You won’t believe this, but Sweden has its own Somali problems too. Just eight days after our general election, a major scandal has exploded in Borlänge, central Sweden. A previously unknown Somali-born Left Party candidate, Mohamed Abdukardir Ali, has been personally voted into parliament from ninth place on the list. He was denied Swedish citizenship in 2024 over 163,000 kronor ($16k) in tax debts, student loans and private loans to the enforcement authority. He got debt restructuring that wiped the slate to zero because he was deemed unable to pay. Then, in February 2026, just over a month before the candidate lists were locked in, he suddenly became a citizen. Now he’s in the Riksdag on a monthly salary of 81,400 kronor. ($8k) Police had him under surveillance during early voting. Reports say people were driven from vulnerable areas to polling stations and handed pre-marked Left Party ballots with his name already ticked. Some were even offered money to vote for him. The National Anti-Corruption Unit has reopened the investigation. This isn’t isolated. Five Somali-background MPs just entered parliament, three Greens and two Left Party members. The same pattern seen in Minnesota, USA, where Somali communities have faced serious issues with gangs and fraud, is now playing out in Swedish politics. If the election is annulled, everything changes. If not, a man who couldn’t even get citizenship two years ago is now earning a full parliamentary salary. This isn’t a coincidence, it’s a pattern.