Riots occurred in several Swedish cities in April 2022, primarily against police who were stationed to protect events planned by Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan.

This is a chronological list of known riots in Sweden.

Sep 4, 2023 · Police in Sweden say clashes have erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in the third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to a copy of the Quran.

Sep 4, 2023 · Sweden has pledged to explore legal means of abolishing protests that involve burning texts in certain circumstances. Police arrest three people and detain 10 after a violent protest …

Jul 8, 2024 · During the Easter weekend in 2022, riots broke out in several Swedish cities, after the right-wing extremist politician Rasmus Paludan planned to burn Korans at locations around the country.

Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the …

Sep 4, 2023 · Clashes described by police as a "violent riot" erupted in Sweden's third-largest city after an anti-Islam protester set fire to the Koran.

Nov 23, 2023 · Violent riots broke out in several Swedish cities over the Easter weekend of 2022, with predominantly Muslim immigrant groups setting fire to cars and neighborhoods in connection with the …

Aug 17, 2023 · At least two public desecrations of the Quran in Sweden in recent weeks have provoked riots, caused a diplomatic crisis and placed the country, long regarded as peaceful and tolerant, …

At first I thought the images were from Greece, but in fact similar rioting (though not nearly as serious) has also hit the Swedish city of Malmo after youths, who were squatting in a former Islamic center, …