The concept of integration is complex and multifaceted and is widely discussed in the socialsciences, social and political debates, as well as the media. Previous research in the field ofintegration has identified different modes of immigrant integration, i.e., multiculturalism,assimilation, and civic integration. The general trend in Europe is that of abandoning themulticultural approach to integration, and Sweden is considered an outlier in this regard. Thepurpose of this paper is to investigate the political integration rhetoric in Sweden over timeby conducting a multiple case study and comparing three major political parties in theSwedish parliament, namely, the Social Democratic Party, the Moderate Party, and theSweden Democrats. The goal is to analyze their respective definitions of integration andframings of immigrants over time. This paper conducts a qualitative analysis using thematicdata analysis and deductive logic. The empirical findings of this study point to the fact that Sweden is no longer an outlierregarding the general trend in Europe in abandoning the multicultural approach to integration.This paper concludes that regardless of any external factors, party politics and the growingsupport for SD among voters, a populist radical right party with its anti-immigrantsentiments, have to some extent influenced both S and M and their integration policies overtime, which has resulted in a shift in the political integration rhetoric in Sweden. Currently,all the parties examined in this paper view rights as the end goal of the integration processesat an individual level, despite the differences in the definition of integration and modes ofintegration policy between the parties. This is also evident in the contemporary politicalintegration rhetoric in Sweden, where all three parties agree that previous integrationstrategies have failed. Another major finding in this thesis is that the time period forintegration processes is often neglected both in party politics and in the scholarly literature;therefore, further research is needed on this aspect to determine whether the time frame forintegration processes should be country-specific or path-dependent.