For the Jewish population in Sweden, everyday life is clearly affected by the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Security for Jewish institutions and congregations has had to be increased and many events have had to be cancelled.
"As soon as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates, it leads to increased anti-Semitism in Sweden and in other parts of the world. It happened in 2009, the same thing happened in 2014 and unfortunately we see the same pattern repeating itself today," says Daniel Poohl, CEO of the Expo Foundation, which investigates racism and xenophobia in Sweden.
He says that it is also visible on social media that the spread of traditional anti-Semitic prejudices and myths has increased.
"But it's also pure calls for Jews to be killed. It's an extremely coarse and unforgiving use of language," says Daniel Poohl.
"We also see, although it does not have the same volume, that Islamophobia is spreading. The tone is extremely loud and groups and actors who have these ideas are now taking the opportunity to spread this as much as possible, says Poohl.
Police: "Large number of unrecorded cases"
This week, the government has given an extra support of SEK 10 million to the Central Council of Jews, which they will use to increase security at, for example, synagogues and Jewish schools.
According to the police, there has long been a threat against Jews in Sweden, but the situation has worsened in the last three weeks. Since October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel, 44 reports of incitement to racial hatred with anti-Semitic motives have been received by the Swedish police.
"I also believe that there are a large number of unrecorded cases, people are afraid to report them," says Per Engström, commander of the police's National Operations Department.