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What is going on in Sweden?

I have always thought that Sweden was the bastion of Love and diversity. Heavy gun control, free health care, etc...

How did things go wrong?

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson admitted that his government has lost control over a burgeoning wave of violence sweeping the country, amid escalating public concern.

The acknowledgment came during an emergency meeting where Kristersson announced the acceleration of new legislation targeting juvenile involvement in criminal activities.

The beginning of 2025 has seen bombings carried out at an average of one per day, leading to 27 bombings by January 27 – including several in residential communities, the Nordic Times reported.

“Sweden is in the midst of a new wave of violence; it’s primarily the bombings that are increasing, with almost one occurring every day,” Kristersson told reporters on Thursday.
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Adrift · 61-69, F
I watched a documentary on this some time ago and it seems that immigration burdened the system to the point where they couldn't keep up with the demand.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Read the whole story and its context. The increase in the use of incendiary devices has coincided with a sharp decrease in firearms and drugs offences . . ie. gang activity has been redistributed into other, less violent crimes (the bombs are used by gangs to damage property and extort money, they rarely result in injury).

Sweden is a liberal democracy governed by the rule of law. All are treated equally, irrespective of their immigration or ethnic status. Collecting data on "ethnicity" would serve no useful purpose.

And since when was Sweden in North America? Has Trump gone imperialist again?
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@SunshineGirl data is a crime fighters best weapon . Statistics matter . You put cops where crimes occur. Every city does this . How do you stop crime if you don’t know where it’s happening or who’s doing it ? You don’t .
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@AthrillatheHunt Then collect your statistics honestly, objectively and dispassionately, and analyse in the same way. You have formed a hypothesis that certain ethnic groups are responsible for the increase in this crime. You want to find statistics to support this hypothesis, conveniently ignoring other factors . . such as the fact that much gang violence in Sweden is attributable to the grooming of young people by far right groups.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@SunshineGirl neither I , nor statistics make assumptions. Statistics are factual data. The question is why would those in charge of fighting crime not want the best crime fighting tool available ? (Factual data ) . You think they are afraid of making Swedes look bad ? Or afraid of making their decision makers look bad?
DogMan · 61-69, M
Some say the surging crime problem is due to immigrants, but they have no proof because Sweden does not list
ethnicity in crime statistics. But this might be changing, because how do you fix a problem if you don't know who
is committing crimes?

The subject of immigration is an increasingly charged one, yet much of the discussion is founded on guesswork. To the ire of some, and the agreement of others, Sweden does not collect statistical data on the ethnic background of criminals. The Local's Sweden in Focus series looks at why that is the case, and whether it's likely to change soon.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@DogMan can you think of any logical reason to not include that ?
DogMan · 61-69, M
@AthrillatheHunt The only reason is so that no one gets called a racist, or islamophobe.

It's kind of like bringing up black on black crime. It's a horrible thing that can't be talked about.

From what I have read, they stopped the ethnic background data around 2001.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@DogMan I get that. focus on the 1% killed by cops , not the 90+% killed by their own . Complain about a paper cut while you have a bullet hole in your chest . Form a group to complain about the paper cut. Stigmatize anyone who points out the gunshot wound .
DogMan · 61-69, M
This should help.

Sweden Races to Deport Criminal Migrants Under New Law
In 2025, Sweden toughened deportation laws for criminal migrants and rejected asylum seekers, ending expiring orders and work permit loopholes. Deportation can now follow lesser crimes, impacting thousands. The reforms, seen as a model by some in Europe, motivate urgent legal guidance for affected immigrants in Sweden.
wrule · F
Yes, gang violence in a once peaceful country. Have to pay a heavy price for being too hospitable.
Patty81 · 41-45, C
I don't know a lot of history but I know enough that you should ask Norway, Denmark, and Finland about how peaceful Sweden can be :)
SW-User
Sweden had it good because they kept their heads on their shoulders during WWII. They were in demand and had money to play with after the others were lying dead in the mud for nothing. Yet they are secular, and bound to ruin in the end. Nations need God. Family. Struggle. Without, they succumb to the material and they lose their way.
SW-User
@AthrillatheHunt 1600s? More like 13th century.

You contradict. You say they “HAD” been good, yet you don't blame Polish? Which one is it?
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@SW-User Polish kings have been good to Jews . Polish people ? Not so much (in their defense Jews are pretty much not welcome en masse anywhere ).
SW-User
@AthrillatheHunt This is nonsense. Poles put up with the penny-pinchers. They gave them business. They hosted Jews and treated them well. You don't seem to understand how many Jews were in Poland. It was full of Jews. Poles put up with it. The Jew was rich and they were poor, yet you suggest the Pole gave the Jew hard time. They neither gave the Jew hard time or began the mass Jew-killing event. Poland was taken over. Poles were no more if they helped Jews. Yet many did.

You have no point. Admit it.
DogMan · 61-69, M
The pesky right wingers think they know why the crime rate is exploding.

Contemporary debate about immigration in Sweden often centres on the unusually high influx of refugees in the last decade, which is frequently claimed by the international far right to have sown chaos. Google's data shows that some of the searches connected to "Sweden immigration" that have increased most in the last five years are "Sweden crime rate" and "Sweden rape statistics".
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Admitting it is a good first step. They were in denial for far too long.
apparently in australia we had a skill shortage. and had to import it.

little did we know, the shortage of skills was machete weilding street gangs..
wrule · F
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout And the Indian invasion too, lol..
@wrule 1500 immigrants a day.
They aint building 1500 houses a year.
No new roads. Schools, hospitals, police.
We’re on the fast track to Venezuela..
PatKirby · M
Sounds like Utopia may have met its match - reality?
DogMan · 61-69, M
Sweden
2025 could set a record for bombings in Sweden

there was a total of 668 bombings in Sweden in 2023 & 2024
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
No Kings ain't workin out so well there either
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Khenpal1 · M
@sunsporter1649A
sweden is like mexico 😂
Other than weird ass food, I don't know.

 
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