The sweden democrats have expelled members who had the link to the felt högerextremisten Patrik Brinkmann.
But Aftonbladet can reveal that the party leader Jimmie Åkesson wanted to meet the Brinkmann to beg for money to the party.
the Meetings would be “completely unofficial” and concealed before the voters.
“maybe It is a problem if you are Jimmie is seen so publicly in these contexts,” writes Kent Ekeroth in an email.
“Agree with in your risk analysis,” the SD leader and proposes four occasions when he may meet högerextremisten.
He is a multi-millionaire who got the German secret service eyes on her, the suspect in order to gather leading european neo-fascists in his luxury villa in Berlin, according to the respected magazine Der Spiegel. But he also declared themselves to be Israelvän and ran a foundation that would fight “afrikaniseringen” and the “islamisation” of Europe.
German-Swedish Patrik Brinkmann, 49, is also the person that he had tried to attract as a financier to the party.
Borrowed money of the members
for the 2010 election was the SD in desperate need of money. In order to eke out valkassan were loans from the members. They got to buy so-called medlemsobligationer for 5 000 sek a piece. In this way, the party a total of five million.
“It was a loud game. We risked bankruptcy and not being able to pay back the money if we do not come into the parliament”, says a former member.
the Gamble succeeded, however. With riksdagsinträdet followed the millions in state aid. Parts of it were used to pay back the five million crowns plus a million dollars in return and the interest rate, according to a review that SVT did a few years ago.
But the SD relied not only on the sympatisörernas wallets. In June 2010, thanked the party’s international secretary Kent Ekeroth, yes, to be interviewed in the american Frontpage Magazine, a conservative nättidskrift where many well-known islamhatare involved.
“Maybe someone benevolent of”
“we get out there that we are short of money and people are trying to sabotage for us, perhaps npr benevolent hear? some wealthy americans who read it where I think,” wrote Ekeroth to the then partikollegan Erik Almqvist.
“I think it makes sense” he replied.
Erik Almqvist was one of the driving SD:s in the pursuit of external funding agencies. Aftonbladet wrote in the spring about his unsuccessful attempts to attract investors to the SD card’s media projects.
And it is precisely Almqvist, who will receive up your eyes for the Swedish-German multi-millionaire Patrik Brinkmann. He sends an email to the current group leader Mattias Karlsson titled “the New businessman in the far right”.
“this dude seems to be really dense,” writes Almqvist and links to the article which is about how Brinkmann suspected of having established a headquarters for the right wing extremists in his new home in Berlin.
Indicted but not on the rocks
in 2006, was charged with Brinkmann to have withheld millions in taxes for the trades he made in real estate and construction industry at the turn of the millennium. He came to be exonerated in the court of appeal, but despite several bankruptcies and mångmiljonkrav from the Bailiff was the Brinkmann hardly penniless. According to Business where the shareholding of his family controlled the mining company Wiking Mineral worth 32.4 million dollars.
In January 2010, wrote the anti-racist magazine Expo that he planned to donate five million to a antimuslimskt party in Germany. Erik Almqvist picked up the note.
“Maybe can lead to something good. However, it should be noted that the financier is probably the right extreme, then, he seems to be a part of the Nordic League’s network,” he writes in an email.
The now-defunct Nordic Federation was founded by the Brinkmanns confidant Daniel Friberg with a past in the Swedish white power environment. Friberg founded the extreme right-wing site and think-tank Counterpoint, and was also PRESIDENT of Wiking Mineral. He describes himself as “värdekonservativ and traditionalist” in an interview with vt.see.
Ekeroth get the go-ahead of Karlsson
SD-peaks directly understood that Brinkmann could be a burden for the party. At the same time that his money and contacts could also be a great asset. They were looking diligently for evidence that he was not as extreme as he seemed. They sent artikellänkar to each other, which showed that he joined in a right-wing German party to “liberalize it from the inside”. They went through his page on Facebook. With the exception of friendship with Nationaldemokraternas the then leader Marc Abramsson was “his facebook pretty clean from the crap”, Almqvist notify the party with Åkesson in the tip.
