The Local Sweden 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 Neo-Nazi from near Malmö charged for praising Hitler 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. https://www.thelocal.se/20190711/neo-nazi-from-near-malmo-charged-for-praising-hitler Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:53:04 +0200 neo-nazi-from-near-malmo-charged-for-praising-hitler Swedish PM Löfven calls for Nazi organizations to be banned Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven spoke out against right-wing extremism in his traditional May 1st speech, and called for an investigation into whether Nazi groups could be banned in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190502/swedish-pm-lofven-calls-for-nazi-organizations-to-be-banned Thu, 02 May 2019 11:06:26 +0200 swedish-pm-lofven-calls-for-nazi-organizations-to-be-banned 'A xenophobic and radical nationalist current is on the rise in Sweden' Sweden's security service Säpo warns in a new report of rising radical nationalism and foreign states trying to spy on Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190315/a-xenophobic-and-radical-nationalist-current-is-on-the-rise-in-sweden-sapo Fri, 15 Mar 2019 08:58:58 +0100 a-xenophobic-and-radical-nationalist-current-is-on-the-rise-in-sweden-sapo Is neo-Nazi activity decreasing in Sweden? Swedish neo-Nazi groups were less active in 2015, according to a new report. But it is getting more and more difficult to get a complete picture of the ideology, say the experts behind the new figures. https://www.thelocal.se/20160519/is-neo-nazi-activity-decreasing-in-sweden Thu, 19 May 2016 10:35:42 +0200 is-neo-nazi-activity-decreasing-in-sweden 'We feel the Nazi frost in the air': Sweden IN PICTURES: Two of Sweden's most prominent politicians have asked their European counterparts "to wake up". Cecilia Malmström and Birgitta Ohlsson argue that it is time to fight "Hitler's ideological heirs, who are marching towards our legislative assemblies". https://www.thelocal.se/20140509/we-feel-the-nazi-frost-in-the-air-sweden Fri, 09 May 2014 12:22:00 +0200 we-feel-the-nazi-frost-in-the-air-sweden Swastikas scrawled on Stockholm mosque The doors to the central Stockholm mosque were covered in Nazi graffiti on Wednesday night, the first time vandalism has taken the shape of swastikas, representatives said. https://www.thelocal.se/20140102/swastikas-scrawled-on-central-stockholm-mosque Thu, 02 Jan 2014 10:51:00 +0100 swastikas-scrawled-on-central-stockholm-mosque White power groups on the increase: report Sweden’s white power movement is in the midst of a transformation, according to a new report, which also found right-wing extremist organizations within the movement have been more active recently than in previous years. https://www.thelocal.se/20091202/23608 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:23:00 +0100 23608 Swedish extremists pose 'serious threat' Political extremists in Sweden are generally more violent than their counterparts in Denmark in Germany and Denmark, a new report shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20090707/20508 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:10:00 +0200 20508 Swedish neo-Nazi party undergoes makeover The National Socialist Front (NSF), one of the dominant groups within Sweden’s white-power movement, has disbanded and is re-launching itself as the Folkfronten (’People’s Front’) party. https://www.thelocal.se/20081125/15918 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:50:00 +0100 15918