Extreme-Right politics in Sweden
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Muslims change names to get jobs
A report in the Dagens Nyheter on September 6/7 stated that many Muslims and immigrantsfeeling the racist pinch since September 11 have changed their names in order to make a living in Sweden.
1 December 2004 (103 words)
Conference to expose anti-Muslim racism since September 11
Swedish Muslim leaders organised a meeting on 12 September to expose the extent of documented racism against the community, especially after September 11.
12 September 2004 (92 words)
Prime minister establishes immigrant welfare link
Prime minister Persson has indicated changes on welfare benefits for immigrants that would align Sweden with Baltic neighbours such as Germany, Denmark and Finland.
31 January 2004 (118 words)
Säpo warns of extreme-Right offensive
Four years ago, the extreme-Right was the focus of the security services' attention after the murder of a left-wing trade unionist, the killing, during a bank raid, of two police officers and a bomb attack on two journalists who were investigating the extreme-Right scene.
28 November 2003 (162 words)
Police investigate formation of neo-Nazi paramilitary unit
In Sweden's forests, neo-Nazis are preparing for 'race war'.
28 November 2003 (271 words)
Karlstad: neo-Nazis accused of murder attempt
Björn Nord, and a fellow neo-Nazi, have been arrested in Karlstad, northwest Sweden, in connection with conspiracy to murder.
30 June 2003 (115 words)
Sweden Democrats - largest extra-parliamentary party
In the September 2002 general election, the Sweden Democrats (SD) polled 1.4 per cent of the vote and is now Sweden's largest extra-parliamentary party.
1 December 2002 (100 words)
Neo-nazi leader jailed
The leader of Sweden's National Socialist Front has been jailed for eight months for 'violent agitation against an ethnic group'.
3 November 2002 (45 words)
The far-Right in local elections
In municipal elections, held at the same time as the general election, the Swedish Democrats gained a total of 41 seats in 19 municiplities.
1 October 2002 (50 words)
General election: did immigration themes feature?
In September, the Social Democrats claimed victory in the general election and set about forming a minority government comprising a coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and former Communists.
17 September 2002 (549 words)
Moderate Party councillor caught in racism row
Controversial remarks made by Thorsten Davidson, a local councillor of the Moderate Party in Halmstad, brought him nationwide media attention.
1 August 2002 (116 words)
Poll claims anti-immigrant sentiment decreasing
A poll conducted by Gothenburg University suggests that anti-immigration sentiment in Sweden has decreased since the early 1990s and has remained steady after 9/11.
1 August 2002 (34 words)
Will nationality-based crime statistics break down prejudice?
The National Council for Crime Prevention, which is a government agency, says that in future crime statistics will be broken down by national origin in a bid to counter xenophobic propaganda which links immigrants to rising crime.
1 August 2002 (217 words)
Fascists elected to church parliament
For the first time, fascists have contested elections for Sweden's Church Council, which acts as a kind of church parliament.
1 January 2002 (185 words)
How neo-Nazis gather intelligence on anti-racists
Concern over state leaks
1 April 2001 (137 words)
Internet chat site used by Nazis closed
The Swedish Internet provider Passagen has closed a chat site which was frequently used by Nazis.
1 April 2001 (28 words)
Trades union expels neo-nazis
The Swedish Union of Metal Workers has expelled two neo-Nazis employed at the Saab shop in Trollhätten, western Sweden.
1 April 2001 (42 words)
Roma tenants will attract vandalism, argues public housing company
An employee of the State Real Estate Vasakronan refused to rent premises to a Roma Evengelical Congregation on the grounds that their presence would render the company's premises vulnerable to Nazi vandalism.
1 April 2001 (46 words)
Neo-Nazis rally for largest demo since the thirties
After a skinhead was stabbed in Hovås in December 2000, a thousand Nazis, led by Robert Vesterland, acquitted of the murder of trades union activist Björn Söderberg, held a protest march.
1 April 2001 (44 words)
Sweden and the Holocaust
Delegates to a major Stockholm conference on the Holocaust in January voiced strong criticism of the government, both for failing to initiate debate on Sweden's links to Nazi Germany and for its current asylum policy which denies refugee status to Jews from Baelarus and the Ukraine.
1 August 2000 (105 words)
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