Almqvist wrote also:
“given his financial muscle, I think we should get in touch with him to see what it can lead to”.
In the beginning of February 2010, Ekeroth cleared by Mattias Karlsson to hit the Brinkmann. A few years later, will Karlsson be with and toss out members who had dealings with the Brinkmann, and the circle around him out of SD (see another article). But in 2010, he is one of the most driving to the meeting will take place.
“Maybe a problem if you are Jimmie visible so publicly”
“the Best chance of success would we have if Jimmie took the initial contact?”, wrote Karlsson Almqvist and Åkesson.
But it is Kent Ekeroth, who first hit the Brinkmann.
In march 2010, gathered the european right-wing extremists in German Gelsenkirchen. In one of the halls in the 1500-century Horst hangs a huge placard. It depicts a woman in a black veil, and seven minarets. The “stop islam” it says in the text. The purpose of the meeting is to arouse public opinion for a ban on moskébyggande in the whole of the EU. It is the first time Ekeroth and Brinkmann, meet. Ekeroth holding a much appreciated speech on the “islamisation” of Sweden, according to the investigative reporter Christoph Andersson, who himself is on the spot to make a radio documentary about the Brinkmann.
the Meeting seems to have turned out well. At the end of april, the forward Ekeroth letter to the party leadership from Brinkmann, where they are invited to a barbecue in his garden in “the residence” in Berlin. The meeting would include representatives from the högernationalistiska and populist österriska the FPÖ and the belgian Vlaams Belang to be.
But the invitation makes Ekeroth worried.
high risk for SD to take
“maybe It is a problem if you are Jimmie is seen so publicly in these contexts? “Guilt-by-association” becomes a lot stronger if the SD’s of the party out here. Or what do you think? Instinctively feels it may be better to only with him to try to discuss how he can help in the elections (as early as possible)?”, wrote Ekeroth.
He is joined by Åkesson:
“Agree with in your risk analysis. Possible dates for me: 12-14 may, 17-18 may, 26-28 may, 1-4 June,” the SD leader.
the Contact had not necessarily to be a secret, but it is “totally inappropriate” for him to participate in an official meeting abroad, writes Åkesson.
“… instinctively, it feels like a pretty big risk for SD to take – a risk that may weigh up the advantage of get funding. We are already well on the way into parliament – perhaps your participation at an event such as this hinder more than help us in the election?”, continue Ekeroth. SEE ALSO PLUS LIST: Here is SD’s biggest scandals
“What we want? Money?”
Relations with the controversial european parties should preferably be kept secret, writes Mattias Karlsson. Contact and networking in Europe in order to build a strong “kulturnationalistisk/socialkonservativ international” is, according to Karlsson, is extremely important. But preferably without that the Swedish media do the “one huge thing of it”. Therefore, he does not want to see any press releases or big ideas on the party’s websites on an SD:are speech abroad. “At least until the elections”, as he puts it.
But because Brinkmann is assessed as “grabbing” the efforts of the management to get to a meeting in the spring of 2010. Ekeroth is the messenger. He writes to the party:
“I would therefore be grateful if you could give me some info on what we want (money?) and even if so put it in context (t).ex. the cost of commercial rails, etc.). What would you see as a successful meeting? What is the goal? If it is to get money from him, in that case, how much?”
No money without publicity
But Åkesson’s reluctance to be at the bbq with the other right-wing parties do that Brinkmanns interest cooling.
When Åkesson is ready “to take it “match” it means to have contact with me and representatives of the Vlaams Belang and the FPÖ, which are often found in my surroundings”, he is welcome to hear from him again, writes Brinkmann to Ekeroth.
“Surely you understand that it would feel a bit sad if it is so that my money goes well but the outside must the acquaintance to be unfamiliar. Hope you understand my reflections,” he concludes.
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