List of grenade attacks in Sweden

This crime's category is very new in Sweden and was not even logged before 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977|title=Sweden's 100 explosions this year: What's going on?|author=Maddy Savage|location=Stockholm|date=12 November 2019|publisher=BBC News|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117153015/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977|url-status=live}} Bombings increased significantly in 2015, with Swedish police investigating around 100–150 explosions.{{Cite news|title=Allt fler kriminella använder sprängämnen|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=6470615|work=P4 Stockholm|date=9 July 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616061401/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=6470615|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Kriminell användning av dödliga sprängmedel ökar|url=http://www.svd.se/kriminell-anvandning-av-dodliga-sprangmedel-okar-snabbt|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=9 July 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=12 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712000923/http://www.svd.se/kriminell-anvandning-av-dodliga-sprangmedel-okar-snabbt|url-status=live}} There were over 30 explosions reported in the Swedish city of Malmö alone by August 2015,{{Cite news|title=Ny granatattack i Malmö|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/annu-en-handgranat-sprangs-i-malmo|publisher=SVT|date=10 August 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806000036/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/annu-en-handgranat-sprangs-i-malmo|url-status=live}} up from a total of 25 in all of 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20150724/third-grenade-attack-in-a-week-rocks-malm|title=Third grenade attack in a week rocks Malmö|date=2015-07-24|access-date=2017-06-02|language=en|archive-date=2017-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522162959/https://www.thelocal.se/20150724/third-grenade-attack-in-a-week-rocks-malm|url-status=live}} Malmö police have consequently warned about undetonated grenades in the city.{{Cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6219244|title=Malmö residents warned to watch out for hand grenades – Radio Sweden|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=25 July 2015 |access-date=2017-06-02|archive-date=2017-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024095557/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6219244|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sweden-grenades-idUKKCN0QE09F20150809|title=In a port city, grenade attacks shatter Swedish sense of safety|last=Hildebrand|first=Alistair Scrutton and Elias von|publisher=Reuters |access-date=2017-06-02|language=en-GB|archive-date=2017-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306065956/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sweden-grenades-idUKKCN0QE09F20150809|url-status=dead}} By 2019, there were more than 100 explosions in Sweden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977|title=Sweden's 100 explosions this year: What's going on?|date=November 12, 2019|publisher=BBC News|access-date=November 30, 2019|archive-date=November 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117153015/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977|url-status=live}}

Many such attacks are related to organised crime and extortion of restaurants and businesses.{{Cite news|title=Gäng, granater och utpressning i storstäderna|url=http://www.svd.se/gang-granater-och-utpressning-i-storstaderna#sida-1|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=29 July 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815225855/http://www.svd.se/gang-granater-och-utpressning-i-storstaderna#sida-1|url-status=live}} Far-right political activists spreading anti-immigrant sentiments have attributed the rise in grenade attacks and crime with the migrant crisis, a claim that has been disputed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombings-grenade-attacks-violent-reality-undoing-peaceful-self-image-law-and-order/|title=Sweden's violent reality is undoing a peaceful self-image|date=April 16, 2018|website=Politico|access-date=December 28, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103041010/https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombings-grenade-attacks-violent-reality-undoing-peaceful-self-image-law-and-order/|url-status=live}}[https://qz.com/886244/open-borders-and-vintage-balkan-hand-grenades-are-being-blamed-for-a-crime-wave-in-sweden/amp/ QZ: Open borders and vintage Balkan hand grenades are being blamed for a crime wave in Sweden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115626/https://qz.com/886244/open-borders-and-vintage-balkan-hand-grenades-are-being-blamed-for-a-crime-wave-in-sweden/amp/ |date=2018-05-10}}, "These grenade attacks have occurred alongside a record influx of asylum seekers, which the main anti-immigrant party, Sweden Democrats, have been quick to capitalize on. ... Gerell dismisses the argument that immigrants are driving a crime wave"[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/world/europe/sweden-crime-immigration-hand-grenades.html New York Times: Hand Grenades and Gang Violence Rattle Sweden's Middle Class] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421235611/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/world/europe/sweden-crime-immigration-hand-grenades.html |date=2018-04-21}}, "Sweden's far right-wing party blames the government's liberal immigration policy for the rising crime" Paulina Neuding of The Spectator wrote that Swedish officials have failed to effectively address the problem: "it's still hard for Swedish authorities to be frank about what's going on. It's widely known that gang members are mainly first- and second-generation immigrants."{{Cite web |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/violent-crime-in-sweden-is-soaring-when-will-politicians-act/ |title=Violent crime in Sweden is soaring. When will politicians act? |work=The Spectator |access-date=2018-05-23 |archive-date=2018-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615143006/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/violent-crime-in-sweden-is-soaring-when-will-politicians-act/ |url-status=live}}

