Sweden Descends into Anarchy - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-28T18:01:22Zhttp://4freedoms.com/forum/topics/sweden-descends-into-anarchy-gatestone-institute?groupUrl=sweden&commentId=3766518%3AComment%3A197298&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHow Sweden Became a Gangster'…tag:4freedoms.com,2023-06-08:3766518:Comment:2792172023-06-08T23:55:53.261ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
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<div class="byline"><p class="sans-serif"><b>by<span> </span><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Peder+Jensen"><span>Peder Jensen</span></a><br></br>June 2, 2023 at 5:00 am</b></p>
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<div id="print_content"><h1>How Sweden Became a Gangster's Paradise</h1>
<div class="byline"><p class="sans-serif"><b>by<span> </span><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Peder+Jensen"><span>Peder Jensen</span></a><br/>June 2, 2023 at 5:00 am</b></p>
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<li><p>After the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in February 2022, Sweden and Finland abandoned generations of neutrality to apply for membership in the NATO military alliance. However, there is already a gang war going on in Swedish streets, and it has nothing to do with Russia.</p>
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<li><p>[National Police Commissioner Anders] Thornberg estimated that more than 30,000 people are now involved in gang violence in Sweden... According to Thornberg, the situation is "extremely serious," with organized crime infiltrating and corrupting the democratic society, the business world and the public sector.</p>
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<li><p>Some two million immigrants (20% of the population) now live in Sweden, according to David Jones in the<span> </span><i>Daily Mail</i>, Many come from the most troubled parts of Asia and Africa and have not integrated well into Swedish society. Rival gangs now shoot each other on a regular basis. In Stockholm alone, 52 gangs are vying for control of the burgeoning drug trade, according to a police report, and they are becoming ever more ruthless. Some child gang members even carry explosives in their school thermos flasks. Jones writes:</p>
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<li><p>"Twenty years ago, gun crime was almost non-existent here." — David Jones, the<span> </span><i>Daily Mail</i>, February 10, 2023.</p>
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<li><p>"Ten to fifteen years ago, it was about shoplifting when we were dealing with 14-year-olds, but now they deal in drugs and handle automatic weapons... Older criminals use children to avoid being caught themselves, and for the children, it is a sign of status to be chosen. It starts as a cool thing for a kid who can't see consequences and ends up getting involved in gang conflicts."— Police officer who asked to remain anonymous, document.no, March 1, 2023.</p>
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<li><p>When available resources are dedicated to investigating shootings and bombings, other crimes such as burglary or theft have become effectively risk-free. This inversion of law enforcement contributes to a growing sense of lawlessness now being felt by many Swedes. What is the point of having laws if they are not enforced, or only used to punish honest citizens?</p>
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<li><p>Since 2010, shoplifting in Sweden has doubled.</p>
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<li><p>More serious crime is also being ignored or de-prioritized by an understaffed police force. In the city of Uppsala, victims of rape complain that they must wait for months to be interviewed.... Most available police resources are now dedicated to combating criminal gangs.</p>
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<li><p>Swedish schools are also becoming increasingly violent, for teachers and pupils alike. Reports about threats and violence at schools have more than doubled since 2012. These reports mainly concern students who have attacked teachers with threats, punches, or strangulation.</p>
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<li><p>In Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city, native Swedes are already a minority. The city is experiencing a kind of "white flight." Many move to smaller towns to find safer environments and schools for their families.</p>
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<li><p>While ownership of rifles for hunting is not uncommon in Sweden, owning guns for self-defence had never, until recently, been a reason to be granted a firearms license.</p>
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<div class="article_body itemprop_articlebody"><div class="image-center"><img alt="" src="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/pics/4683.jpg"/> There is a gang war going on in Swedish streets. The number of gang members already exceeds the number of police and keeps growing at an alarming rate. Pictured: Police officers look at pictures images of seized weapons in Rinkeby police station on August 31, 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)<br/></div>
<p>After the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in February 2022, Sweden and Finland abandoned generations of neutrality to apply for membership in the NATO military alliance. However, there is already a<span> </span><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18826/sweden-violent-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gang war</a><span> </span>going on in Swedish streets, and it has nothing to do with Russia.</p>
<p>Between January and May 2023,<span> </span><a href="https://www.friatider.se/bombdad-varannan-dag-hittills-i-ar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swedish police</a><span> </span>recorded on average one completed bomb detonation every two days. If you add the bombs that were in preparation, but not yet detonated, Sweden experienced one explosives-related crime per day. Rival gangs increasingly continue to target each other's<span> </span><a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/gang-members-relatives-contacting-police-over-fear-of-revenge-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">relatives</a><span> </span>with revenge attacks.</p>
<p>In early<span> </span><a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/abyV84/tre-ansluter-till-kriminella-miljoer-varje-dag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May 2023</a>, National Police Commissioner Anders Thornberg stated that more than 1,000 people are initiated into criminal gangs across Sweden every year. Despite some arrests, the rate of recruitment shows no sign of slowing down. With three new recruits, many noticeably young, added every day, it is virtually impossible to reduce the total number of active gang members. Thornberg estimated that<span> </span><a href="https://rmx.news/crime/swedish-gangs-growing-by-1000-new-recruits-a-year-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse-warns-police-chief/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 30,000</a><span> </span>people are now involved in gang violence in Sweden. For comparison, he stated that the number of police officers in Sweden is<span> </span><a href="https://omni.se/30-000-kopplas-till-valdsdad-fler-an-poliserna/a/kEy0KA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">22,600</a>. The number of gang members already exceeds the number of police and keeps growing at an alarming rate. According to Thornberg, the situation is "extremely serious," with organized crime infiltrating and corrupting the democratic society, the business world and the public sector.</p>
<p>That Sweden has become one of Europe's most violent countries has finally attracted international attention. The French newspaper<span> </span><i>Le Monde</i><span> </span><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/02/04/sweden-s-powerlessness-in-the-face-of-organized-violence_6014367_4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lamented</a><span> </span>"Sweden's powerlessness in the face of organized violence." The paper quoted Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson from the Moderate Party stating that the situation is "uncontrollable" and may "get worse before it gets better." Kristersson<span> </span><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/ulf-kristersson-m-besoker-morgonstudion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">labelled</a><span> </span>the dozens of criminal gangs in Sweden "domestic terrorists."</p>
<p>Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer<span> </span><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/justitieminister-inget-anstandigt-samhalle-kan-acceptera-denna-utveckling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a><span> </span>to state broadcaster SVT that with 62 fatal shootings in 2022, Swedish society has clearly failed in the fight against organized crime. Strömmer<span> </span><a href="https://rmx.news/crime/festive-shootings-and-explosions-rock-sweden-as-justice-minister-says-country-is-losing-fight-against-gang-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a><span> </span>that there is no quick fix to the rise of gang crime in the country and warned it would take time for the government to get a handle on the situation.</p>
