used by various nationalist parties in the country. The stated objective of the BsS party and the aim of the slogan were to initiate a debate in order to reduce immigration from non-European countries and repatriate non-ethnic Swedes.

Founded in 1979 by Leif Zeilon, BSS was at first involved in abortive election co-operation with the Sweden Party ( _sv. Sverigepartiet). In 1986 it joined with the populist Progress Party ( _sv. Framstegspartiet), which later evolved into the Sweden Democrats ( _sv. Sverigedemokraterna). Although its number of members were always quite small, BSS represented the first organized attempt to reduce immigration and as a result received massive media attention.

Claiming not to be racists, their often aggressive sticker campaigns arguably spoke a different language with slogans such as "don't let your daughter become a negro toy" ("låt inte din dotter bli en negerleksak") and "negroes threaten their victims" ("negrer hotar sina offer"). [cite book|author=Lodenius, Anna-Lena & Larsson, Stieg|year=1991|title=Extremhögern|publisher=Tiden|location=Stockholm|id=ISBN 91-550-3686-4] The slogan "Preserve Sweden Swedish" was taken up by Sweden Democrats and became especially prevalent in 2003-2004 when it was used as headlines in the party organ "SD Kuriren" and as slogans on bumper stickers.

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