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 Hundreds of people took part in a kippah walk in the northern Swedish town of Umeå on Sunday, in support of the local Jewish association which has decided to close its centre following Nazi threats. https://www.thelocal.se/20170424/hundreds-join-kippah-walk-in-northern-sweden-umea-to-protest-against-nazi-threats Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:40:42 +0200 hundreds-join-kippah-walk-in-northern-sweden-umea-to-protest-against-nazi-threats The Jewish Association (Judisk föreningen) in Umeå, northern Sweden has decided to end its activities and close its centre in the city following Nazi threats. https://www.thelocal.se/20170403/jewish-centre-in-northern-sweden-closes-following-nazi-threats Mon, 03 Apr 2017 09:45:21 +0200 jewish-centre-in-northern-sweden-closes-following-nazi-threats A senior Sweden Democrat MP who was caught on video laughing while telling a story about former 'Nazi' colleagues pretending to assault Jews has defended his comments as 'gallows humour'. https://www.thelocal.se/20161007/swedish-mp-defends-joke-about-jews-as-gallows-humour Fri, 07 Oct 2016 13:54:24 +0200 swedish-mp-defends-joke-about-jews-as-gallows-humour A new campaign launched in southern Swedish city Malmö hopes to fight anti-Semitism by encouraging thousands of school students to talk about the issue. https://www.thelocal.se/20160908/how-malm-hopes-to-tackle-anti-semitism Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:14:13 +0200 how-malm-hopes-to-tackle-anti-semitism A spike in anti-Jewish sentiment in the Swedish city that plays host to much of the action in The Bridge contributed to Kim Bodnia’s decision to leave the show, the actor told an Israeli TV station. https://www.thelocal.se/20160216/malmo-anti-semitism-made-danish-star-jump-off-the-bridge Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:40:39 +0100 malmo-anti-semitism-made-danish-star-jump-off-the-bridge A Swedish Nazi group tried to block the entrances to two schools in central Sweden on Monday, with tape featuring their logo. https://www.thelocal.se/20160118/nazi-symbols-found-on-two-swedish-schools Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:39:00 +0100 nazi-symbols-found-on-two-swedish-schools Israel's ambassador to Sweden has strongly criticised videos circulating of a pro-Palestinian rally in Malmö in which protestors appear to praise recent attacks in Israel. https://www.thelocal.se/20151020/swedish-slaughter-the-jews-rally-grabs-criticism Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:44:06 +0200 swedish-slaughter-the-jews-rally-grabs-criticism Up to a 1000 Swedes turned out to form a human shield around Stockholm's synagogue on Friday as a protest against extremism. Here are some images from the event. https://www.thelocal.se/20150228/in-pictures-swedes-in-ring-of-peace-synagogue-protest Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:44:00 +0100 in-pictures-swedes-in-ring-of-peace-synagogue-protest A human shield of up to a 1000 Swedes staged a protest against extremism outside the Stockholm synagogue Friday in response to the Copenhagen shootings earlier this month in which two people died. https://www.thelocal.se/20150228/swedes-protest-against-extremism Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:10:00 +0100 swedes-protest-against-extremism A man has been arrested for "complicity" in the Copenhagen shootings that killed two people earlier this month, with the Swedish artist Lars Vilks among the presumed targets of the attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20150227/third-arrest-over-copenhagen-shootings Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:20:00 +0100 third-arrest-over-copenhagen-shootings A planned lecture at Sweden's Karlstad University by the controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the presumed target of the terror attack at a cultural event in Copenhagen earlier this month, has been scrapped by organisers. https://www.thelocal.se/20150227/swedish-artist-talk-stopped-after-terror-attacks Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:48:00 +0100 swedish-artist-talk-stopped-after-terror-attacks Police officers armed with machine guns have been stationed outside Jewish buildings in Sweden this week in the wake of the attack on a Copenhagen synagogue. The Local speaks to the President of the Jewish Council, Lena Posner-Körösi about rising anti-semitism in Scandinavia. https://www.thelocal.se/20150220/jews-havent-experienced-this-since-the-holocaust Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:02:00 +0100 jews-havent-experienced-this-since-the-holocaust Jewish communities in Sweden were on their guard on Sunday following a deadly attack on a Copenhagen synagogue which followed an attack on an event featuring Swedish artist Lars Vilks. https://www.thelocal.se/20150215/jewish-leader-vilks-attack-a-threat-to-democracy Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:13:00 +0100 jewish-leader-vilks-attack-a-threat-to-democracy Sweden's public broadcaster SVT was facing a backlash on social media on Wednesday after a reporter asked Crown Princess Victoria about her family's history during her visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. https://www.thelocal.se/20150128/nazi-question-lands-broadcaster-in-hot-water Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:36:00 +0100 nazi-question-lands-broadcaster-in-hot-water Staff at P4 Dalarna radio, which is part of Sweden's national public radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio, discovered tape put up by neo-Nazis blocking the entrance to their office's main entrance on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20150127/swedens-national-radio-blocked-by-nazis Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:29:00 +0100 swedens-national-radio-blocked-by-nazis Acting Sweden Democrat leader Mattias Karlsson has said Islamism is "a greater threat than Nazism", sparking a strong response from Jewish and Muslim communities as the world marks 70 years since the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. https://www.thelocal.se/20150127/sweden-democrat-compares-islam-threat-to-nazism Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:53:00 +0100 sweden-democrat-compares-islam-threat-to-nazism Events are taking place across Sweden to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. https://www.thelocal.se/20150127/sweden-remembers-auschwitz-victims Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:55:00 +0100 sweden-remembers-auschwitz-victims Police in Skåne in southern Sweden have recorded 137 anti-semitic hate crimes in the past two years, according to an investigation by Swedish broadcaster SVT. https://www.thelocal.se/20150121/spotlight-on-hate-crimes-in-swedens-skne Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:39:00 +0100 spotlight-on-hate-crimes-in-swedens-skne Jews in Sweden have received numerous threats from Islamic groups in the days since the terror attacks in Paris that left 17 people dead, the head of the Jewish council told The Local. https://www.thelocal.se/20150114/swedens-jews-face-new-threats-after-paris-attacks Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:55:00 +0100 swedens-jews-face-new-threats-after-paris-attacks Gothenburg's rabbi received death threats following an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem earlier this week. Leading figures in the Jewish community have told The Local they fear that anti-Semitism is spreading across Sweden, with Malmö already a key target. https://www.thelocal.se/20141121/sweden-gothenburg-rabbi-reacts-to-death-threats Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:31:00 +0100 sweden-gothenburg-rabbi-reacts-to-death-threats