Magdalena Andersson: PUK and Kurdish Delegations Are Working Hard to Win Their Candidates

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Magdalena Andersson, leader of Sweden’s Social Democratic Party, during her elections campaign.

Magdalena Andersson, leader of Sweden’s Social Democratic Party and former prime minister, has praised the efforts of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) delegation and the Kurds in Sweden ahead of the country’s upcoming elections.

In a message, Andersson said during an elections rally that Sweden was approaching an important election and that she believed the PUK and Kurdish delegations were doing a very good job campaigning to secure support for their candidates.

“We have a good policy for citizens in general, including those from Kurdistan. I think the PUK delegation is doing a very good job in Sweden,” she said.

Andersson stressed the importance of people supporting one another, saying that Sweden was facing an “extremely important election”.

“If I become the next prime minister of Sweden, I will work to unite the country in a fragmented world full of instability,” she said.

She contrasted this with the prospect of a government operating “in the shadow of the Sweden Democrats”, which she described as being based on a separatist ideology and spreading hate speech.

“All people in the world have the right to live in peace and freedom and to determine their own future,” Andersson said.

“As prime minister, I will certainly continue the tradition my party has upheld, and I will maintain good and close relations with Kurdish organisations in Sweden and with Kurdistan. I would very much like to visit Kurdistan,” she added.

Sweden will hold general elections on 13 September 2026 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag, with 34 Kurdish candidates standing in parliamentary, regional and municipal elections.

Of the 34 candidates, all of which from the Social Democrats, nine are running for seats in the Swedish Parliament, 13 are contesting regional elections and 14 are standing in municipal elections. Two of those running in municipal elections are also candidates for the Riksdag.

Sweden’s Kurdish community is estimated to number nearly 150,000 people, many of whom are eligible to vote.

A meeting was held in Gothenburg in support of Kurdish candidates contesting Sweden’s upcoming parliamentary and local elections. The meeting was attended by Salar Mahmud, Head of the Foreign Relations Central Board of the PUK; Amal Jalal, Head of the party's Democratic Organisations Board; and several Kurdish candidates standing on the Social Democrats’ list.



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