bombings in Sweden

{{see also|Crime in Sweden|List of grenade attacks in Sweden|Terrorism in Sweden}}

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Bombings in Sweden are attacks and sabotage using explosive devices by criminals in Sweden. The weapons used are weapons such as hand grenades and explosives intended for either civilian or military use.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=6470615|title=Allt fler kriminella använder sprängämnen – P4 Stockholm|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=9 July 2016 |language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616061401/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=6470615|url-status=live}} Legal authorities use the term allmänfarlig ödeläggelse genom sprängning (English: damage by explosive blast) and media in Sweden use the shorter term sprängdåd.{{Cite book|title=Kriminalstatistik 2018 Anmälda brott Preliminär statistik för första halvåret 2018|publisher=Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention|year=2018|location=Stockholm|pages=30|language=sv}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-05-10/lista-sprangningar-i-malmo|title=Lista: Sprängdåd i Malmö 2019|website=Sydsvenskan|access-date=2019-06-17|archive-date=2019-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617065425/https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-05-10/lista-sprangningar-i-malmo|url-status=live}} This crime was not categorized separately prior to 2017. In 2018 there were 162 explosions, and in the first nine months of 2019, 97 explosions were registered, usually carried out by criminal gangs. According to Swedish police commissioner Anders Thornberg in 2019, there is no international equivalent to Sweden's wave of bombings.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20191108/swedish-police-chief-no-international-equivalent-to-swedens-wave-of-bombings|title=Swedish police chief: No international equivalent to Sweden's wave of bombings|date=8 November 2019|author=Johannes Ledel|website=The Local|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200318/https://www.thelocal.se/20191108/swedish-police-chief-no-international-equivalent-to-swedens-wave-of-bombings|url-status=live}}

Usage of hand grenades reached a significant peak in 2016. According to police in Gothenburg and Malmö in 2016, the use of hand grenades by criminals in Sweden is a phenomenon which is unusual for all comparable countries both inside and outside the EU.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6503869|title=Kraftig ökning av handgranater i Sverige – Nyheter (Ekot)|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=25 August 2016 |language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616063812/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6503869|url-status=live}} According to criminologists Manne Gerell and Amir Rostami, the only other country that keeps track of hand grenade explosions is Mexico. While Mexico has a murder rate 20 times that of Sweden, on the specific category of grenade explosions per capita the two countries were comparable at the time.{{Cite web|url=http://mgerell.blogspot.com/2017/09/fortydligande-om-internationell.html/|title=Förtydligande om internationell jämförelse av handgranatsdetonationer|date=11 September 2017|website=Kriminologiska funderingar blog|language=sv|access-date=2019-12-27|archive-date=2019-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105112649/http://mgerell.blogspot.com/2017/09/fortydligande-om-internationell.html|url-status=live}} According to police authorities, many of the hand grenades used are weapons which originate from the Yugoslav Wars,{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/annu-en-handgranat-sprangs-i-malmo|title=Ny granatattack i Malmö|last=TT|date=10 August 2015|access-date=2019-06-16|language=sv|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616063316/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/annu-en-handgranat-sprangs-i-malmo|url-status=live}} and the hand grenades found by the police are exclusively the ex-Yugoslavian M75 hand grenade.{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.se/artikel/s%C3%A5-m%C3%A5nga-handgranater-detonerade-i-sverige-under-2017|title=Så många handgranater detonerade i Sverige under 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609152201/https://www.metro.se/artikel/s%C3%A5-m%C3%A5nga-handgranater-detonerade-i-sverige-under-2017|archive-date=2019-06-09}}

Explosions have occurred in both rich and low-income areas. Swedish police do not record or release the ethnicity of convicted criminals, but Linda H Straaf head of intelligence at National Operations Department says they are from poor areas and many are second- or third-generation immigrants. Swedish media sometimes are accused of not covering the topic enough, but a 2019 study by polling company Kantar Sifo found that law and order was still the most covered news topic on Swedish TV and radio and on social media.{{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|website=BBC|access-date=18 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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/04/sweden-bomb-attacks-reach-unprecedented-level-as-gangs-feud|title=Sweden bomb attacks reach unprecedented level as gangs feud|date=4 November 2019|author=Jon Henley|website=The Guardian|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203151357/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/04/sweden-bomb-attacks-reach-unprecedented-level-as-gangs-feud|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Denmark, worried about the bombings in Sweden, introduced passport controls on its border checkpoints with Sweden for the first time since the 1950s.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/world/europe/denmark-border-sweden.html|title=Denmark, Worried About Bombings by Swedish Gangs, Begins Border Checks|author=Martin Selsoe Sorensen|location=Denmark|date=13 November 2019|website=The New York Times|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=19 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119173832/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/world/europe/denmark-border-sweden.html|url-status=live}} In September 2019, police in Malmö issued a general warning to be vigilant for explosive devices when walking the city at night.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=7301264|title=Polisen: "En bomb kan se ut hur som helst" – P4 Malmöhus|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=17 September 2019 |language=sv|access-date=2019-09-21|archive-date=2019-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921070847/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=7301264|url-status=live}}