<p>Some two million immigrants (20% of the population) now live in Sweden,<span> </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11738375/DAVID-JONES-investigates-bloody-death-Swedens-liberal-dream.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a><span> </span>to David Jones in the<span> </span><i>Daily Mail</i>, Many come from the most troubled parts of Asia and Africa and have not integrated well into Swedish society. Rival gangs now shoot each other on a regular basis. In Stockholm alone, 52 gangs are vying for control of the burgeoning drug trade, according to a police report, and they are becoming ever more ruthless. Some child gang members even carry explosives in their school thermos flasks. Jones writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Twenty years ago, gun crime was almost non-existent here. Today, the grisly murders we see in Scandi-Noir TV series are no longer fictional. Sweden is awash with real-life crime podcasts, documentaries and books."</p>
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<p>In his view, the Swedish justice system, "which many feel prioritises young offender's rights over those of their victims," has failed at handling the ultra-violent gang crime of recent immigrants.</p>
<p>"Barely a day goes by in Stockholm without a shooting or a bombing,"<span> </span><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/swedens-street-gangs-are-gaining-power/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a><span> </span>Swedish journalist Paulina Neuding.</p>
<blockquote><p>"In one part of the city, housing estate residents have been informed about what to do if their building is a bombing target. For all too many Swedes, this is the new normal.</p>
<p>"Under Swedish law, children under 15 cannot be sentenced to any criminal punishment and older teenagers are seldom given more than four years in 'compulsory care'. So mobsters now recruit young people, arm them with thermos-flask bombs or guns and send them out as soldiers in their gang wars.</p>
<p>"The country's liberal criminal justice system and the fact that the police were never trained for such problems have made life comfortable for new gangs in immigrant neighbourhoods."</p>
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<p>"Sweden has become a gangster's paradise – and a case study in how not to integrate migrants,"<span> </span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/02/sweden-has-become-gangsters-paradise-case-study-how-not-integrate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a><span> </span>Fraser Nelson, editor of<span> </span><i>The Spectator</i><span> </span>and a columnist for<span> </span><i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. He further commented that its "liberal migration and criminal justice systems have incubated a shocking sub-culture of violence" and that Sweden's police are losing control of some cities and towns.</p>
<p>While true, it should be noted that France, Britain, and other Western European countries have plenty of problems of their own from violent crime.<span> </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/02/15/britain-becoming-like-sweden-amid-mass-migration-warns-nigel-farage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nigel Farage</a>, former leader of the UK Independence Party said he fears that Britain, if it continues allowing in waves of young male illegal migrants into the country, could face the same fate as Sweden. His warning came after the arrest of four asylum seekers from Afghanistan<span> </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/02/13/afghan-boat-migrants-placed-in-english-school-arrested-for-raping-girl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a><span> </span>of raping a 15-year-old girl in Kent. The suspects had arrived in Britain illegally by crossing the English Channel in small people-smuggler boats from France.</p>
<p><a href="https://rmx.news/sweden/almost-all-5000-gang-members-in-sweden-are-either-1st-or-2nd-generation-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Almost all</a><span> </span>gang members in Sweden are either first- or second-generation immigrants, usually with a background from the Islamic world or Africa. Although many politicians may not like to admit it, this problem was largely imported.</p>
<p>Jama Omar, a Somali immigrant who resides in the troubled Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby, lost his son to a fatal shooting in August 2021. So far, the police have not arrested anyone. Omar<span> </span><a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/69599Q/hans-son-skots-i-sverige-har-hundar-mer-varde-an-vara-barn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a><span> </span>the newspaper<span> </span><i>Aftonbladet</i><span> </span>that he does not believe that the legal system in Sweden works. Omar<span> </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/03/24/somali-whose-son-died-in-fatal-shooting-blames-swedish-people-racism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a><span> </span>racism from Swedes for why many Somali immigrants have been killed in gang-related crimes, adding:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Shootings are happening all over Sweden, but have hit the Somali community extra hard. The state is responsible for the safety of residents, but we do not consider our children to be included in that protection."</p>
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<p>Gang violence in Sweden has become so widespread,<span> </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/02/21/swedish-police-officer-speaks-out-on-out-of-control-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a><span> </span>to Christoffer Bohman, who resigned as a member of the Swedish police force in early 2023, that the police are no longer able to contain the problem.</p>
<p>A Swedish police officer, who asked to remain anonymous,<span> </span><a href="https://www.document.no/2023/01/03/svensk-politiansatt-vi-har-allerede-tapt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a><span> </span>that rampant organized crime gangs, using children for their criminal activities, are pushing the country toward the point of no return. He<span> </span><a href="https://rmx.news/crime/sweden-is-lost-claims-police-officer-who-laments-new-generation-turning-from-petty-shoplifting-to-drug-dealing-and-gun-violence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a><span> </span>Sweden had "lost its grip" on law and order, and that gangs now effectively have a license to operate free of reproach.</p>
<p>"Ten to fifteen years ago, it was about shoplifting when we were dealing with 14-year-olds, but now they deal in drugs and handle automatic weapons," the policeman stated.</p>
<blockquote><p>"Older criminals use children to avoid being caught themselves, and for the children, it is a sign of status to be chosen. It starts as a cool thing for a kid who can't see consequences and ends up getting involved in gang conflicts."</p>
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<p>He lamented the involvement of "very vulnerable" young children, many of whom are under the age of 15 and therefore below the minimum age for criminal responsibility in Sweden. The police officer remains pessimistic about the future. "There is no chance. It only gets worse and worse," he replied. "There is simply no respect for the police" in crime-riddled immigrant areas, he said.</p>
<p>When available resources are dedicated to investigating shootings and bombings, other crimes such as burglary or theft have become effectively risk-free. This inversion of law enforcement contributes to a growing sense of lawlessness now being felt by many Swedes. What is the point of having laws if they are not enforced, or only used to punish honest citizens?</p>
<p>Since 2010, shoplifting in Sweden has doubled. In an<span> </span><a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/BWk987/handlare-laget-ar-akut-allt-fler-stjal-kott-i-vara-butiker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a><span> </span>in the newspaper<span> </span><i>Aftonbladet,</i><span> </span>a number of shop owners stated that the situation for Swedish grocery stores is urgent. One grocer in Uppsala said that his shop is forced to remove expensive meat in the evenings, for fear that it will be stolen. Shoplifting has become a big problem that is not given a high priority by the legal system. Few people in Sweden are now prosecuted for theft. Traders are therefore urging politicians and the police to expend more resources on stopping everyday crimes that affect many people – and necessary, they claim, to maintain the social contract and people's willingness to pay taxes.</p>
