Sweden

Police at the scene of the crime in Helsingborg. (Screenshot from Aftonbladet)

27% of religious hate crimes in Sweden target its tiny Jewish community

Most incidents in the same category in 2020 were against Muslims, whose share of the country’s residents is at least 80%.

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and the Minister of Education Anna Ekström leave the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm on June 21, 2021. (Nils Petter Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Swedish education agency recommends exercise that has students argue the Holocaust never happened

It’s part of a push to help students understand conspiracy theories, but groups tracking antisemitism in Sweden are not happy.

For the first time ever, Stockholm has a Swedish-born rabbi

“It’s fun for people that it’s someone they can relate to,” said Rabbi Mattias Amster, who opened up about his journey and Jewish life in his native land.

Global

A Jewish author used a World War II image for his book on Sweden’s Nazi collaboration. A museum sued him.

Global

Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on its first Holocaust museum

Global

Far-right activists stage anti-Semitic hate speech incidents in Scandinavia on Yom Kippur

Global

Swedish Muslims chant about killing Jews at Malmo protest

Obituaries

Jackie Jakubowski, editor of Swedish Jewish magazine, dies at 68

Global

9 Jews die of coronavirus in Sweden, which has Europe’s laxest containment policy

Global

Swedish city of Malmo allocates $2 million to initiatives to protect its Jewish community

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