for questions about claims based in Sweden, or limited in Sweden.
Questions tagged [sweden]
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Is this Swedish government pamphlet a guide for men who have married underage girls?
From this tweet, by a tweeter who claims to be located in Sweden:
No Joke: Sweden’s board of health and welfare and the migration authority just released this pamphlet called “information to the person who is married to a child”, meant to help…
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Do the Swedish police have a special code for immigrant crimes?
An article I read today asserts the Swedish police have a special 'code 291' for crimes committed by muslim immigrants. This code would be used to 'bury' crimes such as sexual assault by refugees. A total of +/- 5000 crimes are supposed to have been…
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Do one quarter of Swedes named 'Ali' have a criminal record?
I saw on Reddit that a site called Sputnik News reported that one-fourth of people named Ali in Sweden have a criminal record. I researched a little bit but couldn't find any other source validating this claim.
Is this true?
Source:…
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Did Swedish tax rate ever exceed 100%?
In several places I've seen the claim that some people have at some point in history paid more than 100% taxes in Sweden.
The Economist on the Nordic Countries:
Astrid Lindgren, the inventor of Pippi Longstocking, was forced to pay more than 100%…
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Is Sweden experiencing a "rape epidemic?"
The US think-tank, the Gatestone Institute - along with many conservative web-sites, has claimed that rapes in Sweden have gone up because of the influx of refugees from the Middle East.
Forty years after the Swedish parliament unanimously decided…
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Did Sweden experience lower all-cause mortality during the pandemic?
Sections of the Australian media have been claiming recently that Sweden experienced lower excess deaths during the pandemic years compared with other countries, including Australia. The implication is that Australia was wrong to impose lockdowns…
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Is Sweden's economy deteriorating fast?
I am rather surprised to read this article:
Sweden to become a Third World Country by 2030, according to UN
In 2010 Sweden had the 15th place in the HDI rankings but according to UN forecasts, Sweden will be #25 in 2015, and in 2030 on the 45th…
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Will criticizing immigration be illegal in Sweden?
There's an article titled Sweden passes law to criminalize any criticism of immigration which says,
A new law will come into effect in Sweden after Christmas 2014, that will allow people to be prosecuted for criticizing immigration or politician’s…
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Are Swedish police banned from describing criminals?
From The Independent: Swedish police banned from describing criminals anymore in case they sound racist
Swedish police will no longer be able to give descriptions of alleged
criminals for fear of being seen as racist.
According to an internal…
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Do girls mature more quickly than boys?
In Sweden at least you were always told growing up that girls matured a lot quicker than boys did. Back then I bought that statement as it was, seeing that girls the same age were more interested in older boys and that their overall…
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Has Sweden tripled its ICU capacity to fight Covid-19?
In an youtube interview Prof. Johan Giesecke says that one of the reasons why Sweden is not worried about the UK-style scenarios for Covid-19 is that Sweden has tripled its ICU capacity (which the [UK] Imperial College paper [he deems responsible…
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Was Swedish dentist Bernt Herlitz fired because he revealed that migrant adults were fraudulently posing as children?
The Gateway Pundit writes:
Swedish dentist Bernt Herlitz revealed to authorities that after checking the molar teeth of hundreds of migrant children that 80% of the so-called children were actually adults.
Herlitz was quickly fired and now may lose…
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Did Muslim immigrants rape over 300 Swedish children in seven months of 2013?
From Top Conservative News:
Muslim immigrants raped over 300 Swedish children in seven months of 2013
In the first seven months of 2013, over 1,000 Swedish women reported being raped by Muslim immigrants. Over 300 of those were under the age of…
user4951
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Is Sweden 'the most dangerous country in Europe [EU] today' (when it comes to violent crime)?
Bild makes the claims. [Google translated below]
Schweden ist heute das gefährlichste Land in Europa.
[Sweden is the most dangerous country in Europe today.]
In der EU werden durchschnittlich acht Personen pro Million Einwohnern Opfer…
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Are jihadists returning to Örebro, Sweden given psychological help?
Speisa makes this claim:
Jihadists returning to Örebro Municipality will get psychological help.
And not only that: Tvärsnytt now reveals that the municipality council are discussing giving them jobs.
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ISIS Jihadists returning to Örebro will…
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