The country was rocked by a deadly wave of explosions in the weeks of September 2023, many suspected to be linked to a split within the Foxtrot (criminal network)https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/2-explosions-ripped-dwellings-sweden-reportedly-connected-gang-103485799

Perpetrators

According to police the attackers are part of the same gangs which also increasingly engaged in gun crime leading to a wave in shootings. While there were 17 deadly shootings in 2011, there were 45 in 2018. Ethnicity is not recorded and published for either suspect or convicted criminals, but according to police intelligence chief Linda H Staaf many are second or third generation immigrants, are members of disadvantaged groups and have grown up in disadvantaged areas.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977|title=Hundred explosions in Sweden: What's going on?|last=Savage|first=Maddy|date=12 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-18|language=en-GB|archive-date=2019-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117153015/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50339977|url-status=live}}

Geographic distribution

Most of the attacks were earlier recorded in low-income suburbs in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm. In a more recent trend, more affluent districts also experienced attacks, such as a detonation in Bromma.

Timeline of noted bombings

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, Poland and Germany. 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 do not 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=10 December 2018|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 }}{{Cite journal|last1=Sturup|first1=Joakim|last2=Gerell|first2=Manne|last3=Rostami|first3=Amir|date=3 January 2019|title=Explosive violence: A near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden|journal=European Journal of Criminology|volume=17 |issue=5 |language=en-US|pages=661–677|doi=10.1177/1477370818820656|s2cid=149498600 |issn=1477-3708}}

= 2012 =

In 2012 the Swedish National Forensic Centre investigated 88 incidents involving explosives.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6945601|title=NFC utreder sprängdåd allt mer – Nyheter (Ekot)|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=4 May 2018 |language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616093439/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6945601|url-status=live}}

= 2014 =

1 December, Malmö: Malmö District Court was targeted by a bomb attack which was powerful enough to destroy the entrance of the building and also damaged windows and balconies of nearby buildings in a detonation which caused no personal injury. As a result, the decision to place the court building of a volatile city in a residential area was questioned.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/polispatrull-nara-att-sprangas-i-luften/|title=Polispatrull nära att sprängas i luften|date=December 2014 |publisher=Sydsvenskan|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-date=8 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008060713/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/polispatrull-nara-att-sprangas-i-luften/|url-status=live}} By October 2017, the crime had not been solved.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/helsingborg-bomb-sweden-explosion-today-police-station-attack-latest-malmo-a8006286.html|title=Powerful 'bomb' explosion at Swedish police station|date=18 October 2017|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616084843/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/helsingborg-bomb-sweden-explosion-today-police-station-attack-latest-malmo-a8006286.html|url-status=live}}

= 2015 =

12 June: four people, includng a 4-year-old girl, were killed in a car bomb explosion in Gothenburg.{{Cite web |date=2015-06-13 |title=Four dead in Gothenburg explosion at roundabout |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20150613/four-dead-in-gothenburg-car-explosion |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=The Local Sweden |language=en}} One of the victims was a notorious gang leader.{{Cite web |last=Joshi |first=Priya |date=2015-06-13 |title=Sweden: Four killed in suspected car bomb blast in Gothenburg |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sweden-four-killed-suspected-car-bomb-blast-gothenburg-1506016 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}}
12 June, Malmö: two men are lightly wounded after a detonation in the Seved area.
24 July, Malmö: a social welfare office in the south west of Malmö is damaged by a hand grenade.
5 August, Trelleborg: a social welfare office is damaged by a hand grenade.

= 2016 =

In 2016 police forensic experts reported that the number of annual investigations had increased from 100 to 150 annually in the 2014–2015 time span.

According to Amir Rostami, 2016 saw a record number of hand grenade attacks.

= 2017 =

In 2017, the Swedish National Forensic Centre investigated 211 incidents involving explosives, of which 43 involved hand grenades.

