Point of departure for this studie is the current trend of global democratic backsliding and the threat that populism, according to previous research, poses for democracy. The focus of the study is Sweden, a country with high marks in different democracy ratings. The current government in Sweden is however working together with a populist party in a range of policy areas. In the light of the co-operation between these so-called ”Tidö-parties”, the incremental character of current democratic backsliding and the threat that populism poses for democracy, the aim of this paper is to examine whether the governance of the so-called ”Tidö-parties” is showing signs of democratic backsliding. This is done through an idealtype-analysis, where the governance of the Tidö-parties, concerning media, civil society, minority rights and ”horizontal safeguards”, is examined and then compared to governance that, according to previous research, is characteristic för democratic backsliding. The results indicate that the governance of the Tidö-parties is showing signs of democratic backsliding, first and foremost with regard to minority rights, but also, to some extent, regarding media och civil society. These results further indicate that future research regarding potential backsliding in countrys with high marks in democracy ratings is warrented.