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In Malmö the grenades are frequently old weapons from the wars in the Balkans. The police assume that someone imported a large cache of grenades, which has then been distributed to criminal gangs.{{cite news|title=Jugoslaviska handgranater bakom explosionerna|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-07-23/jugoslaviska-handgranater-bakom-explosionerna|accessdate=11 September 2016|work=Sydsvenskan|date=23 July 2015|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924145946/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-07-23/jugoslaviska-handgranater-bakom-explosionerna|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Kraftig ökning av handgranater i Sverige|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6503869|accessdate=28 August 2016|work=P3 Morgonpasset|publisher=Sveriges Radio|date=25 August 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828002612/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6503869|url-status=live}} In addition to grenade attacks, there are a significant number of related bomb attacks with improvised explosive devices, including homemade bombs.{{Cite news|title=Sprängningarna ökar i Skåne|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=6195735|work=P4 Malmöhus|date=22 June 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817085152/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=6195735|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Bombkarta: Här har sprängladdningar detonerat i Malmö|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-05-29/bombkarta-har-har-sprangladdningar-detonerat-i-malmo|work=Sydsvenskan|date=29 May 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=2016-06-29|archive-date=2016-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919184857/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-05-29/bombkarta-har-har-sprangladdningar-detonerat-i-malmo|url-status=live}} The number of incidents involving explosives tripled between 2008 and 2016.{{cite news|title=Bombskyddet rycker ut – minst tre gånger per dygn|url=http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/bombskyddet-rycker-ut-minst-tre-g%C3%A5nger-per-dygn-1.4056747|accessdate=26 December 2016|publisher=Göteborgsposten|date=21 December 2016|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223161010/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/bombskyddet-rycker-ut-minst-tre-g%C3%A5nger-per-dygn-1.4056747|url-status=live}} According to a December 2018 Swedish Television interview with researcher Amir Rostami, Sweden has a high number of hand grenade attacks compared to neighbouring countries Denmark, Norway, and Germany. According to the Swedish police the reason may be the light sentence for possession compared to a firearm and that the evidence destroys itself when used.{{cite news |last1=Roden |first1=Lee |title=Why Swedish gangs use hand grenades (and what the country is doing about it) |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180228/why-sweden-is-battling-hand-grenades-and-illegal-weapons |work=The Local |date=28 February 2018 |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105112635/https://www.thelocal.se/20180228/why-sweden-is-battling-hand-grenades-and-illegal-weapons |url-status=live}} While gun homicides were on the rise in the 2011–2018 time span, according to a study at Malmö University, the number of hand grenade attacks had shown a strong increase in the same period and a total of 116 hand grenade detonations were recorded. Rostami said criminologists in Sweden don't know why there was a strong increase and why Sweden has a much higher rate than countries close by.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/116-granatattacker-pa-atta-ar-sverige-sticker-ut|title=116 granatattacker på åtta år – Sverige sticker ut|date=2018-12-10|website=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|access-date=2018-12-11|archive-date=2018-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210230107/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/116-granatattacker-pa-atta-ar-sverige-sticker-ut|url-status=live |last1=Salihu |first1=Diamant }} Statistics are hard to come by as the only country apart from Sweden that publishes statistics is Mexico.

The hand grenades found by the police are exclusively the ex-Yugoslavian M75 hand grenade.{{Cite web|url=https://metromode.se/|title=Metro Mode – Mode, skönhet, hälsa och inredning|access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2019-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529125817/https://metromode.se/|url-status=live}}

While Swedish media sometimes are accused of not covering the topic enough, a 2019 study by polling company Kantar Sifo found that law and order was the most covered news topic on Swedish TV and radio and on social media.

List of noted attacks

= 1993 =

A man from Azerbaijan held 82 people hostage with two hand grenades on a hijacked plane at the Stockholm Arlanda Airport.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/5846939|title=Han förhandlade med kaparen 1993|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=April 26, 2014|via=sverigesradio.se|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109222500/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/5846939|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/e16zdO|title=Bombhotade plan – för tredje gången|website=Aftonbladet|date=11 June 2015 |access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2020-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127101103/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/e16zdO|url-status=live}}
The leader of Sverigedemokraterna's youth organisation and a leading member of the parent organisation is arrested with a hand grenade in Kungsträdgården where Gudrun Schyman was going to hold a speech.{{Cite web|url=http://expo.se/sverigedemokraterna/greps-med-handgranat-kungstradgarden/|title=Expo: Greps med handgranat i Kungsträdgården|access-date=2017-11-22|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044347/http://expo.se/sverigedemokraterna/greps-med-handgranat-kungstradgarden/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/omtalat/nyheter/8-saker-som-paminner-oss-om-vad-sverigedemokraterna-egentligen-star-for/|title=8 saker som påminner oss om vad Sverigedemokraterna egentligen står för|website=www.expressen.se|date=9 February 2015 |access-date=2017-11-22|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031405/https://www.expressen.se/omtalat/nyheter/8-saker-som-paminner-oss-om-vad-sverigedemokraterna-egentligen-star-for/|url-status=live}}

=2002–2012=

Four hand grenades exploded under cars in Gothenburg between 2002 and 2006 (one in 2002 and in 2004, and two in 2006). The attacks were linked to a local Bandidos group that was founded and led by Mehdi Seyyed.[http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/bandidos-och-seyyed-1.1169620 BANDIDOS OCH SEYYED] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044025/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/bandidos-och-seyyed-1.1169620 |date=2017-12-09 }}, gp.se Seyyed was sentenced to nine years in prison for the two attacks in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/J1rPlX|title=Bandidos-ledare får 9 års fängelse|website=Aftonbladet|date=14 January 2009 |access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2020-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109222500/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/J1rPlX|url-status=live}}
Two explosive attacks or attempts (one in 2011, one in 2008), were reported to be as a result of hand grenades, among 22 bomb attacks in Malmö between 2008 and 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/22-bomber---pa-tre-ar/|title=22 bomber – på tre år|website=www.expressen.se|date=8 June 2011 |access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2020-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815113545/https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/22-bomber---pa-tre-ar/|url-status=live}}

