The social history of the Kingdom of Sweden
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- Youth Protesters In Sweden Say No To Fascist
Rally, Cop Brutality
- By Birgitta Isacsson, Militant, 1 December
1997. For the first time since World War II, an openly
anti-Jewish demonstration was held here November 8 in
commemoration of the so-called Kristallnacht in
Germany. They were met by a counterdemonstration, most of
them youth.
- Police Attempt To Frame Up Leader Of
Indigenous Sami People In Sweden
- By Daniel Ahl and Dag Tirsén, Militant, 19
April 1999. Olof Johansson, one of the most well-known
leaders of the oppressed Sami nationality in Sweden was
arrested and held in solitary confinement. The Sami,
so-called Laplanders, are the indigenous people of the
Arctic regions of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Kola
Peninsula in Russia. In fighting to protect their
traditional hunting and reindeer grazing rights, they have
come in conflict with the large landowners, who are backed
by the Swedish government.
- Swedish law fails to curb
prostitution
- By Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters, 5 July 1999. A new Swedish
law making it illegal to buy sex has failed to scare
prostitutes or their clients off the streets and is actually
protecting pimps.
- Gambian Brutalised in Sweden
- By Okoth Osewe in Stockholm, Daily Observer
(Banjul), 16 November 2000. A 38 year-old Gambian national
was beaten unconscious by a Swedish guard at a pub in
Central Stockholm. The hospital staff tried to throw him
out, arguing that he had no insurance to settle the hospital
bill since he has no Permanent Residence Permit (PUT) in
Sweden.