This study investigates the portrayal of Sweden's five national minorities in textbooks adapted for the Swedish National Curriculum (Lgr11) in grades 7-9. In 2022, the curriculum and syllabi (Lgr22) for compulsory school, compulsory special needs education, Sámi school, and special schools were revised. This, coupled with the varied availability of updated textbooks across Sweden, indicates a risk that the teaching taking place in the subject of social studies in grades 7-9 may present Sweden's five national minorities in a manner inconsistent with Lgr22. To address the study's research questions, a critical multimodal discourse analysis was employed, revealing that textbooks adapted for Lgr11 present the national minorities in a manner incongruent with Lgr22 and highlighting challenges in how the national minorities are represented in the textbooks. There is a need for a more diverse and inclusive treatment of these groups to promote a fairer and more representative portrayal of society. Textbooks must acknowledge and incorporate various perspectives and experiences from national minorities to foster understanding and respect for diversity in society. Thus, it can also be argued that the need for updated textbooks on the subject of social studies is of paramount importance.

In Sweden, the web-TV channel Riks which is a media initiative on YouTube by nationalist political party Sweden Democrats, has gained popularity contributing to the normalization of nationalist discourses. The aim of this study is to analyze how the discursive and visual construction and representation of women on Riks are created in nationalist discourse. Investigating this issue provides insight into the values that are being promoted and their potential consequences. The study was conducted through an intersectional theory and Stuart Hall’s representation theory with a multimodal critical discourse analysis methodology. The study found that women who are assigned the category as ’immigrants’ and ’Muslim’ were portrayed as deviant, having their voices erased and overlooked while simultaneously being portrayed as victims. ’White’ women were also portrayed as victims of the ’mass immigration’, but they were distinctively assigned agency, with the role of doing something about the situation, while ’immigrant women’ were told to ’repatriate’, reflecting their role as not acceptable within the nation.