<p>More serious crime is also being ignored or de-prioritized by an understaffed police force. In the city of Uppsala, victims of rape complain that they must wait for months to be interviewed. Some of them choose to drop the case because of that. "We have had women who have waited up to eight months to get in touch with the police after they made a report [about rape],"<span> </span><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/valdtaktsbrott-ligger-pa-hog-kraftig-kritik-mot-polisen-i-uppsala--8aqmip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a><span> </span>Josefine Agius, coordinator at the Uppsala women's shelter.<span> </span><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/polisen-svarar-pa-kvinnojourens-kritik-smartsamt-att-det-ar-sa--faixyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a><span> </span>to section manager Andreas Pallinder from the local police, this situation is painful, but due to a lack of resources. Most available police resources are now dedicated to combating criminal gangs.</p>
<p>Despite diverting resources from investigating other types of crime, a disturbing number of murders and bombings in Sweden are never solved at all. Swedish Radio News has gone through all the bombing incidents that took place in Sweden during 2020 and 2021, a total of 186 explosions. The<span> </span><a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/investigation-convictions-in-just-6-per-cent-of-bombing-incidents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a><span> </span>shows that a person was convicted of either planning or carrying out a bombing in just 12 of those cases. Jon Wåhlander, head of operations at the police's national bomb squad, admits that the current conviction rate of merely 6 percent is unacceptable.</p>
<p>Violence has spread throughout all sectors of Swedish society like a cancer. The Work Environment Authority has received an increasing number of<span> </span><a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/vald-och-hot-mot-ambulanspersonal-okar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a><span> </span>of threats and violence on the job from ambulance staff in various parts of Sweden.<span> </span><a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/threats-and-violence-against-swedish-ambulance-staff-on-the-rise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In 2022</a>, there were more than three times as many such reports, compared to five years earlier. This includes staff being threatened with guns, receiving death threats, being beaten, or physically stopped from leaving an incident.</p>
<p>Swedish schools are also becoming increasingly violent, for teachers and pupils alike.<span> </span><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/larmet-varningar-om-hot-och-vald-i-skolan-har-fordubblats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reports</a><span> </span>about threats and violence at schools have more than doubled since 2012. These reports mainly concern students who have attacked teachers with threats, punches, or strangulation.</p>
<p>In Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city, native Swedes are already a minority. The city is experiencing a kind of "white flight." Many<span> </span><a href="https://samnytt.se/svenska-flyttlassen-gar-fran-malmo-till-valmaende-villakommuner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">move</a><span> </span>to smaller towns to find safer environments and schools for their families.</p>
<p>A group of five Arab immigrants in Malmö were recently<span> </span><a href="https://samnytt.se/bilder-har-knuffar-araberna-ukrainske-mannen-i-iskalla-vattnet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a><span> </span>with aggravated assault. The incident took place on November 22, 2022. The gang harassed a Ukrainian truck driver who was fishing, pushed him into the freezing cold river, and laughed while watching him fight for his life while they filmed the event on a mobile phone. When pulled from the water by emergency responders, the victim's body temperature was just 34 degrees, classed as hypothermia.</p>
<p>During police questioning, one member of the gang insisted they were only "<a href="https://rmx.news/crime/ukrainian-refugee-attacked-by-group-of-arab-migrants-in-sweden-pushed-into-river-and-left-fighting-for-his-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">having fun</a>." Four are from Iraq. They arrived in Sweden between 2007 and 2014 and all now possess Swedish citizenship. The fifth arrived in Sweden from Syria in 2014 and obtained Swedish citizenship in 2016.</p>
<p>On March 2, 2023, an Iranian immigrant<span> </span><a href="https://nltimes.nl/2023/03/03/suspect-dutch-girls-stabbing-sweden-ordered-custody-doesnt-recall-incident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbed</a><span> </span>a 10-year-old Dutch tourist and her grandmother in<span> </span><a href="https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/ett-barn-knivskuret-i-brunnsparken-1.93446151" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gothenburg</a>. The attack, which seems to have been totally unprovoked, happened in broad daylight in the middle of the city center. The girl suffered life-threatening injuries. According to the independent news sites<span> </span><i>Samnytt</i><span> </span>and<span> </span><i>Fria Tider</i>, the assailant had 52 registered offenses on his<span> </span><a href="https://samnytt.se/52-brott-har-ar-kniviranierns-hela-belastningsregister/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal record</a>. He had previously been convicted of many crimes in Sweden, including robbery and assault, but had escaped with lenient sentences.</p>
<p>A few months prior to nearly murdering the child, he was convicted of stealing a computer from a shop close to the scene of the stabbing. The prosecutor wanted him to be sentenced to prison; instead, he was given probation. The court<span> </span><a href="https://www.friatider.se/milad-salari-begars-haktad-knivattacken-mot-9-ariga-flickan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a><span> </span>it was of the opinion that there had been an "improvement in his personal and social situation."</p>
<p>About<span> </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/01/31/amid-plague-of-gang-shootings-and-bombings-desire-to-own-firearm-for-self-defence-is-rising-in-sweden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20% of Swedes</a><span> </span>now state that they would feel safer in their country if they had the right to<span> </span><a href="https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/novus-en-av-fem-svenskar-skulle-vara-tryggare-om-de-kunde-skjuta-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">self-defence</a><span> </span>with a firearm. This number might be considered low in the USA, with its Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. However, it represents a major shift in public opinion for a historically safe Scandinavian nation. While ownership of rifles for hunting is not uncommon in Sweden, owning guns for self-defence had never, until recently, been a reason to be granted a firearms license.</p>
<blockquote><p><i>Peder Jensen is a Norwegian author and essayist.</i></p>
<p><i><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19686/sweden-criminal-gangs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19686/sweden-criminal-gangs</a></i></p>
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</div> Violent Crime Rocks Sweden Ah…tag:4freedoms.com,2022-08-30:3766518:Comment:2757002022-08-30T15:31:03.451ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<h1 class="ArticleFull_title__MEgbb">Violent Crime Rocks Sweden Ahead Of Elections</h1>
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<h1 class="ArticleFull_title__MEgbb">Violent Crime Rocks Sweden Ahead Of Elections</h1>
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<li><p><strong>For the first time, crime tops the list of voters' most important concerns in the run-up to the elections.</strong></p>
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<li><p>Of the more than 8,200 people the Swedish police counted as being members of criminal gangs by late 2021, almost 15% were under the age of 18.</p>
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<li><p><strong>Sweden has in just two generations gone from being one of the safest countries in the world to being one of the most dangerous countries in Europe.<span> </span></strong>During the same time, mass immigration has dramatically altered Sweden's population. 1.2 million of those eligible to vote in the elections in September 2022 were born outside Sweden...</p>
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<li><p>Basem Mahmoud is an imam operating in the heavily Muslim-dominated area of Rosengård in Malmö. He has called Jews "the offspring of pigs and apes," said he was "only quoting the Koran," and is looking forward to "the great battle" when all non-Muslims will be forced to submit themselves to Muslims.</p>
