Sweden Mulls Crackdown After Pro-Palestinian Protests Target Ministers
16th September 2025
Sweden’s government is considering tougher protest laws after pro-Palestinian demonstrators confronted ministers outside parliament last week.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday, “We cannot have all the world’s conflicts playing out on Swedish streets,” as Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer convened party leaders, police, and security officials to discuss the escalating incidents.
The flashpoint came when Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin was followed from parliament by protesters shouting in what officials described as a threatening manner. Similar demonstrations in Gothenburg and Malmö have also targeted Jewish communities, which Kristersson labelled “completely unreasonable.”