Since 2005, Sweden has been the only European country with a continuous increase in firearm homicides, concentrated in gang contexts. This bucks continental trends and coincides with surges in grenade attacks and open drug‑market violence.
— It reframes Europe’s crime debate by highlighting a distinctive Swedish trajectory that policymakers now link to immigration, enforcement, and border policy.
2025.10.07
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Cited finding: “Sweden is the only European country that has seen a continuous increase in firearm homicides since 2005” (Selin et al., 2024), alongside Sturup et al. (2020) on grenade detonations.
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