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<li><p>In a sermon in February 2022, Mahmoud went on the attack against Swedish schools and social services and stated that Muslims are taking over the country. "Sweden is ours," he said. " It is ours, whether they [Swedes] like it or not. In ten to fifteen years, it is ours."</p>
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<li><p><strong>Sweden has one of the world's worst recorded rape rates. I</strong>n 2018, the state broadcaster SVT revealed that 58% of men convicted in Sweden of rape and attempted rape over the previous five years were born abroad. Some of the most brutal rape cases have involved Muslim or African immigrants.</p>
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<li><p>Unfortunately, such problems are no longer confined only to major cities. They are spreading to smaller towns and even rural areas across Sweden. Kalmar, a relatively small medieval town of historical importance, has experienced multiple deadly gang shootings.</p>
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<li><p>Swedes who want their families to be safe from violent crime are running out of places to move to -- unless they decide to leave their homeland behind entirely, as some are doing already.</p>
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<p><strong>Sweden will hold general elections on September 11, 2022. At the same time, the country is rocked by a wave of violent crime that is unprecedented in modern Scandinavian history.</strong></p>
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<p>For the first time, crime <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20220727/crime-most-important-issue-for-swedens-voters/">tops the list</a> of voters' most important concerns in the run-up to the elections. "It's going to be a very unique type of Swedish election with a very unusual issue at the top of the agenda," Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, professor of political science at Gothenburg University, told newspaper <em><a href="https://www.dn.se/sverige/fragan-som-kan-bli-avgorande-i-hostens-val/">Dagens Nyheter</a></em>. Forty-one percent of those surveyed said that law and order are the most important issues in society, as well as the most important political issues.</p>
<p><a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/valjarna-tycker-att-kriminalitet-ar-den-viktigaste-valfragan">Patrik Öhberg</a>, political scientist at the SOM Institute, states that "This is the first election campaign in modern times where it's so high up on the agenda that all parties, whether they want to or not, have to discuss the issue." This could benefit the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, or the Sweden Democrats. On the other side of the political spectrum, it could be detrimental to the Left Party, the Greens, and the ruling Social Democrats.</p>
<p>The Social Democratic Party has headed the Swedish government since 2014. During these eight years, crime has continued growing to intolerable levels nationwide. Sweden has in <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977">recent years</a> suffered attacks involving bombs, hand grenades or other explosive devices on a weekly basis, sometimes <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/12/25/sweden-has-seen-over-80-explosions-and-bombings-in-2021/">several times</a> a week.</p>
<p>In November 2021, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven stepped down as party leader and PM, and Magdalena Andersson became Sweden's first female prime minister. In April 2022, several Swedish cities experienced violent riots and attacks against the police by Muslims when anti-Islamic activist Rasmus Paludan tried to burn copies of the Koran. Andersson then admitted that a lack of integration had contributed to gang violence, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/04/30/no-go-zones-pm-admits-there-are-parallel-societies-in-sweden-following-mass-migration/">saying</a> that there are "strong forces that are ready to go to great lengths to harm our society."</p>
<p>"Segregation has been allowed to go so far that Sweden now has parallel societies," Andersson said according to <a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Kz4rno/statsministern-samhallet-har-varit-svagt"><em>Aftonbladet</em></a>. "We live in the same country but in completely different realities... Integration has been too poor while we have had large-scale migration. Society has also been too weak."</p>
<p>Others, after having allowed these problems to grow largely unchecked for decades, have belatedly come to the same conclusion. Ulf Kristersson, leader of the liberal-conservative Moderate Party, in August 2022 co-authored a <a href="https://www.expressen.se/debatt/sa-tar-vi-tillbaka--kontrollen-over-brottsligheten/">column</a> which admitted that "Sweden has lost control over crime. While the violence is getting worse, the perpetrators are getting younger."</p>
<p>Unfortunately, every single party represented in the Swedish Parliament (<em>Riksdag</em>) has contributed to the current problems, with the right-wing Sweden Democrats being a partial exception.</p>
<p>Even mainstream media outlets such as the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62612215">admit</a> that Sweden has one of the highest rates of gun killings in Europe. An official Swedish government report published in 2021 stated that each year, four in every million inhabitants in Sweden die in shootings. The European average is 1.6 people per million inhabitants. <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/01/12/85-per-cent-of-swedens-fatal-shooting-suspects-come-from-foreign-backgrounds/">Statistics</a> reveal that 85% of suspects involved in fatal shootings in Sweden are either born abroad or come from an immigrant background. Recently, bombings and shootings have spread outside the main cities. After a spate of shootings in the smaller city of Örebro, the local police chief said that they now not only had more gangs, but that they had also become more violent. "Where maybe 10 years ago they gave someone a beating, they then switched to shooting each other in the legs," Mattias Forssten <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/gang-crime-looms-over-election-sweden-shootings-spread-2022-08-12/">told</a> Reuters. "Now they shoot each other in the head."</p>
<p>On August 19, a man was killed and a woman was sent to the hospital with serious wounds after a <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20220820/one-dead-in-sweden-shopping-mall-shooting/">shooting incident</a> in Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city. The <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62612215">attack</a> took place inside Emporia, a major shopping mall. According to the police, the murdered man had <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/mordade-gangmannen-del-i-en-eskalerande-valdsspiral-i-malmo">known ties</a> to a criminal gang. The wounded woman, however, appears to have been an innocent bystander. The perpetrator <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/familjen-flydde-skjutningen-mina-tvillingarpojkar-har-aldrig-varit-sa-tysta">fired</a> many shots on a busy afternoon inside one of the country's largest shopping malls. He could easily have wounded or killed many other people, even unintentionally.</p>
<p>A 15-year-old boy was <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/15-aring-erkanner-mordet-i-kopcentrum-i-malmo">arrested</a> and admitted to the murder in Malmö. Unfortunately, he is <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/polisen-over-tusen-barn-och-unga-i-kriminella-natverk-i-sverige">far from</a> unique. Of the more than 8,200 people the Swedish police <a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/swedish-police-1200-gang-members-are-under-18">counted</a> as being members of criminal gangs by late 2021, almost 15% were under the age of 18. Some gangs recruit teenagers specifically. Under the Swedish legal system, they can expect more lenient sentences due to their young age and may even be able to avoid spending any time in jail. Prisons in Sweden are already <a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/overcrowded-jails-and-prisons-forecast-to-be-a-problem-for-years-to-come">overcrowded</a>.</p>
<p>While confronted by a massive crime wave, the Swedish police force is overwhelmed and understaffed. A disturbing number of <a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/JJnyjP/har-ar-de-olosta-morden-i-stockholms-gangvarld">murders</a> are never <a href="https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/52-uoppklarte-gjengdrap-i-sverige-vi-har-omrader-som-har-fatt-leve-sine-parallelle-liv/s/12-95-3424069448">solved</a>, while many lesser <a href="https://samnytt.se/rapport-brottslighet-far-var-femte-foretagare-overvaga-nedlaggning/">crimes</a> go nearly <a href="https://www.document.no/2022/04/06/svensk-politi-gir-opp-a-etterforske-mange-typer-hverdagskriminalitet/">unpunished</a>.</p>
