Official Data
Crime statistics: Click here
Judicial statistics: not available
Statistics on firearms and ammunition seizures: not available
Statistics on causes of death/mortality: not available
Statistics on hospital admissions: not available
Country profile Sweden
Learn more about gun violence in Sweden: Use the Incident Monitor to gather up-to-date information about firearm incidents (First time user? Be sure to read the Disclaimer & Manual). Check out the Official Data-section for statistics and discover insightful infographics in the Key Data-section. When available, research about criminal violence, mass shooting and terrorism, domestic violence, and trafficking in Sweden can be found in the Research-section.
Research
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- Krüsselmann, K. et al (2023), “Firearm Homicides in Europe: A Comparison with Non-Firearm Homicides in Five European Countries”, Global Crime, 24 (2), 145-167.
- Hillier, D. & Lewis, M. (2022), “A Deadly Cocktail: Firearm Violence and Trafficking in Sweden”, in: Duquet, N. (ed.), Pulling the trigger: gun violence in Europe, Flemish Peace Institute.
- Hradilova Selin, K. (2021), Gun homicide in Sweden and other European countries: A comparative study of levels, trends and homicide by other means – English summary of report 2021:8, Brottsförebyggande rådet (Brå).
- Hradilova Selin, K. (2021), Dödligt skjutvapenvåld i Sverige och andra europeiska länder: En jämförande studie av nivåer, trender och våldsmetoder, Brottsförebyggande rådet (Brå).
- Sturup, J., Gerell, M. & Rostami, A. (2019), “Explosive violence: A near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden”, European Journal of Criminology, 17 (5), 661-677.
- Harington, D. (2019), “Bombings, bullets and begging: Organised crime in Sweden”, Intelligence Fusion.
- Khoshnood A. (2019) “Holding Sweden hostage: Firearm-related violence”, Forensic Sciences Research, 4(1): 88–93.
- Sturup, J. et al (2018) “Near-repeat shootings in contemporary Sweden 2011 to 2015”, Security Journal, 31(1): 73–92.
- Sturup, J et al (2018) “Increased gun violence among young males in Sweden: A descriptive national survey and international comparison”, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 25: 365–378.
- Granath, S. & Sturup, J. (2018) “Homicide clearance in Sweden 1990–2013 with special reference to firearm-perpetrated homicides”, Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 19:1, 98-112.
- Khoshnood A. (2018), “Firearm-related violence in Sweden: A systematic review”, Aggression and Violent Behavior, 42, 43–51.
- Khoshnood, A. (2017), “The increase of firearm related violence in Sweden”, Forensic Sciences Research, 2 (3), 158–160.
- UNODC (2015), “Sweden”, In: UNODC, Country Fact Sheets: Summary data from country responses on firearms seizures and trafficking, UNODC: 91-92.
- Lakomaa, E. (2014), “Safe storage and thefts of firearms in Sweden: An empirical study”, European Journal of Criminology, 12 (1).
