Swedish contact with the Muslim world dates back to the 7th–10th centuries, when the Vikings traded with Muslims during the Islamic Golden Age.

1 day ago · Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities. A spokesperson for Sweden’s prosecutor ...

1 day ago · Unrest broke out after Mr Momika set fire to a copy of Islam's holy book outside Stockholm Central Mosque in 2023. Stockholm police said in a statement that five people had been arrested after a ...

Sep 4, 2023 · Clashes in an immigrant neighborhood in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Quran with police being pelted with rocks and dozens of cars set on fire. Police said Monday, adding the tensions now have died down.

Jun 12, 2024 · 6. Islam in Sweden. Ever since the middle of the 20th century, the number of Muslims in Sweden has grown, mainly through immigration. Among the most important regions of origin for people with Muslim backgrounds are south-east Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Horn of Africa.

Aug 3, 2023 · Anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden have burnt and damaged several copies of the Koran in recent months, prompting outrage in the Muslim world and demands the Nordic governments ban such...

Oct 17, 2023 · The killing of two Swedish citizens in an attack in Brussels has shocked the Scandinavian country even though the government has been warning for months that Swedes were at greater risk because of public desecrations of …

Jul 4, 2024 · Concern grows over anti-Muslim hate incidents in Sweden. Accounts abound of regular insults and attacks against Muslims, fueled in recent years by dehumanizing public rhetoric.

Mar 1, 2024 · Regardless of the fact that the histories of Europe and of the larger Muslim world are entwined (e.g., Green 2020), anti-Muslim rhetoric often portrays Islam and Muslims as a new phenomenon that threatens social order (e.g., Larsson and Spielhaus 2017), including in Sweden.

First, we provide a brief background to the history of Islam and Muslims in Sweden. Secondly, we give a bibliographical overview of existing research on Muslims in Sweden. Finally, we discuss some poten-tial areas that should be studied in the future if we want to acquire a more informed understanding of Islam and Muslims in Sweden.