<p>Sweden has in just two generations gone from being one of the safest countries in the world to being one of the most dangerous countries in Europe. During the same time, mass immigration has dramatically altered Sweden's population. 1.2 million of those <a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/more-voters-born-abroad-than-ever-before">eligible</a> to vote in the elections in September 2022 were born <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/06/02/sweden-population-10-3-million-has-over-1-million-migrants-eligible-to-vote-in-2022-elections/">outside Sweden</a> -- about 200,000 more foreigners than in the previous election, in 2018. Nearly one in four first-time voters aged 18-21 was either born abroad or has two parents born abroad. In central <a href="https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/a-quarter-of-first-time-voters-have-foreign-background">Malmö</a>, almost every second person eligible to vote for the first time has a foreign background.</p>
<p>Muslim immigrants in Sweden, as in other European countries, tend overwhelmingly to vote for the Social Democrats or other socialist or left-wing parties. However, they have now become so numerous and self-confident that they also create their own political parties. Mikail Yüksel, a Turkish-born Muslim, heads <a href="https://www.partietnyans.se/mikail-yuksel/">Partiet Nyans</a>, which has a following in cities such as Malmö. Yüksel has <a href="https://www.gp.se/debatt/nimis-%C3%A4r-en-symbol-f%C3%B6r-islamofobi-och-b%C3%B6r-br%C3%A4nnas-ner-1.56870841">argued</a> that an artwork by the late Swedish artist Lars Vilks should be burned because it allegedly represents Islamophobia.</p>
<p>Basem Mahmoud is an imam operating in the heavily Muslim-dominated area of Rosengård in Malmö. He has <a href="https://rairfoundation.com/imam-declares-jews-offspring-of-pigs-and-monkeys-vows-non-muslims-will-be-conquered/">called</a> Jews "the offspring of pigs and apes," said he was "only quoting the Koran," and is looking forward to "the great battle" when all non-Muslims will be forced to submit themselves to Muslims. He has also defended the brutal murder of the French teacher Samuel Paty in 2020, who was beheaded by a Chechen Muslim after teaching students a class on freedom of expression.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/imamen-sprider-logner-i--mosken-de-stjal-barnen/">sermon</a> in February 2022, Mahmoud went <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/06/sweden-muslim-migrant-imam-calls-jews-apes-and-pigs-when-challenged-says-he-was-only-quoting-quran">on the attack</a> against Swedish schools and social services and stated that Muslims are taking over the country. "Sweden is ours," he <a href="https://samnytt.se/malmoimam-sverige-ar-vart-vare-sig-de-vill-det-eller-ej/">said</a>. " It is ours, whether they [Swedes] like it or not. In ten to fifteen years, it is ours."</p>
<p>Sweden has both imported and exported Jihadists for years. Some Muslims after 2014 traveled from Europe to the Middle East to support the self-proclaimed Islamic State, arguably the world's most brutal terrorist organization. While many of them died there, some of the survivors in recent years returned to Europe. They have directly or indirectly supported brutal terrorist attacks, massacres, beheadings, and slave auctions. Nevertheless, many of them have <a href="https://www.rights.no/2017/03/150-hjemvendte-syriakrigere-gar-fritt-i-sverige/">not faced</a> any real punishment after returning to Sweden. Some local municipalities even <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/722712/Free-driving-licenses-grants-Sweden-plan-reintegrate-returning-ISIS-fighters">offered</a> them free driving licenses and housing grants in an attempt to reintegrate these hardened Jihadists into Swedish society.</p>
<p>In early 2022, a man was charged with threatening the police after he <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/man-i-broby-atalas-efter-hot-vid-is-flagga">hung</a> what looked like an Islamic State flag from his balcony in the Broby, a town of about 3,000 people in southern Sweden. He told the police that he would behead them, but later claimed that they had a personal vendetta against him.</p>
<p>Norberg, an old mining community in central Sweden, has roughly 4,500 inhabitants. In <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/04/sweden-afghan-muslim-migrant-rapes-woman-and-throws-her-down-mine-shaft-because-she-wouldnt-marry-him">April 2022</a>, a man in his 40s who is believed to be from Afghanistan was <a href="https://samnytt.se/mystisk-afghansk-trebarnspappa-bakom-brutala-gruvvaldtakten/">arrested</a> there for raping and attempting to murder a woman by pushing her down an old <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10751371/Rape-victim-saved-pushed-80ft-mineshaft-Swedish-woods-SURVIVED.html">mine shaft</a>. The man had come to Sweden with the migrant wave in 2015 and been denied a residence permit, but had nevertheless remained in the country. He had apparently asked a Swedish woman to marry him. When she refused, he raped her and then pushed her about 20 meters down a mine shaft. When he returned later and discovered that the woman was still alive, he started throwing rocks at her to kill her. By some miracle, the woman survived and, after lying in the abandoned mine for two days, <a href="https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kvinnan-kan-ha-legat-i-gruvhalet-i-tva-dygn/">was rescued</a>. The assailant may also have killed his former <a href="https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/fruns-larm-om-maken-innan-hon-forsvann/">wife</a>.</p>
<p>In July 2022, a <a href="https://rmx.news/crime/9-year-old-swedish-girl-beaten-into-coma-on-playground-by-13-year-old-ethiopian-just-given-permanent-residence/">9-year-old</a> Swedish girl was the victim of a brutal attempted murder at a playground in the town of Skellefteå, in northern Sweden. She was raped and then beaten into a coma. The suspect was an immigrant from Ethiopia. He initially claimed to be 13 years old, but he is probably several years <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/13/child-migrant-accused-of-raping-and-trying-to-kill-young-girl-lied-about-his-age/">older</a>. He had been granted <a href="https://samnytt.se/fick-permanent-uppehallstillstand-en-vecka-innan-brutala-mordforsoket-pa-flicka-i-skelleftea/">permanent residency</a> in Sweden merely a week before this attempted murder, despite being described in the local community as a "walking hand grenade."</p>
<p>Sweden has one of the world's worst recorded rape rates. In 2018, the state broadcaster <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/granskning/ug/ny-kartlaggning-av-valdtaktsdomar-58-procent-av-de-domda-fodda-utomlands">SVT</a> revealed that 58% of men <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764">convicted</a> in Sweden of <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/granskning/ug/ulf-johansson-darfor-gor-vi-granskningen-domda-for-valdtakt">rape</a> and attempted rape over the previous five years were born abroad. Some of the most brutal rape cases have involved Muslim or African immigrants.</p>
<p>Black Axe is an international and extremely violent criminal organization with roots in Nigeria. They are one of the many rival criminal gangs in the process of <a href="https://www.expressen.se/gt/dodskulten-har-natt-sverige-ledarna-gackar-polisen/">establishing</a> themselves in Sweden. An official police <a href="https://www.nettavisen.no/okonomi/svensk-politi-50-brutale-gjenger-herjer-med-stockholm/s/12-95-3423855996">report</a> from 2019 indicated that Stockholm alone has <a href="https://www.friatider.se/50-kriminella-v-ldsg-ng-etablerade-i-stockholm">at least 50</a> different criminal gangs currently operating in the city. They are also getting more aggressive and violent. Scandinavian countries traditionally did not have strong organized crime groups comparable to the mafia found in southern Italy. Now Sweden has dozens of different groups or clans competing against one another for control over the local market of narcotics, protection money or other illegal activities. Some of them have even managed to create a criminal infrastructure, with ties to <a href="https://www.document.no/2022/06/13/sverige-advokater-siktet-skal-ha-hjulpet-gjengkriminelle-med-a-planlegge-drap/">lawyers</a> or bureaucrats. Nearly all of them have been imported to the country since the 1970s. Many of these criminals have an ethnic background from far more brutal and cynical societies in the Islamic world or Africa. Soft Scandinavian prisons do not deter them.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, such problems are no longer confined only to major cities. They are <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/allt-fler-skjutningar-i-mindre-stader">spreading</a> to smaller <a href="https://www.expressen.se/kvp/kronikorer/maria-rydhagen/hur-kunde-valdet-i-mindre-stader-paga-sa-lange/">towns</a> and even <a href="https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larmet-fran-landsbygden--det-kan-bli-som-rinkeby/">rural areas</a> across Sweden. <a href="https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/tre-dodsskjutningar-pa-ett--halvar-samband-utreds/">Kalmar</a>, a relatively small medieval town of historical importance, has experienced multiple <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/polisens-teori-skjutningen-en-del-av-norrlidskonflikten">deadly</a> gang shootings.</p>
