The Swedish Parliament has passed the controversial Holocaust denial law without debate. The law explicitly makes it a criminal offense to ”deny” or ”trivialize” the Holocaust and other genocides under certain circumstances. The decision comes after pressure from the EU, despite strong warnings that the law could silence people and undermine freedom of speech.
On Wednesday, the Riksdag adopted a controversial amendment to Sweden’s constitution. The so-called ”denial law” is now being incorporated into the Freedom of the Press Act, despite harsh criticism from freedom of speech experts. No member of the Riksdag requested the floor when the proposal was considered. The decision was made without any debate whatsoever.
This is prohibited by law
Under this law, anyone deemed to deny, excuse, or grossly minimize certain genocides—primarily the Holocaust—may be convicted of incitement against an ethnic group. This applies to crimes established by a Swedish or recognized international court. Furthermore, the statement must be intended to threaten, incite violence, or express contempt toward a protected group or individual.
The rules were incorporated into the Penal Code as early as 2024. As of January 1, 2027, they will also be explicitly enshrined in the Constitution. This means that the extensive restrictions also apply to publications in newspapers and other media protected by the Constitution. Critics warn that people may begin to avoid historical discussions for fear of being punished.
The EU pressured Sweden to enact the law
Among other things, the law is driven by EU requirements. In 2020, the European Commission initiated proceedings against Sweden because Swedish law was deemed not to comply with the rules of the supranational union. The government had previously argued that the statements in question were already punishable. Despite this, the legislation was amended, and now the Constitution has been amended as well.
Expert Slams the Law—Warns of Silenced Students
Freedom of Speech Expert Nils Funcke Ahead of the decision, he leveled harsh criticism at the law in an op-ed in Svenska Dagbladet. He believes it is unnecessary because criminal statements are already covered by Swedish law. At the same time, he warns that unclear rules could cause people to stop discussing sensitive historical issues.
”It undermines a constitutional provision. It is vague. It is unnecessary. It risks stifling necessary discussions about genocide.”
Funcke also criticizes plans to use the law as an ”educational tool” in schools. He warns that students may become afraid to ask questions and think critically. His proposal was to halt the constitutional amendment and keep the regulation under ordinary law.
No politician took a stand
The Journalists' Union has also warned that the law severely restricts freedom of speech. The Sweden Democrats have previously questioned the scope of the law and called for a review after five years. But when it came down to it in the Riksdag, they chose to remain silent, as did the other members of parliament.
Why is it so important to silence skeptics??
As they say in all other contexts, if you have ”nothing to hide,” that’s usually how it goes.
Clearly, they are NOT above board.
You have to wonder who’s pushing for a law like this!!!! What are they trying to hide? That’s the next question, isn’t it????
Exactly!
An excellent rhetorical question.
The passage of the so-called “denial law”—which primarily addresses the so-called Holocaust—is nothing short of a scandal! It is a political, moral, historical, scientific, and universal human scandal of such magnitude that it causes those who hate the truth, humanity, and empathy for all forms of life to rejoice in their subhuman, total intellectual and moral collapse.
One perspective that is rarely, if ever, raised in this context is that this anti-scientific and anti-democratic law can be viewed as a disguised propaganda ploy designed to encourage hatred of Jews—so-called anti-Semitism. For if people become aware that a specific ethnic group—the Jews—needs to be protected by a legal ban on unbiased historical research, then there is an obvious risk that questions will begin to be asked about why this particular people and this particular event should be viewed and treated differently from other peoples and other events concerning genocide and similar atrocities.
Perhaps there is also a day-to-day political aspect here that could conceivably play a role, even if certain influential figures of our time may not be thinking about it on a conscious level. This, of course, concerns the State of Israel, its legitimacy, and, not least, where Israel’s borders lie.
So-called revisionist historical research on World War II —including the alleged crimes against humanity committed by the supposedly evil Germans—has, over the decades, forced several revisions of the victorious powers’ hateful propaganda narrative against the defeated enemy. However, the victorious powers’ interest in departing from the common postwar principle of acknowledging exaggerations and hate propaganda for strategic and mobilization purposes has, for the most part, been absent when it comes to World War II.
The question is why. The answer is that there is considerable evidence suggesting that it was the victorious powers of World War II who committed the incomparably worst atrocities against humanity—including innocent women and children. Without delving into historical details in these brief lines about what did and did not happen, it is a fact that answering such questions requires unbiased scientific research, the conclusions of which must be drawn only after known facts and arguments have been evaluated as objectively as possible.
This means that the so-called “denial law” must be repealed immediately, and those who worked to enact it must be held accountable for anti-scientific behavior, restrictions on freedom of speech, and potential hatred of Jews/anti-Semitism.
Furthermore, the Constitution needs to be amended in the opposite direction so that it instead guarantees unbiased and free research. This includes openly disclosing which pressure groups and funders are behind abominations such as the so-called “denial law.”.
Long live the truth and true science!
That's absolutely right—the official history of World War II is nothing more than a piece of propaganda designed to conceal all the atrocities committed by the victorious powers.
Just make a rough mathematical estimate of the Jewish population in Europe before and after World War II, the capacity of the crematoria, the effectiveness of the delousing agent, the absence of mass graves, and other evidence, etc., etc. Start thinking critically. Official Red Cross figures put the number at 276,000. These people died of typhus and starvation due to the Allies’ bombing of the infrastructure.
What a bunch of idiots!!!
It's becoming more and more of a totalitarian communist country.
Not a single SD member asked to speak. What does that say about this treacherous party? Totally incompetent
HMF—The law is a joke
Democracy and the Jews force us to either keep our mouths shut or lie. The Holocaust industry has raked in billions of kronor and serves as an excuse for all kinds of misdeeds.