=2013=

9 June, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded in a garbage shed on Ramels väg, damaging several cars.
14 September, Malmö, two people were hospitalised after a hand grenade exploded at Köpmansgatan.
9 November, Malmö, a device exploded in the stairwell of an assembly building in Norra Grängesbergsgatan.{{Cite news|title=Sprängdåd påverkade inte arbetet|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2014-02-03/sprangdad-paverkade-inte-arbetet|work=Sydsvenskan|date=3 February 2014|language=Swedish|access-date=2016-06-29|archive-date=2016-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919191048/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2014-02-03/sprangdad-paverkade-inte-arbetet|url-status=live}}

=2014=

26 January, Malmö, a hand grenade was thrown into the window of a family's home in Seved. Thought to have been thrown by the assailants into a mistaken apartment, the family of three were said by police to have likely survived only because the father managed to close the bedroom door in time.
15 April, Malmö, a grenade exploded outside a restaurant in Adelgatan.
6 May, Malmö, one man was severely injured after a grenade was thrown into his apartment on Estlandsgatan. The grenade was thought by police to have been thrown into a mistaken apartment by the assailants.
19 May, Malmö, a grenade exploded in Seved damaging eight cars and several buildings.

=2015=

7 February, Sollentuna, a grenade exploded in the stairwell of an apartment block in Edsberg.{{Cite news|title=Granat tros ligga bakom explosion|url=https://mitti.se/nyheter/granat-tros-ligga-bakom-explosion/?omrade=hela-stockholm|work=mitti.se|date=16 February 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221181844/https://mitti.se/nyheter/granat-tros-ligga-bakom-explosion/?omrade=hela-stockholm|url-status=live}}
23 April, Malmö, a restaurant was damaged after a hand grenade exploded in Adelgatan.{{Cite news|title=Nytt sprängattentat skakade Malmö i natt|url=http://www.skd.se/2015/04/23/kraftig-small-skakade-malmo/|work=Skånska Dagbladet|date=23 April 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805033506/http://www.skd.se/2015/04/23/kraftig-small-skakade-malmo/|url-status=live}}
21 May, Uppsala, two hand grenades exploded after being thrown into the nightclub Birger Jarl.{{Cite news|title=Sex handgranater på 13 månader i Uppsala|url=http://www.unt.se/uppland/uppsala/sex-handgranater-pa-13-manader-i-uppsala-4282240.aspx|work=unt.se|date=25 June 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627065149/http://www.unt.se/uppland/uppsala/sex-handgranater-pa-13-manader-i-uppsala-4282240.aspx|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Polisen bekräftar: Handgranat mot Birger Jarl|url=http://www.unt.se/uppland/uppsala/nya-uppgifter-handgranat-mot-birger-jarl-4005478.aspx|work=unt.se|date=2 December 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821143212/http://www.unt.se/uppland/uppsala/nya-uppgifter-handgranat-mot-birger-jarl-4005478.aspx|url-status=live}}
12 June, Malmö, two passers-by were injured when a grenade exploded in Rasmusgatan in Seved.{{Cite news|title=Åtta handgranatsattacker i Malmö i sommar|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/flera-handgranatsattacker-i-sommar|publisher=SVT|date=10 August 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806003050/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/flera-handgranatsattacker-i-sommar|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Sommaren i Malmö har varit våldsam|url=http://www.etc.se/inrikes/sommaren-i-malmo-har-varit-valdsam|work=ETC|date=22 July 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819121246/http://www.etc.se/inrikes/sommaren-i-malmo-har-varit-valdsam|url-status=live}}
16 June, Malmö, an explosion occurred in Almgården near Rosengård.
20 June, Malmö, two live grenades were thrown at an apartment building in Kroksbäck, but failed to detonate. 60 people were evacuated.{{Cite news|title=Shooting, hand grenade attack rock Swedish city, one injured|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-06/21/content_21065026.htm|work=Chinadaily.com.cn|date=21 June 2016|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816163225/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-06/21/content_21065026.htm|url-status=live}}
13 July, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded outside a family residence in Augustenborg.
15 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded near a residence in Arlöv.
17 July, Malmö, three cars were damaged after an explosion in Branteviksgatan.
21 July, Malmö, one man was injured after a grenade exploded outside a community hall on Norra Grängesbergsgatan.