<p>In December 2019, when three masked men robbed a local restaurant in the town <a href="https://www.document.no/2019/12/15/krimjournalistikk-pa-svensk-hvordan-nedtone-et-machete-drap-maksimalt/">of Gislaved</a>, a 60-year old Swedish family man was <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/jonkoping/man-dod-efter-ran-mot-restaurang-i-gislaved">murdered</a> with a <a href="https://samnytt.se/60-aring-mordad-pa-restaurang-i-gislaved-med-machete/">machete</a> .</p>
<p>Swedes who want their families to be safe from violent crime are running out of places to move to -- unless they decide to leave their homeland behind entirely, as some are <a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14894/swedes-are-fleeing">doing</a> already.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/violent-crime-rocks-sweden-ahead-elections" target="_blank">https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/violent-crime-rocks-sweden-ahead-elections</a></p>
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</div> One Week in Sweden
by Fjordma…tag:4freedoms.com,2022-08-30:3766518:Comment:2757752022-08-30T15:30:49.581ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>One Week in Sweden</b></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><b>by </b><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Fjordman"><span class="s2"><b>Fjordman</b></span></a></span><span class="s3"><b><br></br></b></span> <span class="s1"><b>November 12, 2017 at 4:30 am…</b></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>One Week in Sweden</b></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><b>by </b><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Fjordman"><span class="s2"><b>Fjordman</b></span></a></span><span class="s3"><b><br/></b></span> <span class="s1"><b>November 12, 2017 at 4:30 am</b></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11352/one-week-in-sweden"><b>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11352/one-week-in-sweden</b></a></span></p>
<p>In Sweden, car-burnings are not major news anymore; they have become a part of daily life. Cars are torched in Swedish towns on a regular basis.<span class="s3"><br/></span></p>
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<li class="li11"><span class="s1">Between January and September 2017, Sweden experienced 6000 car-burnings. That equals roughly 22 car fires per day. Schools and other buildings are sometimes targeted by arsonists as well.</span><span class="s3"><br/></span></li>
<li class="li11"><span class="s1">Meanwhile, a report claims that Swedish students and other citizens have been pushed to the back of the public-housing queue. The authorities thus sometimes prioritize recently-arrived asylum seekers and immigrants over the country's native population.</span><span class="s3"><br/></span></li>
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<p class="p12"><span class="s1">If you search for crime, you can find it in any society. Sadly, in Sweden today, you do not have to search very hard. A casual look at newspapers on any random day will be filled with stories about armed robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, public gang shootings and perhaps explosives in restaurants. This crime wave is no longer merely confined to the major cities. Many smaller towns and some rural communities are now affected as well.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">In some Swedish municipalities, harassment and violent threats have become major issues even at public libraries. In the town of <a href="http://24trelleborg.se/2017/10/30/ungdomsgang-tar-over-biblioteket-vagar-inte-ga-dit-langre/"><span class="s11">Trelleborg</span></a>, in the autumn of 2017, a gang of 30-50 youths effectively occupied the local library. One mother, who asked that her name not be used, explained that she is now scared to visit the library with her children. The last time she went, visitors were harassed by a loud, aggressive youth gang. When a guard asked the gang-members to leave, they surrounded him. The local police say that they are aware of this problem, but that they do not have sufficient staff to patrol the library every day.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">In October 2017, an 81-year-old Swedish woman in the town of <a href="https://www.expressen.se/gt/monica-81-vagar-inte-ga-ut-efter-ungdomarnas-hot/"><span class="s11">Mölndal</span></a> was harassed and threatened by some youths while walking her dog. A few boys around the age of 12 walked in front of her and blew cigarette smoke in her face; one of them threatened to attack her dog and her. Then he spat her in her face. The woman now says that she is afraid to go out. The local police confirm that elderly people are harassed in similar ways. In a separate incident, some youths stole a loaf of bread from another woman in her 80s.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">On the evening of October 29, 2017, a car was torched in the Muslim-dominated district of <a href="https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-10-29/bil-borjade-brinna-pa-rosengard"><span class="s11">Rosengård</span></a> in Malmö. On <a href="https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-10-31/bilbrand-pa-ramels-vag"><span class="s11">October 30</span></a>, another car was torched in the same area. The local daily <i>Sydsvenskan</i> mentioned these incidents with just a couple of sentences. Why? Because car-burnings have become a part of daily life. They are not major news anymore. Cars are torched in Swedish towns on a regular basis.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Between January and September <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/halften-av-bilbranderna-ar-forsakringsbedragerier"><span class="s11">2017</span></a>, Sweden experienced 6000 car-burnings. That equals roughly 22 car-burnings per day. (Insurance companies estimate that about half of these incidents are attempts at insurance fraud.) Schools and other buildings have been targeted by arsonists, as well.</span></p>
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<p class="p15"><span class="s1">Cars burn in the Stockholm suburb of Husby during a riot on May 20, 2013. (Image source: Telefonkiosk/Wikimedia Commons)</span></p>
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<p class="p13">The police in parts of Sweden have also experienced, in recent years, a rising number of violent <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/lista-tidigare-dad-mot-poliser"><span class="s11">attacks</span></a>. Police vehicles and stations have been targeted; sometimes even policemen in the privacy of their homes.</p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">On October 29, 2017, a stone was thrown through the front door of the police station in the small town of <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/polishuset-i-kinna-utsatt-for-stenkastning"><span class="s11">Kinna</span></a>. A police station in <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/attack-mot-polisstation-i-vaxjo-kraftig-small-krossade-rutor"><span class="s11">Dalbo</span></a>, Växjö had several windows smashed with stones and was shot at with fireworks. The local police chief <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/polischefen-om-attacken-ser-mycket-allvarligt-pa-det"><span class="s11">commented</span></a> that the police earlier experienced vandalism against their cars, too. A police station at <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasterbotten/polisstationen-i-vannas-vandaliserad"><span class="s11">Vännäs</span></a> in northern Sweden was hit by a rock a day earlier.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">On October 29, a police patrol in the town of <a href="http://www.corren.se/nyheter/linkoping/polisman-utsatt-for-stenkastning-om4871969.aspx"><span class="s11">Linköping</span></a> was ambushed by people throwing rocks at them. One policeman was injured, struck in the face by a stone.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">On October 18, a police station in the southern city of <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20171018/helsingborg-police-station-damaged-by-blast-in-southern-sweden"><span class="s11">Helsingborg</span></a> was hit by an explosion. No one was injured, but a large part of the building, as well as the windows on the building opposite, were damaged by the blast. "This is very serious. An attack on the police is not just an attack against society, but on everyone's safety," said Sweden's National Police Commissioner, Dan Eliasson.