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Sweden
Sweden regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Hate crime reports are published every second year. Since 2016, the Government has implemented a national plan against racism, similar forms of hostility and hate crime. The plan takes an integrated approach and comprises strategies and measures to prevent and combat racism and hate crime through co-ordination and monitoring, education and research, and support for and co-operation with civil society.
Three different victimization surveys are conducted at one, two and three-year intervals in order to measure unreported hate crime.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2022 | 2695 | 213 | Not available |
| 2021 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 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.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Sweden has not reported information on the sentencing of hate crime cases to ODIHR.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
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
No information is available.