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|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/handgranat-mot-polisstation-pa-tolvslaget|title=Handgranat mot polisstation i Katrineholm|date=1 January 2017|access-date=3 January 2017|publisher=Sveriges Television|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}}
18 October, Helsingborg: a hand grenade destroyed the entrance of the local police station. Forty windows were blown out in the explosion. Chief of police Dan Eliasson called it "an attack on society".{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/explosion-vid-polishuset-i-helsingborg|title=Entrén till polishuset i Helsingborg sprängd|date=18 October 2017|work=SVT|language=sv|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}}
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|url=http://unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/de-fick-granatsplitter-i-garageporten-4831468.aspx|title=De fick granatsplitter i garageporten|access-date=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|url=http://24uppsala.se/2017/11/28/extra-kraftig-explosion-vid-polishuset-bombskyddet-inkallat/|title=EXTRA: Granat ska ha kastats mot polisbil – exploderade på banvallen|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130034238/http://24uppsala.se/2017/11/28/extra-kraftig-explosion-vid-polishuset-bombskyddet-inkallat/|archive-date=30 November 2017|url-status=dead}}

= 2018 =

In the first half of 2018, 75 bombings were reported to authorities and the total for the year was 162. Of the 162, 47 were in the Stockholm region and 56 were in the southern region which includes Malmö.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/antalet-sprangdad-i-sverige-har-okat|title=Antalet sprängdåd i Sverige har ökat|date=15 April 2019|website=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616062134/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/antalet-sprangdad-i-sverige-har-okat|url-status=live|last1=Jansson |first1=Torsten }}

In January 2018, Minister for Justice Morgan Johansson called for an "amnesty" for illegal explosives after the death of bystander Daniel Cuevas Zuniga who was killed by a hand grenade. The "amnesty", where people could hand over grenades to authorities without being prosecuted, had the aim of getting explosive weapons off the streets.{{Cite news|last=TT|date=9 January 2018|title=Ministern tror på amnesti mot handgranater|language=sv|work=SVT Nyheter|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/ministern-tror-pa-amnesti-mot-handgranater|access-date=2020-08-03|archive-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812045408/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/ministern-tror-pa-amnesti-mot-handgranater|url-status=live}}

January, Stockholm: 63-year-old Daniel Cuevas Zuniga had finished working at care home for the elderly and was biking with his wife to buy groceries. On the way he found a hand grenade, thought it was a toy and picked it up. The detonation killed him and wounded his wife.
17 January, Rosengård in Malmö: the police station in Rosengård was targeted with explosives. The facade of the building and several vehicles were damaged.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/explosion-vid-polisstationen-i-rosengard|title=Explosion vid polisstationen i Rosengård|last1=Loftrup-Ericson|first1=Ivan|date=17 January 2018|access-date=2019-06-16|last2=Ohlin|first2=Jonas|language=sv|last3=Gerdfeldter|first3=Mathias|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616092730/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/explosion-vid-polisstationen-i-rosengard|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 serious organised crime.{{Cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/brottscentralen/handgranatsattack-mot-bankanstalld/ |title=Handgranatsattack mot bankanställd |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=2019-06-16 |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 }}
20 December, Hässleholm: a pipe bomb was thrown at a school building. A man in his 20s was arrested and later found guilty of damaging public property in the district court. He was also found guilty of for assault, threatening behaviour and child pornography and sentenced to two years and three months in prison.{{Cite news|last=Kristianstad|first=P4|title=Sprängningen vid gymnasieskola i Hässleholm i hovrätten|language=sv|work=Sveriges Radio|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7291421|access-date=2020-07-25|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725180011/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7291421|url-status=live}}

= 2019 =

In the first three months of 2019, there were 48 bombings in Sweden. By June 2019, Malmö and Stockholm had the most bombings.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=7243467|title=Olagliga sprängningar på rekordnivå – P4 Stockholm|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=16 June 2019 |language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616095615/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=103&artikel=7243467|url-status=live}} Up until July there were 120 bombings compared to 83 the same period the previous year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/antalet-sprangdad-i-sverige-okar/|title=Antalet sprängdåd i Sverige ökar|date=20 August 2019|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|language=sv|access-date=2019-08-26|archive-date=2019-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826202845/https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/antalet-sprangdad-i-sverige-okar/|url-status=live}} Up until 1 November, this represented double the number of detonations compared to the previous year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/antalet-sprangningar-okar-i-sverige|title=Antalet sprängningar ökar i Sverige|last=Ahlgren|first=Karin|date=1 November 2019|access-date=2019-12-27|language=sv|archive-date=2020-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213140103/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/antalet-sprangningar-okar-i-sverige|url-status=live}}