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">On October 28, in the middle of the night, someone fired roughly 20 bullets into the private home of a police officer in <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/polischefer-till-vasteras"><span class="s11">Västerås</span></a>. The policeman and his family were asleep at the time. The <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/granne-om-skotten-mot-villan-gick-rakt-genom-huset-och-in-i-grannens-hus"><span class="s11">shots </span></a>went straight through the house and into the neighbor's house. According to the regional police chief Carin Götblad, only luck prevented anyone from being hit.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Despite many such incidents, <a href="http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6810075"><span class="s11">Johanna Skinnari</span></a>, a researcher at the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, claims that it is not possible to determine whether or not attacks on the police are becoming more common. She did add, however, that "ordinary threats and harassment" are on the rise. Her research, she explained, found that these attacks tend to reinforce the "intimidation capital" of the perpetrators, "to show they're tough and not afraid of the police."</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">A Swedish policewoman <a href="https://www.hd.se/2017-10-30/mina-poliskollegor-letar-nu-under-sina-bilar-efter-sprangladdningar"><span class="s11">described</span></a> how criminals have published photographs of her, her husband and her 2-year-old son, whom they threatened to murder. She said that similar stories about police officers in Sweden are now common. Some policemen have begun checking for bombs under their cars before starting them. As one violent criminal <a href="http://www.na.se/orebro-lan/orebro/25-aring-atalas-for-mordhot-mot-poliser-det-ar-inte-langre-ni-som-jagar-oss-nu-ar-det-vi-som-jagar-er"><span class="s11">told</span></a> the Swedish police: "You are no longer hunting us. We are hunting you. We will hunt you and your families."</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Swedes pay some of the world's highest taxes. Despite this burden, parts of the country suffer from a chronic lack of police resources. Many crimes go unsolved. Witnesses are sometimes <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/folk-vagar-inte-vittna-pa-en-skadegorelse"><span class="s11">afraid</span></a> of talking to the police. At other times, the police lack the capacity to investigate even serious crimes such as <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/for-manga-mord-for-polisen"><span class="s11">murder</span></a> or rape.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Being a policeman is not an attractive job in Sweden today. The risks are high; the <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/poliser-ligger-fortfarande-efter-i-lonestatistiken"><span class="s11">salary</span></a> is low. The <a href="http://polistidningen.se/2017/11/sex-av-tio-poliser-ser-sig-om-efter-annat/"><span class="s11">majority</span></a> of Swedish police officers -- an alarming 58% -- are considering finding a different profession.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">The police warn that foreign <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/man-kommer-till-sverige-som-till-ett-smorgasbord"><span class="s11">criminals</span></a> view Sweden as a most attractive country. If you steal something, the chances of being caught are almost zero. If you should be sentenced for a crime, you might spend only a short time in a comfortable prison. A lot of <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/allt-fler-vapen-i-handerna-pa-kriminella"><span class="s11">weapons</span></a> are illegally circulating among criminal gangs, from pistols to hand grenades.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">A journalist, <a href="https://www.svd.se/staten-maste-aterta-delvis-forlorade-omraden"><span class="s11">Ivar Arpi</span></a>, commented that parts of the country are no longer under the control of the state. At many <a href="https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-11-02/hot-mot-tagvardar-nu-far-pagatagens-kontrollanter-kameror-pa-kroppen"><span class="s11">train stations</span></a>, libraries and hospitals, threatening and harassing the staff have become a daily routine. In troubled areas, shops are forced to close: thanks to rampant crime, they can no longer buy insurance. Throwing stones at the police or rescue service personnel is now "normal." The use of hand <a href="https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/brottscentralen/valdet-i-sverige-omfattande-jamfors-nu-med-mexiko/"><span class="s11">grenades</span></a> in attacks in <a href="http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6770170"><span class="s11">Sweden</span></a> is now comparable to regions of <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/06/swedem-mexico-grenade-attacks-gun-crime-neighbouring-countries/"><span class="s11">Mexico</span></a> in which drug cartels operate.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">The Gothenburg regional daily <i>Göteborgs-Posten</i> <a href="http://www.gp.se/ledare/kriget-mot-den-svenska-polisen-1.4782588"><span class="s11">argues</span></a> that a "low-intensity war" is currently being waged against the Swedish police. This situation exists, the newspaper notes, although the Swedish economy is still strong. What happens to these tensions if the economy suffers a downturn?</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s12"><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/han-jobbade-pa-sapo-i-30-ar-ser-parallella-rattsamhallen">PO Hellqvist</a></span><span class="s1">, who has worked for 30 years at the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), sounded an alarm on a "power struggle" between Swedish authorities and criminal gangs in certain areas. He says he is concerned about the growth of parallel societies, complete with their own "morality police," partly cut off from, and often hostile to, the rest of society. Such communities have historically been a breeding ground for terrorism. Hellqvist adds he is even more worried about people who become radicalized locally than about ISIS jihadists returning from the Middle East. The local radicals, he notes, are more numerous.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Three employees of Sweden's public broadcasting station <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/31/swedish-public-broadcaster-employees-convicted-people-trafficking/"><span class="s11">SVT</span></a> were convicted of human trafficking after they smuggled a Syrian migrant into Sweden in 2014. They will not, however, lose their <a href="http://www.friatider.se/svt-ok-att-smuggla-illegala-invandrare-och-jobba-hos-oss"><span class="s11">jobs</span></a> because of this. At the same time, another <a href="http://www.dw.com/en/german-police-detain-syrian-for-preparing-explosives-attack/a-41180391"><span class="s11">Syrian</span></a> Muslim migrant was being arrested in Germany; he is suspected of plotting a mass-murder terrorist attack.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Kjell-Olof Feldt, who served as a powerful Minister of Finance during most of the 1980s, was widely respected as an honest and competent minister (even though some of his fellow Social Democrats thought his economic policies too "right-wing"). In October 2017, the now-retired Feldt gave an <a href="https://www.svd.se/s-legendaren-borgerlig-majoritet-efter-valet"><span class="s11">interview</span></a> to a Swedish newspaper in which he expressed concerns about the future of his own party, as well as about the future of Sweden. Feldt says that the way the established political parties have handled immigration has weakened trust in politicians. He described the current immigration policies in Sweden as a "<a href="https://samtiden.nu/2017/10/feldt-migrationen-ar-en-tickande-bomb/"><span class="s11">ticking bomb</span></a>". When asked what politicians can do to solve these problems, Feldt replied: "I do not know. I think hardly anyone knows." Current political leaders, in his view, are simply trying to keep a lid on the situation and stifle debate.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1">Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/31/swedish-students-vulnerable-pushed-back-housing-queue-migrants/"><span class="s11">a report</span></a> claims that Swedish students and other citizens have been pushed to the back of the public-housing queue. Municipalities across Sweden suffer from a housing shortage. The authorities, it seems, have sometimes been prioritizing recently-arrived <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/nyanlanda-far-fortur-till-bostad-andra-utsatta-trangs-undan"><span class="s11">asylum seekers</span></a> and immigrants over the country's native population. The Swedish government is looking to house 100,000 more immigrants in 2018.</span></p>
<p class="p12"><span class="s1"><i>Fjordman, a Norwegian historian, is an expert on Europe, Islam and multiculturalism.</i></span></p>
<p class="p12"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="s1">Comment by Philip</span></span></strong></p>