23 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded under a car in Limhamn, damaging nearby cars and buildings.
24 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded at a social office and damaged nearby cars.{{Cite news|title=Handgranatsattack mot socialkontor|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article21161560.ab|work=Aftonbladet|date=24 July 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=20 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220050422/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article21161560.ab|url-status=live}}
26 July, Malmö, a grenade exploded at a parking lot in Värnhem, damaging ten cars and shattering several house windows.{{Cite news|title=Hand grenade explodes in Malmö|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6219431|work=Radio Sweden|date=26 July 2015|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817092551/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6219431|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Explosion rocks Swedish city as violence surges|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/27/c_134448624.htm|work=Xinhuanet|date=27 July 2015|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026203823/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/27/c_134448624.htm|url-status=dead}}
5 August, Trelleborg, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into a social office.{{Cite news|title=Granatattack mot socialkontoret i Trelleborg|url=http://www.skd.se/2015/08/05/detonation-i-lokal/|work=Skånska Dagbladet|date=5 August 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629012915/http://www.skd.se/2015/08/05/detonation-i-lokal/|url-status=live}}
9 August, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded in a residential area in Möllevången, with thirty windows shattered in the blast.{{Cite news|title=Malmö shaken by another grenade attack|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20150810/malm-shaken-by-another-hand-grenade-attack2015|work=The Local|date=10 August 2015|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805051005/http://www.thelocal.se/20150810/malm-shaken-by-another-hand-grenade-attack2015|url-status=live}}
20 August, Botkyrka, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown at a police van with four police officers inside in Tumba.{{Cite news|title=Skarp granat kastad mot polisbuss|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=6241110|work=P4 Stockholm|date=20 August 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817084500/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=6241110|url-status=live}}
11 September, Borås, a hand grenade exploded in a residential area in Hässleholmen, shattering several windows.{{Cite news|title=Misstänkt handgranat exploderade i Borås|url=http://www.expressen.se/gt/misstankt-handgranat-exploderade-i-boras/|work=Expressen|date=11 September 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822131417/http://www.expressen.se/gt/misstankt-handgranat-exploderade-i-boras/|url-status=live}}
13 October, Gothenburg, a grenade exploded in Biskopsgården damaging six apartments.{{Cite news|title=Granatattacken: Kvinna fanns i lägenheten|url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/granatattacken-kvinna-fanns-i-l%C3%A4genheten-1.151027|work=Göteborgs-Posten|date=13 October 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826004831/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/granatattacken-kvinna-fanns-i-l%C3%A4genheten-1.151027|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Gothenburg shaken by suspected grenade blast|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20151014/gothenburg-shaken-by-suspected-grenade-blast|work=The Local|date=14 October 2015|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422213744/http://www.thelocal.se/20151014/gothenburg-shaken-by-suspected-grenade-blast|url-status=live}}
11 November, Landskrona, the exterior of a house and several cars were damaged in a hand grenade attack.{{Cite news|title=Explosion orsakades troligtvis av handgranat|url=http://landskrona.lokaltidningen.se/explosion-orsakades-troligtvis-av-handgranat-/20151113/artikler/151119859|work=lokaltidningen.se|date=13 November 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808091111/http://landskrona.lokaltidningen.se/explosion-orsakades-troligtvis-av-handgranat-/20151113/artikler/151119859|url-status=live}}
2 December, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded in the nightclub Birger Jarl.
27 December, Helsingborg, a nightclub in Bruksgatan received extensive damages in a bombing.

