The Sweden Democrats are now the largest party, according to a recent study

Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Åkesson

The Sweden Democrats are now the largest party, according to a recent survey by YouGov made ​​for the Metro newspaper .

It is the first time a public opinion institute such an effect .

- I'm not surprised at all . It was a Norwegian study just a few weeks ago and it showed about the same results , says Li Bennich-Björkman , a political scientist at Uppsala University , told Expressen .

On Thursday released the Metro to new figures from polling institute YouGov .

The result is a record for the Sweden Democrats which, according to measurement is the largest party with 25.2 percent .

For the other parties , the result is very weak : the Social Democrats is 23.4 percent and the Conservatives 21.0 percent .

Soren Holmberg , professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg and tells Metro about the survey:

- This is not like that very surprising . We have seen this tendency long that SD is about to increase .

Lars Gylling, communications director at YouGov , says to Expressen :

- The result is something that you absolutely can not have imagined two years ago .

Interviews are conducted with 1527 people which is partly selected through a web panel where you yourself must register.
Brought reactions

Normally publishes a number of Swedish media such as SVT, SR and Expressen not YouGov survey with reference to the particular survey method. But even if YouGov is small this one is one of the world's largest research companies and when the largest free newspaper Metro in night released the figures brought immediately many reactions.

Sifo's CEO Yvonne Pernodd mean that one should be careful when working with the panels.

- It should not be based on that you can subscribe, or that you notify a friend. Then there is a discussion how to weigh and folded in order to get good results. But you do not know how this works, says Yvonne Pernodd Expressen.

Lars Gylling mean, however:

- We usually say that we have 16 different ways of recruiting. There is a panel you can sign up for, but we also have ads on TV and in newspapers. We also use the phone when we recruit.

The numbers are processed afterwards and compared with the results declared in the relevant areas, and is unreliable, united Gylling.

- Not if you have an eye on what you do, he says.
Press manager: Expected

SD's press officer Henrik Vinge says that the result was waited for him.

- There is a historic day. Most knew well that we would end up here, and the Sweden Democrats would become the largest party. It is clear that it feels unreal that it's finally happened. We are many who have struggled for years to reach this point and now we are here, says Vinge Expressen.

On Thursday morning commented Richard Jomshof measurement:

- It's unbelievable, says the Sweden Democrats' party secretary Richard Jomshof said.

He delighted the record result that the Sweden Democrats receive 25.2 percent of the YouGov survey published by Metro.

- I am convinced that the campaign against begging that we had in the Stockholm subway matter, for it had a tremendous impact, he says.

Li Bennich-Björkman, a political scientist at Uppsala University, says to Expressen last night:

- I'm not surprised at all. It was a Norwegian study just a few weeks ago and it showed about the same results.

Source:Expressen