<p>Good to see that Fjordman is still active. In Norway the left are doing everything they can to stop the return of refugees and to increase the number of refugees allowed to settle in the country. They seldom return to their homelands voluntarily. Also government officials have been trying to block a report on the cost of immigration. The economic cost, the crime victims and the cultural cost are never mentioned. Fortunately we have some "iron ladies" in Norway.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://norwaytoday.info/news/erna-solberg-says-unwise-stop-repatriating-youngsters-afghanistan/" target="_blank">http://norwaytoday.info/news/erna-solberg-says-unwise-stop-repatria...</a></p>
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<p>The leftist statistic bureau boss has now been fired! The Progress Party finance minister Siv Jensen had ordered a report on immigration that was held back.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://norwaytoday.info/news/statistics-norways-immigration-report-published/" target="_blank">http://norwaytoday.info/news/statistics-norways-immigration-report-...</a></p>
<p><span>"According to the </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.ssb.no/nasjonalregnskap-og-konjunkturer/artikler-og-publikasjoner/_attachment/327853?_ts=15f779396d0" target="_blank">report</a><span> immigrants from Asia and Africa will account for 29 per cent of Norway’s population in 2100. Annual real income per capita will then be reduced by NOK 72,000 annually."</span></p>
<p><span>Norwegians are well on the way to becoming a minority in their own homeland. Immigrant crime, especially by youths, already a problem has increased dramatically recently in Oslo. With the costs of immigration rising (and politicians on the left still maintaining that we need more immigrants) and oil production being obstructed by the left and environmentalists Norway will return to being a poor nation and be divided by ethnic conflict.</span></p> Swedish PM ‘pissed off’ as ma…tag:4freedoms.com,2018-08-20:3766518:Comment:1972982018-08-20T19:55:54.744ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p><span>Swedish PM ‘pissed off’ as masked youths set scores of cars on fire across country (PHOTOS, VIDEO) </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/435891-sweden-youths-torch-cars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.rt.com/news/435891-sweden-youths-torch-cars/</a></p>
<p><span>Swedish PM ‘pissed off’ as masked youths set scores of cars on fire across country (PHOTOS, VIDEO) </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/435891-sweden-youths-torch-cars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.rt.com/news/435891-sweden-youths-torch-cars/</a></p> Feign outrage, act surprised,…tag:4freedoms.com,2018-08-20:3766518:Comment:1973832018-08-20T19:39:07.942ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p><span>Feign outrage, act surprised, accuse Russia: How Sweden reacts every time after mass car firebombing</span><br/><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/436080-sweden-firebombing-arson-lofven/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rt.com/news/436080-sweden-firebombing-arson-lofven/</a></p>
<p><span>Feign outrage, act surprised, accuse Russia: How Sweden reacts every time after mass car firebombing</span><br/><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/436080-sweden-firebombing-arson-lofven/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rt.com/news/436080-sweden-firebombing-arson-lofven/</a></p> This excellent Gatestone arti…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-11-13:3766518:Comment:1725662015-11-13T22:53:26.924ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p>This excellent Gatestone article raises some very significant issues.</p>
<blockquote><p>Commenting on the police's encouraging people to join vigilante groups, social commentator and former Refugee Ombudsman Merit Wager wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>"So, the Swedes are supposed to arrange and pay for their own and their families' security and keep their farms from being subjected to theft, even though that has up to now been included in the social contract -- for which we pay high taxes, to…</p>
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<p>This excellent Gatestone article raises some very significant issues.</p>
<blockquote><p>Commenting on the police's encouraging people to join vigilante groups, social commentator and former Refugee Ombudsman Merit Wager wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>"So, the Swedes are supposed to arrange and pay for their own and their families' security and keep their farms from being subjected to theft, even though that has up to now been included in the social contract -- for which we pay high taxes, to have police we can count on to protect us and apprehend criminals?! When did the social contract expire? October 2015? Without any notice of termination, since the tax-consuming party is not fulfilling its part of the deal? This should mean that our part of the deal - to pay taxes for public, joint services -- has also become invalid? If the social contract is broken, it is broken. Then it is musical chairs (lawlessness, defenselessness, without protection), and that means that each and every one of us should pay less taxes."</p>
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<p>Indeed. If enough Swedes and employers subtracted, say, 20% from their taxes - that being the amount spent on the security role - would the state be prepared to lock up them up? Indeed, its prisons are probably already full with criminal immigrants, so that's not going to work. And what would you call these people? They aren't fascists, if anything, it would be the state that's fascist for persecuting citizens with its armed police to get money from them. They aren't racists, they merely refuse to pay for a service that isn't provided. Its nothing to do with race, its a commercial matter. In other words, two of the critical weapons of the fascist left would be instantly neutralised.</p>
<p>Now consider this:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ilan Sadé, lawyer and social commentator, <a href="http://detgodasamhallet.com/2015/10/27/i-anonyma-skyltars-skymningszon/">wrote</a> about the refugee chaos at Malmö Central Train Station on the blog <i>Det Goda Samhället</i> on October 27: "The authorities no longer honor the social contract." He described four large signs on display around the station that read "Refugee? Welcome to Malmö!" in four different languages.</p>
<blockquote><p>"It is unclear who the sender of the message is, or, for that matter, who is in charge of the reception facility -- a number of barracks by the old post office in the inner harbor. Everything is utterly confusing. It could be Malmö City or the Immigration Service, but it might as well be 'Refugees Welcome,' or possibly a religious community. <strong>I think to myself that a government agency could not reasonably write like this, a correct and pertinent sign would say something like: 'Asylum seekers are referred to the barracks for information and further transport</strong>.' But I am probably wrong; Malmö City is the chief suspect communicant. ... <strong>The signs in and around the Central Station are symptoms of something incredibly serious: Role confusion and the decay of the constitutional state.</strong> <strong>And thus, that our authorities no longer honor the social contract."</strong></p>
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<p>I have sensed a similar feeling with some of the events in the UK, but not as insidious as that above. I felt it, for example, when seeing Camilla Batmanghelidjh sitting next to Cameron and receiving tens of millions of taxpayers money. Surely someone in such a role has a duty to put on a respectable image? Does the need to be culturally inclusive over-ride the need to show your donors respect and that you are trustworthy and reasonable? In the end, Camilla dressed like a clown and acted like a clown; she did indeed show Cameron from the outset that she was unreasonable and not to be entrusted with large funds, but he ignored the message. <span>When Cameron flies to the Far East, their statesmen don't greet him in silk pyjamas or as a Samurai. This is not a 'racist' cultural question. Its a question of the state expecting to be treated with a certain amount of respect, in exchange for its distribution of largesse. </span></p>
<p><span>But more significantly, if <span> "our authorities no longer honor the social contract", then why should the citizens. I feel this is an omen of many things to come. Expect to see a general falling away of civic participation. It will get harder to get people to speak to the police, even as witnesses, it will be harder to get them to do jury service, it will become harder and more laborious and time consuming to collect taxes and fines, to the extent that some of them will simply have to be written off. Sweden is now witnessing the death of its civil society. Let's hope their example is enough to wake the rest of our leaders up.</span><br/></span></p>