STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 30 (UPI) -- Sweden's National Democrat party plans to open pre-schools for only ethnic Swedish children, starting in Uppsala and Soderalje.
Within the next few weeks, the political party will start submitting applications to various local councils to open the Swedes-only schools, the online Swedish newspaper The Local reported Monday.
"It is very important that we can build up a safe and Swedish environment for our children. They can have the best possible start in life by growing up with Swedish culture," party leader Marc Abramsson said about why Sweden needs racially pure pre-schools.
Abramsson said Swedish children sent to multi-cultural pre-schools risk emerging with "low self-esteem and lacking an ethnic identity."
He added that Sweden resembles Eastern Europe under communism, "where they used school to indoctrinate the children."
"We want to instill children with Swedish values, nationalistic values. We want them to value more things than just earning money, such as honor and respect," he said.
He even said he supported other cultures creating their own schools, but added that, "they should learn about their culture and then move back there."
