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Crime & Law

Editorial illustration of a demonstration and police presence in Malmö.

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Public costs and population trends

The country coverage below includes only costs and disruptions documented in its sources. A verified nationwide total for policing Gaza-related demonstrations or repairing associated damage is unavailable in the records assembled here.

Documented effects beyond campus

Cost figures retain their original geography and reporting period. An evidence gap here is not a reported zero.

Evidence review · November 15, 2026. Additional source evidence is linked in the relevant rows.

AreaWhat the sources establish
Policing and dispersalThe Swedish Police Authority describes nationwide and cross-border staffing for Malmö’s 2024 Eurovision operation, during which Gaza-related demonstrations also took place. The police account covers overall event security and does not allocate spending to individual protests. Swedish Police regional report
Property damage and repairsNo verified repair bill attributable to these protests appears in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Businesses and economic activityThe coverage does not establish lost sales, insured losses or a nationwide business impact.
Transport and accessThe sources reviewed for this profile do not establish a protest-related closure or service-delay figure.

Migration and religion

2,272,158 international migrants lived in Sweden at midyear 2024, according to UN DESA estimates. This is the resident migrant stock. The UN uses birthplace or citizenship depending on the source available for each country. UN DESA definitions · Country figures

Share of residents identifying as Muslim
20104.5%
20208.1%

Both bars use a 0–100% scale. Estimates describe the whole population. Pew Research Center dataset

These population measures have different denominators and dates. Neither identifies participants in a demonstration, and aggregating their counts cannot establish which people caused a disruption.

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