Markus Allard

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Markus Allard
Leader of the Örebro Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 March 2014
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Örebro municipal assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Personal details
BornKarl Markus Alfred Allard
(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990
PartyÖrebro Party (since 2014)
Other party
Left (until 2013)
SADI (Mali - 2012)
RelativesHenry Allard (grandfather)

Karl Markus Alfred Allard (born 3 January 1990) is a Swedish politician, journalist and columnist, serving as leader of the Örebro Party since its inception in 2014. Since the general election in 2018, he is a municipal commissioner and member in the Örebro municipal assembly.[1] Following the 2022 election, he is also county commissioner and member of the Örebro county council.[2] Allard writes columns for the blog Ledarsidorna,[3] and has previously worked as a journalist for the online newspaper Nyheter Idag as well as the Sweden Democrat-connected media outlet Riks.[4]

He has a podcast with writer Malcom Kyeyune and with former Alternative for Sweden Riksdag candidate Erik Berglund.[5]

Allard and his party have been described as a nationalist[6], left-wing populist and right-wing populist.[7] He has also been accused of being a communist.[6]

Biography

From 2009 to 2013, Allard was chairman of the Young Left's district organisation in Örebro. He worked for the election campaign of Oumar Mariko in Mali during the 2012 Malian coup d'état.[8][9]

Markus Allard is the grandson of the Social Democratic politician and speaker of the Riksdag Henry Allard.

Political positions

Foreign policy

Markus Allard supports Sweden leaving NATO and massively increasing its weapons production and arms exports. [10][11] Allard is also in favor of Sweden leaving the European Union in a so called "Swexit".[12] Regarding support for Ukraine, Allard has stated on the platform X that Sweden should only support other countries on the condition that it benefits Sweden and that it has to be "Sweden first" that is the principle.[13] Before joining NATO, Allard wrote that he "does not understand how it lessens the military threat from Russia by joining NATO" and that he sees Russia as a threat to Sweden regardless of who rules Russia due to geopolitical reasons.[14]

Allard has voiced support for the idea of a Nordic union.[15]

The Swedish foreign aid budget has also come under criticism from Markus Allard who has voiced support for abolishing it, arguing it costs far to much money.[16]

In a post from 2012 Allard criticized the state of Israel and wrote that "Cuba is going to be placed under an embargo but the fascist apartheid state of Israel is defended until the last Palestinian child has been incinerated. Liberal politics."[17] In 2025 he again referenced the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and wrote that he “does not give a shit” about Israel or Palestine and that he thinks it is wrong to kill children regardless of which side perpetuates it.[18]

Remigration

Markus Allard has voiced support for the idea of large scale remigration on multiple occasions. On one occasion, in a debate with a Liberal member of parliament, he asked why the Liberal party "does not wish to deport 100 000 social welfare-Somalis?"[19] In the same debate Allard also claimed that "Sweden belongs to the Swedes. We have to make sure that we take care of our own damn people and we must deport these damn parasites who sit and live at our expense."[20] Regarding deporting those born in Sweden, Allard said in a podcast that "They will also be forced to leave, even if they are born in Sweden, because they have no natural connection to Sweden. They are not Swedish." [21]

Use of public expenditure

A stedfast opponent of spending tax payer money on art and monuments, Allard has frequently criticized various projects in Örebro as a "waste of tax payer money", including the construction of a chromed apple on the top of a hill in the Örebro neighborhood of Vivalla that was built for a cost of 660 000 SEK.[22] Allard has also been a vocal critic of what he refers to as "made up occupations", being occupations with high salaries, most often in the public sector, which Markus Allard sees as unnecessary services and yet again a waste of tax payer money.[23][24]

Welfare

The Örebro Party with Allard as its leader says it wants to cut the salary for politicians and use that money to make dental care free/subsidized by the money taken from the politicians salaries.[25] On the topic of lowering the work hours Allard, in 2026 in the municipal assembly, voted in favor of a proposal by the Left party to enable a 30 hour work week with retained salary for some welfare occupations such as preschool teachers and employees at care facilities as a trial project that would after two years be evaluated.[26]

Other

Allard has criticized the Swedish policy on alcohol and says he wants to allow for the sale of alcohol in stores, without abolishing the Swedish alcohol monopoly. He also proposes lowering the legal age of buying alcohol in stores from 20 years today to 18 years. According to Markus Allard the Swedish alcohol monopoly chain Systembolaget should extend their opening times to also be open on Saturday afternoons and on Sundays and that the chain should also be allowed to sell cooled beer.[27]

