# A lone Black woman’s defiance of Swedish neo-Nazis, 10 years on

https://mins.news/en/item/37331

- The Guardian, 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/sweden-neo-nazi-resistance-2016-tess-asplund-far-right

> In 2016, Tess Asplund stood alone with her fist raised in front of hundreds of marching neo-Nazis, becoming a global symbol of resistance to the far right. Ten years later, as Sweden approaches an election in which the Sweden Democrats are expected to finish second, Asplund says the far right has been normalised and describes the political shift as racist and shameful.