=2016=

In 2016 there were about almost 40 hand grenade attacks in Sweden.{{Cite news|url=https://fof.se/tidning/2018/2/artikel/laget-ar-javligt-allvarligt|title="Läget är jävligt allvarligt"|date=2018-02-08|work=Forskning & Framsteg|access-date=2018-08-23|language=sv|archive-date=2018-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824034209/https://fof.se/tidning/2018/2/artikel/laget-ar-javligt-allvarligt|url-status=live}}

27 January, Landskrona, several cars were damaged and windows shattered after a hand grenade exploded in Tränggatan.{{Cite news|title=Handgranatsvågen är inte över – fortfarande stort antal enligt bombgruppen|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-08-03/handgranatsvagen-ar-inte-over--fortfarande-hogt-antal-enligt-bombgruppen|work=Sydsvenskan|date=2 August 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=2016-12-18|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220192857/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-08-03/handgranatsvagen-ar-inte-over--fortfarande-hogt-antal-enligt-bombgruppen|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Explosionen kan ha varit en handgranat|url=http://www.svt.se/kheter/lokalt/helsingborg/explosionen-kan-ha-varit-en-handgranat|publisher=SVT|date=27 January 2016|language=Swedish}}
12 February, Gothenburg, two grenades exploded within nine minutes in apartments in two different locations (Lunden and Angered).{{Cite news|title=Larm om två explosioner i Göteborg|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/larm-om-explosion-pa-balkong-i-angered|publisher=SVT|date=12 February 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806014642/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/larm-om-explosion-pa-balkong-i-angered|url-status=live}}
22 March, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into an apartment balcony.
28 March, Stockholm, two hand grenades exploded in central Stockholm, damaging the entrances and exterior of a nightclub and restaurants.{{Cite news|title=Misstänkt explosion i centrala Stockholm|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/misstankt-explosion-i-centrala-stockholm/|work=Expressen|date=28 March 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702170424/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/misstankt-explosion-i-centrala-stockholm/|url-status=live}}
6 April, Stockholm, a grenade exploded after being thrown into a restaurant in Jakobsberg.{{Cite news|title=Granat kastades in i Gula villan|url=https://mitti.se/explosion-i-gula-villan/?tag=haninge|work=mitti.se|date=7 April 2016|language=Swedish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013163853/https://mitti.se/explosion-i-gula-villan/?tag=haninge|archivedate=13 October 2016}}
11 April, Uppsala, one man was hospitalised after a grenade he held exploded at a parking lot in Stenhagen.
17 April, Landskrona, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into an apartment, possibly against a casual target.
18 May, Malmö, a hand grenade caused extensive damages after being thrown at a villa in Fosie, likely against a casual target.{{Cite news|title=Malmö home rocked by suspected grenade blast|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20160518/malm-shaken-by-suspected-grenade-attack|work=The Local|date=18 May 2016|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720170306/http://www.thelocal.se/20160518/malm-shaken-by-suspected-grenade-attack|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Polisen: Finns ingen hotbild|url=http://www.svd.se/explosion-vid-villa-malmo|work=Svenska Dagbladet/TT|date=18 May 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526204153/http://www.svd.se/explosion-vid-villa-malmo|url-status=live}}
7 June, Botkyrka, a hand grenade exploded in central Fittja.{{Cite news|title=Kraftig detonation i södra Stockholm|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kraftig-detonation-i-sodra-stockholm-1/|work=Expressen|date=7 June 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=8 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708110625/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kraftig-detonation-i-sodra-stockholm-1/|url-status=live}}
7 June, Botkyrka, one man was wounded by shrapnel after a grenade exploded outside an office building in Slagsta.{{Cite news|title=Man skadad av granatexplosionen|url=https://mitti.se/nyheter/man-skadad-av-granatexplosionen/|work=mitti.se|date=10 June 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221181840/https://mitti.se/nyheter/man-skadad-av-granatexplosionen/|url-status=live}}
23 June, Tomelilla, a hand grenade exploded outside a villa.
24 June, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded in a pizza restaurant.
9 July, Sollentuna, a grenade exploded while automatic weapons were fired in a residential area, amid four local shootouts in two days.{{Cite news|title=Flera skott avlossade i Sollentuna|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/flera-skott-avlossade-i-sollentuna|publisher=SVT/TT|date=9 July 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=12 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712171029/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/flera-skott-avlossade-i-sollentuna|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Fler poliser till Sollentuna efter skottlossningar|url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/fler-poliser-till-sollentuna-efter-skottlossningar/|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=10 July 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=13 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713144930/http://www.dn.se/sthlm/fler-poliser-till-sollentuna-efter-skottlossningar/|url-status=live}}
12 July, Botkyrka, a grenade exploded after being thrown under a parked car in Tumba.{{Cite news|title=Morgonkollen: Handgranat kastades in under bil|url=https://mitti.se/nyheter/nyheter-i-hela-stockholm/morgonkollen-handgranat-kastades-in-under-bil/?omrade=hela-stockholm|work=mitti.se|date=13 July 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221181836/https://mitti.se/nyheter/nyheter-i-hela-stockholm/morgonkollen-handgranat-kastades-in-under-bil/?omrade=hela-stockholm|url-status=live}}
28 July, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded in an apartment after several assailants had kicked in the door.
