Neo-nazi

The following articles have been tagged with "Neo-nazi":

Auschwitz theft suspect awaits extradition

National: 11 Mar 10
Former Swedish neo-Nazi Anders Högström is to be extradited to Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, Stockholm district court ruled on Thursday. READ »

Swede denies Auschwitz sign theft charges

National: 12 Feb 10
One-time neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström has denied the charges against him following his arrest on Thursday in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz. READ »

Sweden arrests Auschwitz sign suspect

National: 11 Feb 10
Police in Stockholm have arrested former neo-Nazi Anders Högström in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

'Auschwitz thief no priority': Swedish police

National: 11 Feb 10
Swedish police have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of being behind the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, but the matter has not been given a high priority. READ »

Arrest warrant for Swede over Auschwitz sign theft

National: 2 Feb 10
Police in Poland have issued a warrant for the arrest of Anders Högström, a former neo-Nazi recently indicted over the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows

Society: 27 Jan 10
Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety. READ »

'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made. READ »

Swede gives millions to German anti-Islam party

National: 25 Jan 10
Swedish far-right businessman Patrik Brinkmann has announced he will pour €5 million ($7.1 million) into the coffers of Pro NRW, an anti-Islam populist party based in Cologne, Germany. READ »

Stieg Larsson book 'pure slander': partner

Society: 19 Jan 10
Eva Gabrielsson, long-time partner of best-selling author Stieg Larsson, has slammed a new book claiming he was a mediocre journalist who lacked objectivity. READ »

Sweden to tackle 'ticking bomb' of Islamic violence

Politics: 19 Jan 10
Sweden needs to do more to help young “violence-affirming Islamists” turn their backs on extremist organizations, minister for integration Nyamko Sabuni said on Tuesday. READ »

Swede charged over Auschwitz sign theft

National: 14 Jan 10
The Swedish ex-Nazi who admitted to having a role in planning the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the World War II death camp in Auschwitz was indicted by Polish justice officials on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish ex-Nazi 'proud' of Auschwitz sign role

Politics: 8 Jan 10
Former neo-Nazi Anders Högström has come clean in the Swedish media about his part in the theft and subsequent recovery of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

Ex-Nazi: 'I was Auschwitz sign middleman'

National: 7 Jan 10
A Swede suspected of involvement in the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Free" sign from Auschwitz has spoken out about his role in the raid on the former Nazi death camp. READ »

Three in Sweden sought for Auschwitz sign theft

National: 7 Jan 10
Prosecutors in Poland said on Wednesday they are interested in questioning three Swedish residents about the theft of the iconic "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp. READ »

Swedish Auschwitz sign suspect contacts lawyer

National: 5 Jan 10
High profile defence lawyer Peter Althin has said he will represent a Swede being linked to the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz should Swedish prosecutors opt to press charges. READ »

Brit hired Swedish Nazis for Auschwitz raid: report

National: 4 Jan 10
A Swedish right-wing extremist group agreed to help a wealthy UK-based Nazi sympathizer acquire the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from Auschwitz in exchange for "huge money", according to a British newspaper. READ »

Sweden's help sought in Auschwitz theft probe

National: 30 Dec 09
Polish authorities investigating possible Swedish ties to the theft of the Auschwitz “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign planned to formally ask for help from the Swedish justice ministry, the Polish justice ministry said on Wednesday. READ »

Police doubt Swedish ties to Auschwitz theft

National: 24 Dec 09
Amid speculations about a 'mysterious Swede' being behind the the theft of the Nazi "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, Swedish police have said they had no information about about a possible Swedish connection to the crime. READ »

Stieg Larsson's partner rejects family millions

Society: 11 Dec 09
The late Stieg Larsson's long-time partner Eva Gabrielsson has refused 20 million kronor ($2.8 million) that the writer’s brother and father offered her in a gesture to alleviate a long-running dispute over the author’s estate. READ »

Ex-moderate Muslim to form 'anti-Zionist' party in Sweden

Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists. READ »

Swedish extremists pose 'serious threat'

National: 7 Jul 09
Political extremists in Sweden are generally more violent than their counterparts in Germany and Denmark, a new report shows. READ »

Women 'more active' on Swedish neo-Nazi scene

Society: 22 May 09
Women are playing an increasingly active role on the Swedish neo-Nazi scene, a new book has revealed. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazi to set up shop in Berlin

National: 14 May 09
A prominent Swedish right-wing extremist with ties to German neo-Nazis is relocating to Berlin, the Continent Europe Foundation announced on Thursday. READ »

