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Nationalists abandon 'warrior king' anniversary

National: 28 Nov 11
This year's anniversary of the death of Swedish warrior king Karl XII, traditionally commemorated by the extreme right in Sweden, is said to be a low key affair, saving resources for a demonstration planned for December. READ »

Ikea boss sacked for 'pro-Nazi' Facebook posts

Business & Money: 24 Nov 11
The manager of an Ikea store in Germany, who had Facebook friends belonging to a neo-Nazi political party, has been dismissed for posting offensive opinions on the social networking site. READ »

Paedophile site probed for privacy violations

National: 7 Nov 11
A new website set up by a Swede with ties to neo-Nazi groups and featuring the names and contact information of dozens of convicted child sex offenders has been reported for data privacy violations. READ »

Fast food freebie features swastika tattoo

Society: 11 Aug 11
When 8-year-old Eddie and his family recently ate at a fast food outlet in Umeå in northern Sweden, they were surprised to find that the gift inside the box featured a swastika tattoo. READ »

Swedish Nazis hold town fair recruitment drive

Politics: 27 Jul 11
A Swedish neo-Nazi movement conducted a recruitment drive at Kivik's annual fair in southern Sweden last week. "Unacceptable" according to the organizers, who have promised to tighten security for next year. READ »

Swedish security police analyse terror manifesto

National: 25 Jul 11
The Swedish Security Service are to conduct a "thorough examination" of the manifesto distributed by the man behind the Norway twin attacks, which included detailed instructions on how far-right terror can be spread to Sweden. READ »

Norway terror suspect member of Nazi web forum: advocacy group

National: 23 Jul 11
The suspect in the twin attacks that killed at least 92 people in Norway was a member of a Swedish neo-Nazi Internet forum, a group monitoring far-right activity said Saturday. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazi site charged with hate speech

National: 22 Jul 11
Charges have been filed against the publisher of a website affiliated with a Swedish neo-Nazi movement for allowing a reader comment containing racial slurs to remain on the site. READ »

Scouts say no to neo-Nazi camp tenants

National: 8 Jul 11
A Swedish neo-Nazi political party, planning to gather this weekend in Höör, in southern Sweden, had not told the Scout association, the landlord of the premises, what it was to be used for. READ »

Swedish kids invited to neo-Nazi summer camp

National: 14 Jun 11
A Swedish neo-Nazi political party is offering children free admission to a camp scheduled to be held in a secret location in southern Sweden this summer. But not everyone is welcome to attend. READ »

Four held in paedophile blackmail scheme

National: 14 Apr 11
Four men from the same family in eastern Sweden, accused of posing as children on the internet and blackmailing paedophiles, were remanded in custody on Thursday. READ »

Sweden Democrat criticises 'race mixing'

Politics: 13 Feb 11
A replacement municipal councillor for the Sweden Democrats in eastern Sweden may be expelled from the party after writing in an online forum that he is against "race mixing" and that Europeans have children with "niggers, Asians, etc." READ »

Gabrielsson blames Millennium feud on men who hate women

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 11
As the dispute over the estate of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson heats up, his longtime partner, Eva Gabrielsson, is starting to feel like Millennium-trilogy heroine Lisbeth Salander, the AFP's Robert MacPherson discovers. READ »

Larsson partner: 'I can finish Millennium series'

Society: 13 Jan 11
Eva Gabrielsson, the longtime partner of Swedish author Stieg Larsson, as said she could complete the unfinished fourth volume of the wildly-successful Millennium crime trilogy if she could secure the rights. READ »

Swede jailed for Auschwitz sign theft

National: 30 Dec 10
A Polish court on Thursday sentenced a Swedish neo-Nazi leader who admitted to masterminding the theft of the Auschwitz death camp entrance sign, to 32 months behind bars in his homeland. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazi booted from local council

Politics: 17 Dec 10
A Swedish neo-Nazi has lost his seat on a local council in Grästorp in western Sweden after authorities discovered that he does not live in the municipality. READ »

Swede strikes plea deal for Auschwitz theft

National: 25 Nov 10
A Swedish neo-Nazi leader will serve prison time in his homeland after pleading guilty for his role in the theft of entrance sign of the Auschwitz death camp, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday. READ »

Neo-Nazi site charged over reader comment

Society: 16 Nov 10
Charges have been filed against the publisher of a website affiliated with a Swedish neo-Nazi magazine for allowing a reader comment with racial slurs to remain on the site. READ »

Neo-Nazi takes seat in local Swedish council

Politics: 5 Nov 10
A newly elected municipal council representative from a neo-Nazi nationalist party started his first day as an elected official in western Sweden with a lesson on the ABCs of democracy. READ »

Top Sweden Democrat convicted of libel

Politics: 13 Oct 10
Carina Herrstedt, vice-chairperson of the Sweden Democrats and newly elected member of parliament, has received the support of her party despite having been convicted of libel for the second time within a year. READ »

Introducing the Sweden Democrats

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Sweden Democrats, bidding to enter parliament for the first time. READ »

Poland asks Sweden to probe Auschwitz theft

National: 8 Jul 10
Poland has asked Sweden to question three suspects about the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday. READ »

Swede's remand for Auschwitz theft extended

National: 2 Jul 10
A Polish court has remanded in custody a Swedish suspect on Thursday for a further two months over the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. READ »

Auschwitz theft suspect claims persecution

National: 24 May 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström, held in Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, has reported the tax agency for denying him protected identity, arguing that he is being victimized. READ »

Swede remanded over Auschwitz theft

National: 17 Apr 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström has been remanded in custody in Poland in connection with the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

Landskrona suspect claims accidental death

National: 13 Apr 10
The 23-year-old man suspected of the fatal beating of a 78-year-old woman in a Landskrona car park in March has admitted being at the scene but has claimed that the woman's death was an accident. READ »

Poles quiz Swede over Auschwitz sign theft

National: 12 Apr 10
Polish prosecutors said on Monday they had begun questioning Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström over his alleged involvement in the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

Police urge calm at mosque demo

National: 11 Apr 10
Police in Gothenburg sought to ward off clashes on Sunday as neo-Nazi demonstrators opposed to the construction of a new mosque met with resistance from counter-demonstrators. READ »

Swedish ex-Nazi extradited over sign theft

National: 9 Apr 10
Former Swedish neo-Nazi leader Anders Högtröm has been extradited from Sweden to Poland where he is suspected of involvement in the theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

Auschwitz theft suspect extradited 'this week'

National: 7 Apr 10
Former Swedish neo-Nazi Anders Högström is to be extradited to Poland this week to answer charges in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. READ »

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 »

Moderate drinker in drunken brawl

Politics: 15 Sep 04
The Moderate Party's alcohol spokesman, Per Bill, is arrested after researching his area of responsibility a little too thoroughly. READ »

16 year old charged with knife murder

National: 13 Sep 04
Police say the murder of a 14 year old boy on Saturday was not race-related - but that hasn't stopped extreme right-wing groups from labelling him "a martyr". READ »

Pride and prejudice

Society: 30 Jul 04
Tens of thousands are flocking to Stockholm for this year's Pride Festival - safety in numbers, perhaps, against rapidly increasing homophobic crime. READ »


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