22 August, Gothenburg, a hand grenade exploded in an apartment in Biskopsgården, killing an 8-year-old child Yuusuf Warsame from Birmingham, England. The attack was connected to an ongoing feud between members of Gothenburg's Somali community,{{Cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/explosion-i-flerfamiljshus-i-g%C3%B6teborg-1.3716841|title=Explosion i flerfamiljshus i Göteborg|last=Gartéus|first=Madeleine|date=22 August 2016|website=Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish)|access-date=22 August 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822102403/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/explosion-i-flerfamiljshus-i-g%C3%B6teborg-1.3716841|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/22/birmingham-schoolboy-killed-in-grenade-explosion-in-sweden|title=Birmingham schoolboy 'killed in grenade explosion in Sweden'|date=22 August 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822235641/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/22/birmingham-schoolboy-killed-in-grenade-explosion-in-sweden|url-status=live}} as a person who was sentenced for the 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting is registered at the address.{{cite news|title=Polisen: Explosionen var handgranat|url=http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/polisen-explosionen-var-handgranat-1.4050633|accessdate=17 December 2016|publisher=Göteborgsposten|date=15 December 2016|archive-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216175801/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%c3%b6teborg/polisen-explosionen-var-handgranat-1.4050633|url-status=live}}
4 September, Gothenburg, one or two grenades exploded on the apartment balcony of an elderly disabled man, creating a hole and blasting out several windows. The grenade was thought by police to have been thrown indiscriminately at the apartment in a gang-area.{{Cite news|title=Nya uppgifter: Minst en granat kastades|url=https://www.gp.se/nya-uppgifter-minst-en-granat-kastades-1.3760284|work=Göteborg-Posten|date=6 September 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=22 September 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923055955/https://www.gp.se/nya-uppgifter-minst-en-granat-kastades-1.3760284|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Nya uppgifter: Minst en granat kastades|url=https://www.gp.se/nya-uppgifter-minst-en-granat-kastades-1.3760284|work=Göteborgs-Posten|date=6 September 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=22 September 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923055955/https://www.gp.se/nya-uppgifter-minst-en-granat-kastades-1.3760284|url-status=live}}
23 October, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded nearby a garage and a car in Husie.{{Cite news|title=Detonation i Malmö orsakades av handgranat|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/detonation-i-malmo-orsakades-av-handgranat|publisher=SVT|date=24 October 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=30 October 2016|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031090744/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/detonation-i-malmo-orsakades-av-handgranat|url-status=live}}
28 October, Landskrona, a hand grenade exploded in a pizza restaurant.{{Cite news|title=Handgranat sprängde pizzeria i Landskrona|url=http://www.hd.se/2016-10-27/larm-om-explosion-pa-pizzeria-i-landskrona|work=hd.se|date=28 October 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=2016-10-30|archive-date=2016-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030035644/http://www.hd.se/2016-10-27/larm-om-explosion-pa-pizzeria-i-landskrona|url-status=live}}
11 November, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown at a car rental company, situated adjacent to a gas station.{{Cite news|title=Granatattack kunde fått förödande konsekvenser – exploderade intill bensinmack|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-11-11/explosion-pa-rosengard|work=Sydsvenskan|date=11 November 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=2016-12-18|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220192446/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-11-11/explosion-pa-rosengard|url-status=live}}
15 November, Västerås, a hand grenade exploded in a hair salon. The attack was thought to be part of extortion.{{Cite news|title=Explosion på frisörsalong misstänks vara utpressning – 44-åring åtalas|url=http://www.vlt.se/vastmanland/vasteras/explosion-pa-frisorsalong-misstanks-vara-utpressning-44-aring-atalas|work=vlt.se|date=3 May 2017|language=Swedish|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182333/http://www.vlt.se/vastmanland/vasteras/explosion-pa-frisorsalong-misstanks-vara-utpressning-44-aring-atalas|url-status=live}}
21 November, Ängelholm, a grenade exploded near an apartment block, blasting out several windows.{{Cite news|title=Granat detonerade i trädgård|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-11-22/granat-detonerade-i-tradgard|agency=TT|newspaper=Sydsvenskan|date=22 November 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=2016-12-16|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185145/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-11-22/granat-detonerade-i-tradgard|url-status=live}}
30 November, Solna, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown into an apartment balcony where a person was standing in the kitchen. The person got out of the apartment unharmed, while the balcony was wrecked and several windows were shattered. The event is linked to gang crime.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article24015690.ab |newspaper=Aftonbladet |title=Explosion i norra Stockholm |trans-title=Explosion in northern Stockholm |first1=Ebba |last1=Thornéus |first2=Erik |last2=Melin |date=2016-11-30 |access-date=2016-11-30 |language=Swedish |archive-date=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201015445/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article24015690.ab |url-status=live }}
15 December, Gothenburg, a hand grenade exploded causing damage to two apartments in Biskopsgården.{{Cite news|title=Polisen: Explosionen var handgranat|url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/polisen-explosionen-var-handgranat-1.4050633|newspaper=Göteborgs-Posten|date=16 December 2016|language=Swedish|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216175801/http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%c3%b6teborg/polisen-explosionen-var-handgranat-1.4050633|url-status=live}}

