Abstract
Denmark and Sweden differ from each other in terms of immigrant inclusion policies and welfare chauvinism. Since the turn of the century, the Danish People's Party has taken great strides. The former Danish center-right government which chose to rely on this radical right wing populist party made the shift to strict immigrant policies. By contrast, the radical right wing was weak until recently in Sweden, though the Sweden Democrats has increased its parliamentary seats since 2010. More importantly, the Swedish immigrant policies remain unchanged in principle. This difference should be comprehended not so much by examining the present party politics, as by tracing back
to the formative moments of the national, democratic and social regimes in each country. In Denmark, the issue of national regime was recurrently politicized, which led to a small state welfare democracy with traits of liberal nationalism. In Sweden, the inclusive state-society relation and strong corporatism were consolidated earlier than or in tandem with democratization, without strong national issues.