Sweden Democrat leader joins white power singsong

National: 6 Apr 09
Leading members of the far-right Sweden Democrats sang racist songs while attending a party conference. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson was among the singers. READ »

Muslim group: 'Make halal slaughter legal'

Politics: 31 Mar 09
The Muslim Association of Sweden has renewed calls for the legalization of religious slaughter practices such as kosher and halal. READ »

6,000 join Malmö Davis Cup protest

National: 7 Mar 09
Police estimate that up to 6,000 demonstrators have joined a march in Malmö to protest against the ongoing Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel in the city. READ »

Crowd ban 'risks bolstering extremists'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou. READ »

Neo-Nazis 'part of violent German-Swedish network'

National: 21 Feb 09
Three Swedes suspected of involvement in a violent attack on left wing activists in Germany last weekend are part of a network of German and Swedish neo-Nazi groups, according to German media. READ »

Swedes sought in Germany following neo-Nazi violence

National: 16 Feb 09
Police in Germany have issued an arrest warrant for three Swedes suspected in a roadside attack by a group of neo-Nazis against left-wing activists in eastern Germany on Saturday. READ »

Church furor over 'racist' religious group

Society: 22 Jan 09
The Church of Sweden on Thursday cited lax oversight as the reason why a conservative religious group aiming to convert Sweden to Catholicism and with leaders who deny the Holocaust was given permission to hold meetings in Swedish churches. READ »

Police detain 470 at neo-Nazi demonstration

National: 7 Dec 08
Police took 470 activists into custody at Saturday's demonstrations in Salem, south of Stockholm. 15 were arrested as police reported a "successful day". READ »

Protests build against neo-Nazi demo

National: 6 Dec 08
Police have stopped a group of militant activists on their way to Salem, south of Stockholm to disrupt a neo-Nazi demo scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere protests grow against the annual demonstration. READ »

Widespread benefit fraud among career criminals

National: 6 Dec 08
Thirteen career criminals have been reported to the police for serious benefit fraud as the social insurance agency targets widespread abuse of the system among criminal gangs. READ »

Nazis suspected of political arson attacks

National: 4 Dec 08
Police suspect Swedish neo-Nazi groups of burning down a Stockholm cultural centre and setting fire to an apartment occupied by a young family in two separate arson attacks in the last week. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazi party undergoes makeover

Politics: 25 Nov 08
The National Socialist Front (NSF), one of the dominant groups within Sweden’s white-power movement, has disbanded and is re-launching itself as the Folkfronten ('People’s Front’) party. READ »

Swedes block Danish neo-Nazi extradition

National: 15 Nov 08
Sweden's highest legal official Göran Lambertz has argued that a Danish neo-Nazi can not be extradited from Sweden to face charges in Germany as he has committed no crime under Swedish law. READ »

Sweden Democrat used Nazi propaganda

Politics: 7 Jul 08
The Sweden Democrats have landed in hot water after one of their representatives published an article on the party's website using phrases borrowed from a neo-Nazi group. READ »

Neo-Nazi arrests on National Day

National: 7 Jun 08
Over 100 neo-Nazis were arrested by police as National Day celebrations turned violent in Stockholm on Friday. READ »

Nazis assault feminist festival-goers

Society: 19 May 08
At least seven people attending a festival promoting feminism were assaulted on Sunday evening by a group of neo-Nazis in a small village in eastern Sweden. READ »

Swedish soldier tied to neo-Nazi groups

National: 13 Mar 08
A soldier in the Nordic Battle Group has been found to be a well known Nazi sympathizer. READ »

Police uncover neo-Nazi arms cache

National: 11 Mar 08
Police in Stockholm have confiscated a large number of weapons and explosives following a raid on a neo-Nazi organization. READ »

Neo-nazis arrested near Kosovo demonstration

National: 2 Mar 08
A group of 20 neo-Nazis were detained by police in Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazis become more violent

National: 9 Feb 08
Sweden's three largest neo-Nazi groups were busy in 2007 conducting 1,142 activities. The Security Service warns that neo-Nazis are becoming more violent. READ »

Sex photos cause political row

Society: 30 Jan 08
An exhibition of graphic sex photos by an American artist have caused a split between politicians in a Swedish town. READ »

Clashes at annual neo-Nazi march

National: 8 Dec 07
Swedish police said they detained around 200 people on Saturday after clashes between neo-Nazis and anti-racism activists in Salem. READ »

Violence at Karl XII demo

National: 30 Nov 07
Eight people have been detained in Lund during demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the death of King Karl XII. READ »