=2017=

1 January, Katrineholm, a grenade was thrown at the local police station. The entrance, several windows and three cars parked nearby were damaged.{{cite news|title=Handgranat mot polisstation i Katrineholm|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/handgranat-mot-polisstation-pa-tolvslaget|accessdate=3 January 2017|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=1 January 2017|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103002627/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/handgranat-mot-polisstation-pa-tolvslaget|url-status=live}}
13 February, Södertälje, a hand grenade exploded in a residential area, where an entrepreneur who had recently been extorted had their offices.{{Cite news|title=Polisens teori: Handgranat bakom explosionen på Täppgatan – "Fullständigt livsfarligt"|url=http://www.lt.se/blaljus/brott/polisens-teori-handgranat-bakom-explosionen-pa-tappgatan-fullstandigt-livsfarligt|work=lt.se|date=23 February 2017|language=Swedish|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301095551/http://www.lt.se/blaljus/brott/polisens-teori-handgranat-bakom-explosionen-pa-tappgatan-fullstandigt-livsfarligt|url-status=live}}
28 February, Malmö, one person was wounded by shrapnel and hospitalised after a grenade exploded outside a residence in Lindängen.{{Cite news|title=Handgranat exploderade – en person skadad|url=http://lokaltidningen.se/handgranat-exploderade-%E2%80%93-en-person-skadad-/20170228/artikler/170229652/1479|work=lokaltidningen.se|date=28 February 2017|language=Swedish|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301011615/http://lokaltidningen.se/handgranat-exploderade-%E2%80%93-en-person-skadad-/20170228/artikler/170229652/1479|url-status=live}}
11 April, Linköping, a hand grenade was thrown onto a balcony.{{cite news |url=http://www.corren.se/nyheter/linkoping/skarpladdad-handgranat-kastades-in-pa-balkong-om4590915.aspx |title=Skarpladdad handgranat kastades in på balkong |date=11 April 2017 |newspaper=Östgöta Correspondenten |language=Swedish |access-date=11 April 2017 |archive-date=12 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412061951/http://www.corren.se/nyheter/linkoping/skarpladdad-handgranat-kastades-in-pa-balkong-om4590915.aspx |url-status=live }}
7 July, Stockholm, a hand grenade exploded in a shop in a residential area in Spånga.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/8yxaE|title=Kraftig explosion i Spånga – delar av handgranat hittad|website=Aftonbladet|date=7 July 2017 |access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2017-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712044050/http://www.aftonbladet.se/a/8yxaE|url-status=live}}
21 July, Uppsala, a hand grenade exploded in a restaurant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/polisen-kraftig-small-fran-flustret-kan-vara-handgranat|title=Polisen: Kraftig smäll på Flustret var handgranat|newspaper=SVT Nyheter |date=July 22, 2017|via=www.svt.se|access-date=January 19, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235001/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/polisen-kraftig-small-fran-flustret-kan-vara-handgranat|url-status=live }}
23 July, Halmstad, a hand grenade exploded in a parking lot and damaged five cars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/polisen-det-var-en-handgranat-som-briserade-i-halmstad/|title=Polisen: Det var en handgranat som briserade i Halmstad|website=www.expressen.se|date=24 July 2017 |access-date=2018-01-19|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235059/https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/polisen-det-var-en-handgranat-som-briserade-i-halmstad/|url-status=live}}
2 September, Märsta, a hand grenade exploded in a restaurant. No people were injured.{{cite news|title=Granat exploderade vid restaurang|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/22obB/granat-exploderade-vid-restaurang|work=Aftonbladet|access-date=2017-11-29|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034154/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/22obB/granat-exploderade-vid-restaurang|url-status=live}}
6 September, Stockholm, a hand grenade exploded in a residential building in Östermalm.{{cite news|title=Granat detonerade i trapphus på Östermalm|url=https://mitti.se/nyheter/granat-detonerade-flerfamiljshus/|work=Mitt i Stockholm|language=sv-SE|access-date=2017-11-29|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040713/https://mitti.se/nyheter/granat-detonerade-flerfamiljshus/|url-status=live}}
18 September, Gothenburg, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown at an apartment in Biskopsgården.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/handgranat-exploderade-kopplas-till-gangkonflikten/|title=Polisens teori: Handgranat exploderade – kopplas till gängkonflikten|website=www.expressen.se|date=19 September 2017 |access-date=2018-01-18|archive-date=2018-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182800/https://www.expressen.se/gt/handgranat-exploderade-kopplas-till-gangkonflikten/|url-status=live}}
28 September, Varberg, a hand grenade exploded damaging a villa in central Varberg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hn.se/1.4722645|title=Analysen pekar på en handgranat|first=Pär|last=Lindqvist|date=October 11, 2017|website=hn.se|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109222500/https://www.hn.se/nyheter/varberg/analysen-pekar-p%C3%A5-en-handgranat-1.4722645|url-status=live}}
13 October, Malmö, a hand grenade exploded in a residential building.{{cite news|title=Misstänkt granat mot bostadshus|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/misstankt-granat-mot-flerfamiljshus/|work=Expressen|language=sv|access-date=2017-11-29|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033544/https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/misstankt-granat-mot-flerfamiljshus/|url-status=live}}
18 October, Helsingborg, a hand grenade destroyed the entrance of the local police station. Forty windows were blown out in the explosion.{{Cite news|title=Entrén till polishuset i Helsingborg sprängd|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/explosion-vid-polishuset-i-helsingborg|work=SVT|date=18 October 2017|language=Swedish|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616072251/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/explosion-vid-polishuset-i-helsingborg|url-status=live}}
21 October, Stockholm, a hand grenade exploded by a car in central Solna.{{cite news|title=Explosion i centrala Solna|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/explosion-i-centrala-solna|work=SVT|date=21 October 2017|language=Swedish|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119001107/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/explosion-i-centrala-solna|url-status=live}}
27 November, Uppsala, a hand grenade was thrown at a police car outside the local police station. No people were injured, but several cars were damaged in the explosion. One suspect was arrested.{{cite news|title=De fick granatsplitter i garageporten|url=http://unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/de-fick-granatsplitter-i-garageporten-4831468.aspx|accessdate=28 November 2017|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128171032/http://www.unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/de-fick-granatsplitter-i-garageporten-4831468.aspx|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=EXTRA: Granat ska ha kastats mot polisbil – exploderade på banvallen|url=http://24uppsala.se/2017/11/28/extra-kraftig-explosion-vid-polishuset-bombskyddet-inkallat/|accessdate=28 November 2017|archive-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130034238/http://24uppsala.se/2017/11/28/extra-kraftig-explosion-vid-polishuset-bombskyddet-inkallat/|url-status=dead}}
3 December, Gothenburg, a grenade exploded outside a family home in Hisingen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/polisen-handgranat-exploderade-i-goteborg/|title=Polisen: Handgranat orsakade explosion|website=www.expressen.se|date=3 December 2017 |access-date=2018-01-18|archive-date=2018-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182751/https://www.expressen.se/gt/polisen-handgranat-exploderade-i-goteborg/|url-status=live}}