Public broadcaster Sveriges Radio published a news item on 1 November entitled Unusually high workload for the national bomb disposal unit. The unit had processed 98 bombings in 2019 up until 1 November.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=106&artikel=7335391|title=Ovanligt mycket jobb för bombskyddet|work=Sveriges Radio|access-date=2019-11-02|language=sv|archive-date=2019-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102165214/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=106&artikel=7335391|url-status=live}}

April, Motala: a villa was subjected to a bombing. Two persons were in the building but were not seriously injured.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/sprangningen-i-motala-aklagare-undersoker-koppling-till-kidnappningsarende|title=Efter sprängningen i Motala – åklagare undersöker koppling till uppmärksammad kidnappning|last1=Holmqvist|first1=Tobias|date=3 April 2019|access-date=2019-07-08|last2=Moberg|first2=Mimmi|language=sv|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708105348/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/sprangningen-i-motala-aklagare-undersoker-koppling-till-kidnappningsarende|url-status=live}}
15 April, Malmö: a garage door was destroyed by explosives and splinters from the detonation wounded a 12-year-old girl.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=7199175|title=Flicka skadad av glassplitter efter sprängning – P4 Malmöhus|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=15 April 2019 |language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616091637/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=7199175|url-status=live}}
7 June, Linköping: a detonating explosive device injured 25 people lightly and about a hundred apartments received damage to windows and balconies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/rA9jzA|title=Kraftig explosion vid flerfamiljshus i Linköping|website=Aftonbladet|date=7 June 2019 |language=sv|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616073509/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/rA9jzA|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20190609/linkping-explosion-police-interested-in-residents-of-damaged-building|title=Linköping explosion: police 'interested' in residents of damaged building|date=9 June 2019|website=www.thelocal.se|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=2019-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613080045/https://www.thelocal.se/20190609/linkping-explosion-police-interested-in-residents-of-damaged-building|url-status=live}}
12 June, Malmö: an explosive device destroyed the staircase of an apartment building and damaged windows on a nearby apartment.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/larm-om-explosion-i-malmo-1|title=Ny sprängning på Rosengård i natt – trapphus söndersprängt|last1=Jacobsson|first1=Alexander|date=12 June 2019|access-date=2019-07-08|last2=Hansson|first2=Anton|language=sv|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708105351/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/larm-om-explosion-i-malmo-1|url-status=live}}
7 August, Landskrona: an explosive device destroyed the entrance of the Landskrona Municipality office building.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/kraftig-explosion-i-landskrona/|title=Kraftig explosion i Landskrona|website=www.expressen.se|date=7 August 2019 |language=sv|access-date=2019-08-10|archive-date=2019-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809214621/https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/kraftig-explosion-i-landskrona/|url-status=live}}
14 September, Lund: an explosive device detonated outside a grocery store in central Lund. A woman in her 20s passing by was seriously wounded.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/70L3k9|title=Kraftig explosion i Lund – kvinna skadad|website=Aftonbladet|date=14 September 2019 |language=sv|access-date=2019-09-14|archive-date=2019-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914101948/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/70L3k9|url-status=live}}
