The Social Democrats held a press conference on Tuesday due to what they call the "summer wave of violence".
It has been a violent summer, says the party's law policy spokesperson Teresa Carvalho.
One can conclude that the government has failed. Their most important promise has not been fulfilled.
Therefore, the Social Democrats want the Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (The Moderate Party) and the National Police Commissioner Petra Lundh to come to the Riksdag's Justice Committee and report on the measures being taken.
A different picture
Strömmer, who on Monday received a report from the police, gives a different picture of the summer.
Compared to previous summers, it has been relatively calm, he says.
According to police statistics, 27 shootings were reported in June and July, four dead and six injured.
For the same months in 2024, the figures were twice as high, with 67 shootings, nine dead and 17 injured.
The number of explosions in the first two summer months was, however, higher this year, 25, compared to 2024 when the number was 16.
The August figures for this year are not yet available.
Severe violent crimes
In recent weeks, several notable violent crimes have been reported, such as one dead and one injured after a shooting outside a mosque in Örebro, a double murder in Järfälla and a car explosion with one dead in Östberga in southern Stockholm.
We take the events of the past few days extremely seriously, says Strömmer.
Carvalho admits that the shootings have decreased "somewhat" so far in 2025.
But even when it comes to shootings, we stand out as a country. Should we be satisfied with these levels of shootings?, she says.
Strömmer points out that the number of deaths in shootings this summer is half as many as in the summer of 2022, when a Social Democratic government ruled Sweden.
