December 2013 Stockholm riots
{{Short description|Clashes between far-right rioters, leftist activists, and Swedish authority}}
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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = 2013 Stockholm Kärrtorp riots
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| date = 15 December 2013
| place = Kärrtorp, Stockholm, Sweden
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| causes =
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| result = Dozens of rioters arrested, police regain control of areas affected.
| side1 = Swedish Police Authority
Swedish Security Service
| side2 = Anti-fascists
| side3 = Rioters:
Neo-Nazis
Swedish Resistance Movement
White youths{{cite web |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20131217/teenage-arrests-following-nazi-riot-stockholm-racism-demonstration-violence-attack/ |title=Half of arrested neo-Nazi rioters are teens |date= 17 December 2013 |publisher= The Local}}
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| howmany1 =
| howmany2 = 500–800
| howmany3 = 40
| injuries = 4
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On 15 December 2013, violent clashes took place during an anti-racist demonstration in the Kärrtorp district of Stockholm, Sweden. The demonstration was organised by Linje 17, its name referring to the Stockholm Metro Line 17 that runs through Kärrtorp. The demonstration was violently attacked by neo-Nazis. Two demonstrators and two police officers were injured and hospitalised.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20141212/neo-nazi-clashes-in-sweden-one-year-on|title=Neo-Nazi clashes in Sweden: One year on|date=12 December 2014}}
Events
Amid increasing racist activity in Kärrtorp including racist graffiti on a local school, the newly created Linje 17 organised a demonstration against this. About 200 people participated in the protest on Sunday 15 December. Only six police officers were put in place for the event.
A group of about forty men belonging to the Swedish Resistance Movement (Svenska Motståndsrörelsen), armed with brass knuckles and iron rods, interrupted and attacked the demonstration. They threw stones, bottles and fireworks.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/15/world/europe/sweden-nazi-attack/index.html|title=Neo-Nazis attack anti-racism demonstrators in Sweden |first=Mark |last=Morgenstein|publisher=CNN}} Members of the far-left Antifascistisk Aktion and Revolutionary Front groups who took part in the demonstration went into opposition against the neo-Nazis.{{cite web|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5786592|title=Seven prosecuted for Stockholm neo-Nazi attack|date=17 February 2014|via=sverigesradio.se}}
The chants of "Adolf Hitler" and "Sieg Heil" were audible.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140605/karrtorp-clashes-four-neo-nazis-jailed|title=Kärrtorp clashes: Four neo-Nazis jailed|date=5 June 2014}} The Swedish Resistance Movement attackers were forced to retreat the scene when police gained control of the trouble.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20150326/nine-more-jailed-for-stockholm-nazi-attack|title=Nine more jailed for Stockholm Nazi attack|date=26 March 2015}}
Aftermath
File:Linje 17 i Kärrtorp dec 2013.jpg
Around 28 people were arrested immediately after the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/swedish-police-28-detained-after-neo-nazi-attack/|title=Swedish police: 28 detained after neo-Nazi attack|date=15 December 2013}}
In response to the trouble, Linje 17 organised a second anti-racist demonstration a week later on 22 December. 16,000 people participated, including many local and well-known artists and parliamentary figures.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/12/thousands-rally-against-racism-sweden-20131222125034697362.html|title=Thousands rally against racism in Sweden|first=Cajsa|last=Wikstrom|website=www.aljazeera.com}}
The word "kärrtorpa" was added to the 2014 Språkrådets nyordslista meaning "opposing to the spread of Nazi propaganda and Nazi violence". The world list is published yearly by the Swedish Language Council and contain new words in the Swedish language.{{cite web|title=Nyordslistan|url=http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/download/18.cbc0f5b1499a212bbf1d2a/1419832595190/nyordslista+2014.pdf|publisher=Institutet för språk och folkminnen|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-date=30 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230205718/http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/download/18.cbc0f5b1499a212bbf1d2a/1419832595190/nyordslista+2014.pdf|url-status=dead}}
=Convictions=
Twenty three neo-Nazis were convicted of violence.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140321/police-seek-leftwing-activist-over-attempted-manslaughter|title=Police detain extreme-left suspect in Kärrtorp riot|date=21 March 2014|publisher=The Local}} A far-left activist received a prison sentence in April 2014 for six and a half years for stabbing a neo-Nazi in the back. He was sentenced for attempted manslaughter, making illegal threats, illegal rioting, and unlawful possession of a knife.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140429/man-jailed-after-stabbing-stockholm-nazi-in-the-back|title=Jail for man who stabbed 'unarmed' neo-Nazi|date=2014-04-29|website=www.thelocal.se|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-18}}
See also
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Category:Hate crimes in Europe
Category:Riots and civil disorder in Sweden
Category:Protests in the European Union
Category:December 2013 in Europe