The Local Sweden

'We must fight the evil of tomorrow'

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:20:00 +0200

Holocaust eyewitnesses are becoming fewer, making it our responsibility to pass on their stories, especially with racist parties in many of Europe's parliaments, argues Sweden's Democracy Minister Birgitta Ohlsson on the first memorial day for anti-Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg.

Sweden Democrats: open the Stasi archive

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:52:00 +0100

The Sweden Democrats has demanded that the Swedish Security Service's files on contacts between Swedish individuals and the Stasi be opened to the public in order "to clear the air" over the period in history.

Court gives access to Swedish Stasi archives

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:27:00 +0200

Documents containing the names of Swedes who worked for the Stasi, East Germany’s security service, must be made available to researchers, a court ruled on Friday.

Academics slam state history agency

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:21:00 +0200

A group of irate Swedish academics have penned a stinging critique of Sweden's Living History Forum, a state agency that they claim enables any sitting government to treat history as an ideological weapon.

Communism new focus for history agency

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:40:00 +0100

Sweden's Living History Forum on Monday launched a new project designed to highlight crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes around the world.

How persistent can a failed ideology be?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:01:00 +0200

Ninety percent of Swedish students aged 15-20 do not know what a gulag was, and some still insist that schools should not teach about the crimes of communism. How long will the elites continue defending a failed ideology, asks Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus.

Chinese diplomat tries to silence Swedish politician

Tue, 15 May 2007 16:47:00 +0200

The First Secretary at the Chinese embassy in Stockholm is accused of having tried to stop a Member of Parliament from holding a speech on the democratization of China.

Young Swedes lack knowledge about communism

Wed, 09 May 2007 13:57:00 +0200

Less than fifteen years after the last Soviet troops pulled out of the Baltic States, a new survey has shown that young Swedes are still in the dark about the fate of its neighbours behind the Iron Curtain.