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Research Article

“No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022

Michał Krzyżanowskia Department of Informatics and Media & CEMFOR, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hugo Ekströmb Department of Journalism, Media & Communication, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenView further author information
Received 16 Apr 2024, Accepted 03 May 2024, Published online: 03 Jun 2024

Figures & data

Figure 1. Key Hypotheses in the Analysis of Swedish Press Discourse on Immigration 2010–2022.

Figure 1. Key Hypotheses in the Analysis of Swedish Press Discourse on Immigration 2010–2022.

Table 1. Articles in the period 2010–2022 per each election year and analysed newspaper (after both quantitative and qualitative down-sampling).

Figure 2. Distribution of articles per month mentioning “(invandr* OR flykting* OR asylsök* OR migrant* OR nyanländ* OR utrikesfödd* OR etnisk*) AND (välfärd* OR arbetslös* OR bidrag* OR islam* OR integration* OR utanförskap* OR brott* OR våld* OR krimin* OR ang*) AND Sverige” (truncated versions of “immigrant,” “refugee,” “asylum seeker,” “migrant,” “newcomers,” “foreign born,” or “ethnic,” and “welfare,” “unemployed,” “benefits,” “Islam,” “integration,” “alienation,” “crime,” “violence,” “criminal,” or “gang,” supplemented by “Sweden”) in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd 2010-01-01 and 2022-12-31.

Figure 2. Distribution of articles per month mentioning “(invandr* OR flykting* OR asylsök* OR migrant* OR nyanländ* OR utrikesfödd* OR etnisk*) AND (välfärd* OR arbetslös* OR bidrag* OR islam* OR integration* OR utanförskap* OR brott* OR våld* OR krimin* OR ang*) AND Sverige” (truncated versions of “immigrant,” “refugee,” “asylum seeker,” “migrant,” “newcomers,” “foreign born,” or “ethnic,” and “welfare,” “unemployed,” “benefits,” “Islam,” “integration,” “alienation,” “crime,” “violence,” “criminal,” or “gang,” supplemented by “Sweden”) in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd 2010-01-01 and 2022-12-31.

Figure 3. Distribution of articles per month, six months before and six after the election day in 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 with mentions of “(invandr* OR flykting* OR asylsök* OR migrant* OR nyanländ* OR utrikesfödd* OR etnisk*) AND (välfärd* OR arbetslös* OR bidrag* OR islam* OR integration* OR utanförskap* OR brott* OR våld* OR krimin* OR ang*) AND Sverige” (truncated versions of “immigrant,” “refugee,” “asylum seeker,” “migrant,” “newcomers,” “foreign born,” or “ethnic,” and “welfare,” “unemployed,” “benefits,” “Islam,” “integration,” “alienation,” “crime,” “violence,” “criminal,” or “gang,” supplemented by “Sweden”) in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd (total 10 101 articles).

Figure 3. Distribution of articles per month, six months before and six after the election day in 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 with mentions of “(invandr* OR flykting* OR asylsök* OR migrant* OR nyanländ* OR utrikesfödd* OR etnisk*) AND (välfärd* OR arbetslös* OR bidrag* OR islam* OR integration* OR utanförskap* OR brott* OR våld* OR krimin* OR ang*) AND Sverige” (truncated versions of “immigrant,” “refugee,” “asylum seeker,” “migrant,” “newcomers,” “foreign born,” or “ethnic,” and “welfare,” “unemployed,” “benefits,” “Islam,” “integration,” “alienation,” “crime,” “violence,” “criminal,” or “gang,” supplemented by “Sweden”) in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd (total 10 101 articles).

Figure 4. Distribution of articles per year mentioning “(invandr* OR flykting* OR asylsök* OR migrant* OR nyanländ* OR utrikesfödd* OR etnisk*) AND Sverige” (truncated versions of “immigrant,” “refugee,” “asylum seeker,” “migrant,” “newcomers,” “foreign born,” or “ethnic,” supplemented by “Sweden”) in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd between 2010-01-01 and 2022-12-31 (totally 58 743 articles).

Figure 4. Distribution of articles per year mentioning “(invandr* OR flykting* OR asylsök* OR migrant* OR nyanländ* OR utrikesfödd* OR etnisk*) AND Sverige” (truncated versions of “immigrant,” “refugee,” “asylum seeker,” “migrant,” “newcomers,” “foreign born,” or “ethnic,” supplemented by “Sweden”) in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd between 2010-01-01 and 2022-12-31 (totally 58 743 articles).

Figure 5. Distribution of articles per year mentioning “invandr* AND Sverige” in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd between 2010-01-01 and 2022-12-31 (total 20 108 articles).

Figure 5. Distribution of articles per year mentioning “invandr* AND Sverige” in AB, DN, Ex, GP, SvD, and Syd between 2010-01-01 and 2022-12-31 (total 20 108 articles).

Table 2. Combined list of key discourse topics in Swedish Press reporting on immigration during national elections periods of 2010 & 2014.

Table 3. Combined list of key discourse topics in Swedish Press reporting on immigration during national elections of 2018 & 2022.

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