Sweden's Madrid qualifier deemed 'high risk'

Sport: 14 Nov 07
Sweden's Euro 2008 qualifier against Spain in Madrid on Saturday has been deemed a "high risk" match due to the expected arrival of some 6,000 Swedish fans and plans for several political protests in the Spanish capital. READ »

Teen Nazis convicted of brutal murder

National: 1 Nov 07
Two 16-year old members of a neo-Nazi group have been convicted of the murder of a physically disabled 55-year-old man. READ »

Two jailed for Nazi demo attack

National: 25 Oct 07
Two men with neo-Nazi connections have been given lengthy jail sentences for their involvement in a knife attack during a clash between right and left wing extremists in Stockholm last month. READ »

Google blocks 'pornographic' video of art attack

Society: 10 Oct 07
Search engine giant Google has blocked access to video footage of four masked men who vandalized the photo exhibition 'A history of sex' at an art gallery in Lund on Friday. The company said the video contained "too much porn". READ »

Teen Nazis 'murdered disabled man'

National: 10 Oct 07
Two teenage boys have been charged with murdering a disabled 55-year-old man near Stockholm in June. The suspects are members of a known neo-Nazi group. READ »

Sweden Democrats win men's support

Politics: 23 Sep 07
The far-right Sweden Democrats could soon be the third most popular party among Swedish men, according to a new poll. READ »

'Neo-nazis' storm anti-racism concert

Society: 26 Aug 07
Ten youths were assaulted with sticks and glass bottles at an anti-racism concert in Farsta, in the south of Stockholm, on Saturday night. READ »

Neo-Nazi given lists of Coast Guard names

National: 7 Aug 07
The Swedish Coast Guard is the latest organization found to have provided a list of its employees' names to a 33-year-old man reported to be the leader of a right wing extremist group. READ »

A quickie with... Karolina Lassbo

Lifestyle: 20 Jun 07
Karolina Lassbo is a successful blogger and the coordinator of Metro's new blog venture. But the self-styled glamour princess was also at the centre of an online storm last year when controversial comments about National Socialism provoked an angry reaction. READ »

Swedish army trains right-wing extremists

National: 7 Jun 07
A number of conscripts in the Swedish army are known to have Nazi sympathies, according to a new report. READ »

Neo-Nazi convicted of gay-bashing

Society: 11 Apr 07
The leader of a neo-Nazi group in southern Sweden has been jailed for three months for an attack on the local headquarters of gay rights group RFSL. READ »

The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 07
Bystander in the Second World War, yet refuge for victims of the Nazis. A leader in promoting tolerance, yet with a resurgent far-right. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden. READ »

Swede convicted of Bosnia torture

National: 18 Dec 06
Swede Jackie Arklöv has been convicted of crimes against international law perpetrated in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993. Arklöv was a mercenary for a Croatian militia during the conflict in the Balkans. READ »

School to fail racist pupils

National: 29 Mar 06
Pupils at a junior high school in Kungälv risk being failed in social studies if they sympathise with racist or neo-nazi organisations. The National Agency for Education has reservations about the school's initiative. READ »

Rioting at Linköping Nazi demo

National: 29 Oct 05
Around 100 people have been arrested and parts of Linköping town centre sealed off after rioting broke out at a far-right demonstration in the town. "It's a very threatening situation" say police. READ »

Neo-Nazi faces damages claims "worth millions"

National: 9 Jun 05
A Swedish neo-Nazi who kept a list of names of over 1,000 people could be liable to pay over a million kronor in damages, following a judgement in Helsingborg. The man categorized people as "Jewish", "nigger", or "paedophile". READ »

Neo-nazis plan National Day march

Society: 22 May 05
Extreme-right groups are planning demonstrations in Stockholm on June 6th, according to media reports - and that's not what the government had in mind for Sweden's new bank holiday. READ »

Anti-gay pastor wins appeal

Society: 11 Feb 05
Pentacostalist pastor Åke Green, who was jailed for saying that homosexuality was “a cancer on the face of society”, has had his conviction overturned, to the delight of religious groups. Gay campaigners say they are “disturbed” by the ruling, and prosecutors vow to take the case to the supreme court. READ »

Swedish gay hate priest launches appeal

Society: 19 Jan 05
A Pentacostalist pastor appeals his jail sentence for a sermon in which he called homosexuality a "tumour on the body of society". Supporters say freedom of speech is at risk. Gay groups say the pastor's words were worthy of neo-Nazis. READ »