Sweden Democrat MP calls for legal pyrotechnics in football stadiums

In the motion, Pontus Andersson Garpvall (SD) writes that politicians, the police and supporter groups have failed to resolve the pyrotechnics issue, despite decades of debate.

Andersson Garpvall believes the police are spending enormous resources on preventing the use of pyrotechnics, without success.

“The police could have spent a large part of these resources on combating other, more serious crimes,” he writes.

He writes that incidents involving thrown flares should be punished more severely, and that the same applies to throwing objects. He wants to see stricter legislation.

“If we are to find a solution to this issue, legalising pyrotechnics in football stadiums would be the right way to go,” he writes.