On 15 May 2025, the Swedish government adopted a national strategy to strengthen Jewish life and combat antisemitism. In order for the strategy’s objectives to be achieved and lead to lasting changes, the government assigned a national coordinator for the strategy.
Isak Reichel, currently head of the Authority for Support to Faith Communities, has now been appointed as the national coordinator to ensure that the strategy has an impact and leads to lasting changes in society.
The role involves coordinating the authorities and actors who can contribute to the implementation of the strategy, providing expert support, and working to ensure that they help achieve the strategy’s objectives. The national coordinator will also monitor the strategy’s implementation and the achievement of its goals, and propose how the strategy should be followed up in the longer term.
The strategy represents a ten-year commitment for the period 2025–2034, and the national coordinator’s assignment extends until 2029. The assignment is to be carried out in dialogue and collaboration with the Jewish community and it must be fully reported by 31 March 2029 at the latest.
