'No control': Sweden grapples with bomb violence wave
www.euractiv.com
Sweden saw 27 bombings in 27 days to begin 2025.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson admitted that his government has lost control over a burgeoning wave of violence sweeping the country, amid escalating public concern.

  • GissaMittJobbEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    They built housing that was unpopular with native Swedes for the simple reason of being in the wrong place,

    Is this really accurate? My understanding has been that Miljonprogrammet-units were not at all unpopular at the time of construction, and that their desirability with Swedes who could afford otherwise dropped at a later time, once the lack of maintenance (often due to selloffs to slumlords) caused the areas to deteriorate. Combine this with these areas basically being the only option if you are an immigrant with no means to purchase a co-op apartment or house, and this naturally leads to the type of concentrated segregation we see today.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      10 hours ago

      The Miljonprogrammet was before the wave of arrivals, from the analysis I read (please don’t ask me for a source it’s been years) the initial problem areas were actually new green-field social housing projects, built way later while the older areas were run-down, but had a maybe precarious but not atrociously so socio-economic mix. The perfectly integrated immigrant kids there then found themselves de-integrated by their fellow Swedes, suddenly not part of civil society any more, as shit hit the fan among kids 20+ years younger elsewhere. And there’s only so much instilling of Swedish values you can do when the rest of your country turned your back on you, so a bunch of the older housing projects went from precarious to shit.

      Anyhow the main point, the main issue, is still that Swedes, as a society, suck at complaining while considering themselves infallible.