23 September, Borås: an explosive device detonated and damaged the entrance of Borås Tidning newspaper.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/explosion-utanfor-boras-tidning-hemmagjord-bomb-hittad|title=Explosion utanför Borås Tidning – hemmagjord bomb hittad|last=Jönsson|first=Helena|date=25 September 2019|access-date=2019-09-25|language=sv|archive-date=2019-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925012214/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/explosion-utanfor-boras-tidning-hemmagjord-bomb-hittad|url-status=live}}
12 October, Bromma in western parts of Stockholm: the detonation blew out windows and damaged doors to apartments of a residential building.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/explosion-i-stockholm-bombskyddet-pa-vag|title=Explosion i trappuppgång i Bromma|last1=Söderlund|first1=Andreas|date=12 October 2019|access-date=2019-10-27|last2=Wikén|first2=Erik|language=sv|last3=Lüning|first3=Sanna|last4=Larsson|first4=Jens|archive-date=2019-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021225342/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/explosion-i-stockholm-bombskyddet-pa-vag|url-status=live}}
17 October, three bombings within a few hours of each other in Stockholm:{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/explosion-pa-sodermalm-i-stockholm|title=Tre explosioner i Stockholm i natt|last1=Koskelainen|first1=Adam|date=17 October 2019|access-date=2019-10-27|last2=Wikén|first2=Johan|language=sv|last3=Claesson|first3=Frida|last4=Sehlin|first4=Ann|archive-date=2019-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027071900/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/explosion-pa-sodermalm-i-stockholm|url-status=live}}
A residential building on Södermalm island. Residents in the building have connections to another building in Bromma which was bombed the previous week.
A historic house (Swedish: hembygdsgård) in Vaxholm. The national bomb squad was called to the scene, but was diverted due to the two other attacks in the Stockholm area the same day.
An auxiliary building of St. Afrems church in Södertälje was bombed again after two previous bombings during the preceding year.
27 October, Helsingborg: a single-family detached home was bombed and the detonation was described as "powerful" by police.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/kraftig-explosion-i-helsingborg-2|title=Kraftig explosion i Helsingborg|last=Makar|first=Maria|date=27 October 2019|access-date=2019-10-27|language=sv|archive-date=2019-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027014202/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/kraftig-explosion-i-helsingborg-2|url-status=live}}
1 November,
Araby in Växjö: an apartment was targeted by an explosive device which damaged the building. The national bomb squad investigated the crime scene. Araby is a vulnerable area, an area with a higher crime rate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/misstankt-explosion-i-vaxjo|title=Explosion utanför lägenhet i Växjö|last=Nilsson|first=Hanna|date=1 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-01|language=sv|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101060213/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/misstankt-explosion-i-vaxjo|url-status=live}}
Night of 1–2 November, Malmö:
At 22:30 building at Drottningtorget, Malmö was damaged by an explosive device.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/annu-en-explosion-i-malmo-1|title=Tre personer anhållna efter explosion i Malmö|last=Fjellström|first=Anders|date=2 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-02|language=sv|archive-date=2019-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102032235/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/annu-en-explosion-i-malmo-1|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.trelleborgsallehanda.se/nyheter/ny-sprangning-i-malmo-ikvall/|title=Två nya sprängningar i Malmö i natt – tre gripna|last=Thörn|first=Per-Johan|date=1 November 2019|website=Trelleborgs Allehanda|language=sv-SE|access-date=2019-11-02|archive-date=2019-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102232119/http://www.trelleborgsallehanda.se/nyheter/ny-sprangning-i-malmo-ikvall/|url-status=live}}
At 01:36 a building in southwest Malmö was targeted by an explosive device which also damaged nearby buildings. Three were arrested.

