The number of hate crimes reported in Sweden grew in 2018, according to new figures from the Swedish crime statistics agency. But few cases ever go to court.
A 44-year-old neo-Nazi from the Malmö commuter town of Vellinge has been charged with hate crimes after praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler on a social media site.
UPDATED: A police investigation is under way after shots were fired at two homeless EU migrants sleeping in a car in Boden in northern Sweden overnight, a control room officer told The Local on Thursday morning.
Following the violent beating of a man flying an Israeli flag, Rabbi Shneur Kesselman tells The Local that his adopted city of Malmö remains a hotbed for anti-Semitism.
A 38-year-old man in southern Sweden was assaulted on Sunday night after hanging an Israeli flag from his window, with police suspecting it is a hate crime.
The 55-year-old who battered a Muslim woman with a shoe in Malmö was on Wednesday handed a suspended sentence for assault. He also attacked the woman's daughter.
A Gambian native who was assaulted together with his 18-month-old son and almost thrown off a bridge in Malmö has revealed his terror following the incident.
When American research centre Pew investigated the development of religious conflicts and oppression worldwide between 2006 and 2009, Sweden distinguished itself as a country where hostilities related to religion are increasing the most.
Hate crimes against Jews living in Malmö, in southern Sweden, are growing less common, reported Swedish radio station SR. The number of reported crimes are less than half as many as 2009's record-high number.
The number of hate crimes committed in Sweden decreased in 2010 compared to the year before, according to statistics from Sweden’s National Council of Crime Prevention (Brottsförebygganderådet - BRÅ).
A man with an immigrant background was insulted before being brutally beaten with a baseball bat in the town Arnö, outside of Nyköping in eastern Sweden.
A man in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a mosque in Strömsund, northern Sweden. Police are classifying the attack as a hate crime.
A 35-year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 43-year-old homosexual man and the attempted murder of another homosexual man has appealed against his sentence.
Three protestant Lutheran churches in Stockholm have been vandalized because of the Church's participation in the gay and lesbian EuroPride festival the city is currently hosting, a church pastor said Wednesday.
