https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed When The Local visited Stockholm's newly reopened Jewish Museum, its director explained that her hope is to help combat anti-Semitism and xenophobia by integrating Jewish stories into Swedish history. https://www.thelocal.se/20190613/a-look-inside-swedens-newly-re-opened-jewish-museum-stockholm Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:59:59 +0200 a-look-inside-swedens-newly-re-opened-jewish-museum-stockholm A Jewish woman is fighting for her life after she was stabbed on the street in the centre of the Swedish city of Helsingborg early on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20190514/jewish-woman-stabbed-in-southern-sweden-helsingborg Tue, 14 May 2019 16:37:14 +0200 jewish-woman-stabbed-in-southern-sweden-helsingborg A Swedish government agency has launched an investigation into the youth wing of Malmö's centre-left Social Democrats after one of its activists chanted the words "Crush Zionism" during the party's procession on Labour Day. https://www.thelocal.se/20190508/malm-youth-politicians-probed-for-anti-zionist-chant Wed, 08 May 2019 17:51:21 +0200 malm-youth-politicians-probed-for-anti-zionist-chant The local chair of a youth branch of Sweden's ruling Social Democrats has defended the anti-zionist song chanted by its members during this week's Labour Day march. https://www.thelocal.se/20190505/swedish-youth-politician-defends-labour-day-anti-zionist-chant Sun, 05 May 2019 17:08:50 +0200 swedish-youth-politician-defends-labour-day-anti-zionist-chant The Swedish city of Malmö is pushing to host an international Holocaust conference next year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of tens of thousands of Jews being freed from Nazi death camps. https://www.thelocal.se/20190211/malm-wants-to-host-international-holocaust-conference Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:06:28 +0100 malm-wants-to-host-international-holocaust-conference Sweden wants as many young people as possible to visit Holocaust memorial sites in an effort to tackle anti-Semitism in the Nordic nation, where neo-Nazi activities have been intensifying in recent years. https://www.thelocal.se/20180518/sweden-funds-holocaust-memorial-trips-to-tackle-anti-semitism Fri, 18 May 2018 09:22:38 +0200 sweden-funds-holocaust-memorial-trips-to-tackle-anti-semitism A Malmö rabbi says he hopes an apology from two kids who threatened to bomb a Jewish centre can contribute to changing the city’s problems with anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.se/20180418/teens-apologize-for-bomb-threat-against-malm-jewish-centre Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:57:05 +0200 teens-apologize-for-bomb-threat-against-malm-jewish-centre In December 2017 Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven admitted that "we have a problem in Swedish society with anti-Semitism," following an arson attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg and anti-Semitic chants at a demonstration in Malmö earlier that month. https://www.thelocal.se/20180206/breaking-down-anti-semitism-in-swedenbreaking-down-swedens-antisemitism-problem Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:44:41 +0100 breaking-down-anti-semitism-in-swedenbreaking-down-swedens-antisemitism-problem Malmö’s Archbishop and representatives from Muslim organisations have expressed their support for those who have suffered from anti-Semitic incidents this weekend, while Interior Minister Morgan Johansson said the threat against the Jewish community is being taken seriously. https://www.thelocal.se/20171210/muslim-and-christian-leaders-express-support-for-swedens-jewish-community Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:49:03 +0100 muslim-and-christian-leaders-express-support-for-swedens-jewish-community Three people have been arrested after a synagogue in Gothenburg was reported to have been attacked with Molotov cocktails on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20171210/three-arrested-for-molotov-cocktail-attack-on-gothenburg-synagogue Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:24:14 +0100 three-arrested-for-molotov-cocktail-attack-on-gothenburg-synagogue Protestors took to the streets of Stockholm on Saturday to protest against US president Donald Trump’s decision to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem. https://www.thelocal.se/20171209/demonstrators-in-stockholm-set-fire-to-israeli-flag Sat, 09 Dec 2017 18:49:48 +0100 demonstrators-in-stockholm-set-fire-to-israeli-flag Anti-Semitic slogans as well as angry protests against Arab leaders were heard as around 200 hundred people demonstrated in Malmö on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20171209/anti-semitic-chants-reported-at-malm-demonstration Sat, 09 Dec 2017 11:47:41 +0100 anti-semitic-chants-reported-at-malm-demonstration Police in southern Sweden are investigating an anti-Israel protest where Jewish people were allegedly labelled the "offspring of apes and pigs". https://www.thelocal.se/20170802/police-investigate-anti-israel-protest-in-southern-sweden Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:38:46 +0200 police-investigate-anti-israel-protest-in-southern-sweden Sweden's prime minister Stefan Löfven has slammed the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats as a Nazi party after yet another senior MP was caught making a racist, antisemitic joke. https://www.thelocal.se/20161008/another-sweden-democrat-caught-making-anti-jew-joke Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:51:31 +0200 another-sweden-democrat-caught-making-anti-jew-joke