= 2020 =

13 January, At 01:09 Östermalm, Stockholm, an explosive device has detonated at the entrance of an apartment block, which destroyed the staircase and blew out all the windows facing the street. Vehicles nearby were destroyed and pushed away by the blast. No human casualties were reported.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larm-om-explosion-pa-ostermalm/|title=Explosion i Stockholm – dörr flög över gatan och bilar flyttades|website=www.expressen.se|date=13 January 2020 |language=sv|access-date=2020-01-14|archive-date=2020-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114002845/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larm-om-explosion-pa-ostermalm/|url-status=live}}
13 January, At 03:15 Uppsala, an explosive device detonated outside a night club that at the time was closed, which damaged the building and a vehicle parked nearby. No casualties were reported.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/explosion-i-uppsala/|title=Explosion i Uppsala|website=www.expressen.se|date=13 January 2020 |language=sv|access-date=2020-01-14|archive-date=2020-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114055225/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/explosion-i-uppsala/|url-status=live}}
21 January, At 02:30 Husby, Stockholm, two bombs exploded. One person was injured and walls and windows on surrounding buildings were damaged.{{Cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larm-om-explosion-i-stockholm/ |title=Dubbla explosioner i Husby och Kista i Stockholm – en skadad |date=21 January 2020 |access-date=2020-01-21 |archive-date=2020-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121060453/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larm-om-explosion-i-stockholm/ |url-status=live }}
21 January, At 22:37 Malmö, an explosive device detonated outside an apartment block entrance. Damage on walls and windows on the house, and as well on surrounding buildings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/sprangning-i-malmo-nara-byggnad/|title=Sprängning i Malmö nära byggnad|last=TT|website=www.hbl.fi|language=sv|access-date=2020-01-23|archive-date=2020-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123144418/https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/sprangning-i-malmo-nara-byggnad/|url-status=live}}
22 January, At 06:18 a bomb exploded inside an apartment building in Hageby, Norrköping, breaking several windows.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/GGgBLq/kraftig-explosion-i-bostadshus-i-norrkoping |title=Kraftig explosion i bostadshus i Norrköping |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=2020-01-22 |archive-date=2020-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122102623/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/GGgBLq/kraftig-explosion-i-bostadshus-i-norrkoping |url-status=live }} According to Aftonbladet the target was a member of the local No Surrender chapter.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/vQ1wWw/ledargestalt-i-mc-gang-maltavla-for-bombdad-i-norrkoping |title=Ledargestalt i mc-gäng måltavla för bombdåd i Norrköping |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=2020-01-22 |archive-date=2020-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122123801/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/vQ1wWw/ledargestalt-i-mc-gang-maltavla-for-bombdad-i-norrkoping |url-status=live }}
6 February, an explosion in Borås took place on Thursday evening at the entrance of a dwelling house that broke down the door to the stairwell, and a stockpile of higher glass shattered, resulting in major damage.{{Cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/explosion-vid-dorr-platsen-avsparrad/ |title=Borås: Explosion på Göta |date=6 February 2020 |access-date=2020-02-10 |archive-date=2020-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207142954/https://www.expressen.se/gt/explosion-vid-dorr-platsen-avsparrad/ |url-status=live }}
6 February, At 01:00 there was an explosion at the social services in Helsingborg. It caused damage to the front door, windows and a roof over the entrance.{{Cite news |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/explosion-pa-bredgatan-i-helsingborg |title=Explosion vid socialförvaltningen i Helsingborg |newspaper=SVT Nyheter |date=7 February 2020 |access-date=2020-02-10 |archive-date=2020-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209165226/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/helsingborg/explosion-pa-bredgatan-i-helsingborg |url-status=live |last1=Wallinder |first1=Gustaf |last2=Andersson |first2=Jane |last3=Toplica |first3=Leonora }}
6 February, At 03:30 a car exploded with explosive charge near a house in Södertälje.{{Cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larm-om-explosion-i-sodertalje/ |title=Larm om explosion i Södertälje |date=6 February 2020 |access-date=2020-02-10 |archive-date=2020-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206131410/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/larm-om-explosion-i-sodertalje/ |url-status=live }}
27 March, the entrance to the staircase of a residential building in Halmstad was destroyed by a bomb and two persons were lightly wounded in the blast. Police took nobody into custody nor identified any suspects.{{Cite news|last1=Wedholm|first1=Joakim|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/halland/port-sprangd-i-halmstad|title=Port sprängd i Halmstad – två skadade|date=27 March 2020|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=2020-03-28|last2=Strömbäck|first2=Daniel|language=sv|last3=Schwartz|first3=Elin|archive-date=2020-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328013425/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/halland/port-sprangd-i-halmstad|url-status=live}}
20 August, Gothenburg: a powerful bomb detonated in Majorna district at a residential building and damaged about ten apartments.{{Cite web|title=Larm om explosion – "lät som bomb"|url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/larm-om-explosion-i-goteborg-lat-som-bomb/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.expressen.se|date=20 August 2020 |language=sv|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820233115/https://www.expressen.se/gt/larm-om-explosion-i-goteborg-lat-som-bomb/|url-status=live}}

= 2023 =

28 September, A 25-year-old woman was killed by the explosion of a bomb in Storvreta, in the outskirts of Uppsala. The blast also damaged five houses, and destroyed the facades of two of them.{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=Miranda |date=2023-09-28 |title=Sweden reports record number of monthly fatal shootings |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/sweden-records-record-high-number-of-shooting-deaths-in-september |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The intended target was a gang member living in the same neighbourhood.{{Cite web |date=28 September 2023 |title=Gang violence escalates in Sweden |url=https://english.news.cn/20230928/c00b51e170374cd5acf7ca58fc0b7a35/c.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website= |publisher=Xinhua |language=en}}

= 2024 =

Escalation in gang-related violence coincided with a fresh wave of bomb attacks which brought the number of such incidents in the country to 317.

= 2025 =

Around 30 bombings took place in Sweden in January 2025. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson admitted that his government has lost control over organised-crime violence. {{Cite news |last=Szumski |first=Charles |date=30 January 2025 |title=‘No control’: Sweden grapples with bomb violence wave |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/no-control-sweden-grapples-with-bomb-violence-wave/ |work=Euractiv}}

During the month of January, there has been an average of one blast per day.{{cite web | last=Jochecová | first=Ketrin | date=2025-01-30 | title=Sweden aims to introduce law letting police wiretap children as gang violence rises | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombing-gang-violence-wiretap-children-teenagers/ | publisher=Politico}}