Sweden
Sweden regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Sweden's criminal law contains a general penalty enhancement provision. Sweden includes defamation, hate speech and discrimination crimes in its data. Hate crime data are collected by the National Council for Crime Prevention and are based on information from the police and the prosecution authority. Since 2012, the number of hate crime cases is estimated based on a statistical sample of police reports. Since 2016, hate crime reports are published only every second year. Three different victimization surveys, used to measure unreported hate crime, are conducted regularly at one, two and three-year intervals, respectively.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2020 | 3150 | 334 | Not available |
2019 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2018 | 5858 | 218 | - |
2017 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2016 | 4862 | 257 | Not available |
2015 | 4859 | 255 | Not available |
2014 | 4258 | 279 | Not available |
2013 | 3943 | 161 | Not available |
2012 | 5518 | 344 | Not available |
2011 | 5493 | 347 | Not available |
2010 | 5139 | 440 | Not available |
2009 | 5797 | 450 | Not available |
About 2018 Data
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The total number of estimated reported hate crimes was 7,092. The number presented here excludes incidents related to defamation, hate speech and unlawful discrimination.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-08 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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Anti-Christian hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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2018-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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2018 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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2018-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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2018-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-01 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-04 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-02 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-10 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-05 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-05 | Attacks against property | RFSL Support Service
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2018-06 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-03 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-08 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-01 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-06 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | RFSL Support Service
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2018-06 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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2018-09 | Threats | RFSL Support Service
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Sweden has not reported information on the sentencing of hate crime cases to ODIHR.