Current Events in Sweden

• Many young men have died in Sweden this year from gunshot wounds.
• Gun violence is on the rise in Sweden and many people are scared.
• Several of the murders were in Södertälje and the person who lives there is scared.
• The Easter weekend saw riots in several Swedish cities.
• Mats Öhman is a police officer in Örebro and he was afraid that his colleagues would die when there were riots there.
• The war in Ukraine has caused many people in Sweden to change their minds about NATO.
• After the start of the war, the Social Democratic government decided that Sweden would apply to join NATO.
• Now almost 70 percent of the people in Sweden also want to join NATO.
• There are many more than before the war.
• The war also affected the price of petrol, diesel and electricity. It became much more expensive to refuel the car and heat the house.
• Many other things also became more expensive this year.

Test your knowledge about recent events in Sweden, including gun violence, riots, and the impact of the war in Ukraine on the country.