Hate crime provisions in the Criminal Code have been amended to include transgender identity among the protected characteristics.

The Swedish Police produced several hate crime awareness-raising films and ran chat forums on social media. The Police also formed an internal mentorship network, whereby regional police forces with experienced hate crime specialists act as mentors for those regions that do not have hate crime specialization but aspire to increase their capacity to address hate crimes.

The Swedish Police and Prosecution Service organized national hate crime conferences, aimed at improving practitioners’ awareness and ability to respond to hate crimes.

The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority continued to sponsor several civil society organizations, providing support to victims of hate crime through its Crime Victim Fund.

The breakdown by type of crime relates to homophobic hate crimes only. Additional 79 transphobic hate crimes were reported and are presented as "unspecified" hate crime. 

Anti-Roma hate crimes were reported in this category but are presented separately here.

This category consists of 79 transphobic hate crimes, for which no breakdown by type of crime is available. For that reason, they cannot be presented alongside homophobic hate.