References

  1. "Örebro Kommunfullmäktige Uppdrag". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Markus Allard • regionorebrolan.se". www.regionorebrolan.se. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  3. "Ledarsidorna". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. "Markus Allard". Nyheter Idag. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "Markus och Malcom i Apple Podcasts". podcasts.apple.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. Slöseriombudsmannen (13 November 2025). "Aktivist, realist, haverist, kommunist, nationalist och populist – Markus Allard har kallats det mesta. Klart är i alla fall att han blivit viral genom att rasa mot skatteslöseri i Örebros talarstol". Facebook.
  7. Dovstad, Kajsa (8 December 2025). "Kajsa Dovstad: Folk vill inte betala för byråkrater med låtsasjobb". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  8. "Ovisst inför val i Mali". Arbetaren (in Swedish). 25 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. Radio, Sveriges (5 March 2012). "Volontär i korruptionspräglade Mali – P4 Örebro". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. Yoshi's Podcast (28 May 2026). Sätter Örebropartiet Sverige först? | Markus Allard | #176. Retrieved 29 May 2026 – via YouTube.
  11. Allard.Klipp, Allard.Klipp (29 May 2026). "@Markus_Allard i Yoshis podcast om NATO och den svenska vapenindustrin".
  12. Riks (20 May 2023). Markus Allard: Därför ska Sverige lämna EU. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via YouTube.
  13. Markus, Allard (14 November 2025). "Jag ska spruta ur mig åsikter om utrikespolitik. Jag har ju hittills bara sagt att".
  14. Markus, Allard (13 May 2022). "Ja jag skulle säga att Ryssland alltid är ett hot oavsett vilken regim som finns där, av rent geopolitiska orsaker. Men sen kan man förhålla sig till det på olika sätt. Och jag fattar inte hur vi minskar hotbilden mot Sverige om vi går med i NATO".
  15. Markus, Allard (26 July 2022). "Vi borde ha en nordisk union istället".
  16. Allard.Klipp, Allard.Klipp (26 April 2026). "@Markus_Allard i Studio3: "43 miljarder i bistånd? Prioritera Sverige och svenskarna!"".
  17. Markus, Allard (18 November 2012). "Kuba ska sättas i embargo men fascistiska apartheidstaten Israel ska försvaras till sista palestinska barnet brunnit upp. Liberal politik". x.com. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  18. Markus, Allard (6 November 2025). "Jag har en position som ni alla kan reta er på. Jag skiter i Israel och jag skiter i Palestina. Jag tycker det är fel att döda barn och plåga civila oavsett vilken sida det gäller. I yngre dar var det lättare att vara 110 % säker på att man hade rätt om allting. Det överlåter jag åt andra i det här fallet".
  19. laura-ingemarsson (27 April 2026). "Martin Melin om parasit-kommentaren: "Borde ha markerat"". Dagens ETC (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  20. laura-ingemarsson (27 April 2026). "Martin Melin om parasit-kommentaren: "Borde ha markerat"". Dagens ETC (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  21. Allard.Klipp, Allard.Klipp (28 May 2026). "@Markus_Allard i Yoshis podcast om utvisningar".
  22. Nilsson, Johannes (26 November 2019). "Ny viral attack från Allard: "Slösar 660 000 av örebroarnas skattemedel på ett kromat äppelskrutt" - Nyheter Idag". Nyheter Idag - Du vet att vi behövs! (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  23. Broman, Joakim (17 April 2026). "SMEDJAN | Klasskampen lever i Örebro – men inte i V". Timbro (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  24. Dovstad, Kajsa (8 December 2025). "Kajsa Dovstad: Folk vill inte betala för byråkrater med låtsasjobb". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  25. Ejdeholt, Eva EjdeholtTextEva; Wärnelid, Göran WärnelidTextGöran (15 May 2018). "Springare och Allard till attack mot proffspolitikerna: "Har man suttit i 30 år med en lön på 60 000 vill man inte flytta på sig"". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  26. Markus, Allard (19 May 2026). "Beslutsunderlag Motion (V), 2025-03-26 Svar på motion - V - kortare arbetstid med bibehållen lön, 2026-03-03 Beslut från Förskolenämnden 2026-03-10, § 52 Beslut från Vård- och omsorgsnämnden 2026-03-19, § 58 Förslag till beslut Kommunstyrelsens förslag till Kommunfullmäktige: - Motionen avslås. På Kommunstyrelsens sammanträde reserverade sig Martha Wicklund (V) och Markus Allard (ÖrP) mot beslutet till förmån för bifallsyrkande till motionen" (PDF). Örebro kommun: 21.
  27. Markus, Allard (17 April 2026). "Skriver ikapp valprogrammet nu... Droppar lite smågrejer här från alkoholdelen (det är ju fredag vafan): ALKOHOL I BUTIK - UTAN ATT AVVECKLA BOLAGET Örebropartiet vill möjliggöra för köp av alkohol i butik utan att för delen av avveckla Systembolaget. Om Systembolaget får ha hyllplatser i matvarubutiker så blir de som vill ha alkoholförsäljning i butik nöjda och de som vill bevara systembolaget blir nöjda. (Jag är ju kompromissernas man, det vet ju alla.) 18-ÅRS GRÄNS PÅ ALLA ALKOHOLKÖP Naturligtvis bör det vara 18-års gräns på alla köp av alkohol, alltså inte bara på krogen, utan även på bolaget/i butik. Slopa 20-årsgränsen. 18 år rakt över. KALL JÄVLA ÖL PÅ BOLAGET FFS! Det ska också finnas kall öl på bolaget OCH det ska gå att handla alkohol även på lördagseftermiddagar och på söndagar. Kommer släppa fler grejer snart också. Som kanske har lite större tyngd för samhällsinriktningen..."