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7 January, Stockholm, a man in his 60s was killed and a 45-year-old woman was injured after a grenade exploded outside the Vårby gård metro station. The grenade which was accidentally picked up by the man had been abandoned at the side of the path.{{cite web|title=One dead after explosion outside Stockholm subway station|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180107/two-injured-in-explosion-on-stockholm-subway|website=The Local SE|accessdate=7 January 2018|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107112309/https://www.thelocal.se/20180107/two-injured-in-explosion-on-stockholm-subway|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Stockholm subway station explosion was a hand grenade, police confirm|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180109/stockholm-subway-station-explosion-was-a-hand-grenade-police-confirm|newspaper=The Local Sweden|date=9 January 2018 |accessdate=11 January 2018|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042836/https://www.thelocal.se/20180109/stockholm-subway-station-explosion-was-a-hand-grenade-police-confirm|url-status=live}}
21 January, Gothenburg, a hand grenade exploded after being thrown through the window into a house in Biskopsgården in which seven people were present. The attack was linked to gang conflicts involving several grenade attacks between rival gangs in December the previous year.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6868124|title=Granatattacker kopplas till gängkonflikt|first=P4|last=Göteborg|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=January 23, 2018|via=sverigesradio.se|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109222500/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6868124|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/4dzGoR|title=Kraftig explosion i lägenhet i Göteborg – granat ska ha kastats in genom fönster|website=Aftonbladet|date=21 January 2018 |access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2019-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409000152/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/4dzGoR|url-status=live}}
8 February, Stockholm, windows were blasted out and a car was damaged when a hand grenade exploded outside the home of a bank employee reported to be involved in uncovering fraud cases and assisting police in cases linked to heavy organised crime.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/brottscentralen/handgranatsattack-mot-bankanstalld/|title=Handgranatsattack mot bankanställd|website=www.expressen.se|date=9 February 2018 |access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616072253/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/brottscentralen/handgranatsattack-mot-bankanstalld/|url-status=live}}
In August 2018, two men from Uppsala were arrested for having thrown grenades at the home of a bank employee who investigates fraud cases.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/world/europe/sweden-crime-immigration-hand-grenades.html|title=Hand Grenades and Gang Violence Rattle Sweden's Middle Class|last=Anderson|first=Ellen Barry and Christina|newspaper=The New York Times |date=3 March 2018 |access-date=2018-08-15|language=en|archive-date=2018-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807205040/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/world/europe/sweden-crime-immigration-hand-grenades.html|url-status=live}}
7 September 2018 a hand grenade was thrown into a restaurant in Gothenburg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/1.11884690|title=Bekräftat: Handgranat kastades in på restaurang|last=Divinyi|first=Sandra|website=gp.se|date=19 December 2018 |language=sv|access-date=2018-12-19}}

Responses

Along with a number of shootings, the summer of 2015 was dubbed "the summer of unrest" by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, who during a speech said the attacks would "not be tolerated".{{Cite news|title=PM: 'We will not give an inch to violence'|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20150816/we-will-not-give-an-inch-to-violence-lfven|work=The Local|date=16 August 2015|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813211411/http://www.thelocal.se/20150816/we-will-not-give-an-inch-to-violence-lfven|url-status=live}} Some hundred new police officers were set to be appointed in Malmö in the following months, after concerns were raised by the regional police union.{{Cite news|title=More officers for Malmö in bid to tackle violence|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20150813/more-officers-for-malm-in-bid-to-tackle-violence|work=The Local|date=13 August 2015|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813170127/http://www.thelocal.se/20150813/more-officers-for-malm-in-bid-to-tackle-violence|url-status=live}} Police began work the same summer of attempting to thwart "mass hysteria" among terrified Malmö residents.{{Cite news|title=Polisen vill hindra "masshysteri" efter granat-attack|url=http://www.svd.se/polisen-ett-under-att-granaterna-inte-exploderade|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=21 June 2015|language=Swedish|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220195603/http://www.svd.se/polisen-ett-under-att-granaterna-inte-exploderade|url-status=live}}

In 2017 the Swedish government proposed harsher punishments for possession of grenades.{{Cite news|title=Nu vill regeringen skärpa straffet mot den som bär handgranat|url=http://www.kkuriren.se/nyheter/regeringen-vill-skarpa-straffet-mot-den-som-bar-handgranat/|date=11 January 2017|language=Swedish|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227064100/http://www.kkuriren.se/nyheter/regeringen-vill-skarpa-straffet-mot-den-som-bar-handgranat/|url-status=live}}

In 2018 the Swedish government proposed a three-month "grenade amnesty" to be held from October 2018 to January 2019.{{Cite news|title=Government plans amnesty to get grenades off Sweden's streets|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20171130/government-plans-amnesty-to-get-grenades-off-swedens-streets|date=30 November 2017|language=English|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201233018/https://www.thelocal.se/20171130/government-plans-amnesty-to-get-grenades-off-swedens-streets|url-status=live}}

References

External links

[http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2014-02-03/sprangdad-paverkade-inte-arbetet Map of bombing incidents in Malmö in 2013 (Sydsvenskan)]
[http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-05-29/bombkarta-har-har-sprangladdningar-detonerat-i-malmo Interactive map of bombings in Malmö since 2014 (Sydsvenskan and HD)], [https://sdsgrafik.cartodb.com/viz/d9c2c844-0da8-11e5-b0e6-0e018d66dc29/public_map Bomber i Malmö]
[http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article21165485.ab Map of mid-2015 grenade attacks in Malmö (Aftonbladet)]
[http://www.unt.se/uppland/uppsala/sex-handgranater-pa-13-manader-i-uppsala-4282240.aspx Map of grenade attacks in Uppsala since 2015 (unt.se)]

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