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SWEDEN Austin Dacey, USA: Expanding the boundaries A presentation by Austin Dacey, followed by a debate which took place at the conference 'Right! Freedom of Music & Speech' on 21 November 2011 in Stockholm 25 November 2011 Sweden: The conference 'Right! Freedom of Music & Speech' Questions about censorship and repression are investigated at the international conference ‘Right! Freedom of Music & Speech’ held at Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden 02 November 2011 Sweden: Death threats to DJ for Facebook debate about gender issues A seemingly uncontroversial post on the Facebook profile of the night club Slakthuset resulted in death threats against 21-year-old DJ Tova Wellton 08 August 2011 The Nordic countries: Academic network for reseaching music censorship Over 40 professors, university researchers and students from the Nordic countries have established a network to provide an informed knowledge about music censorship 04 July 2011 Sweden: Hip-hop performances cancelled because of controversial lyrics The hip-hop group Labyrint from Uppsala was stopped from performing in Växjö and Värnamo after a notice from police authorities saying their lyrics glorify drugs 09 May 2011 Sweden: What do Swedish music associations do for freedom of speech? Composer and acting chairman of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, Alfons Karabuda, writes in his blog about artistic creators and freedom of expression 01 December 2010 Sweden: Music associations should engage in freedom of speech Representatives of musicians' associations in Sweden say to national radio: “It is about time that we begin to engage in free speech issues along the lines of Freemuse.” 17 November 2010 Sweden: Safe cities for musicians "All over Europe city councils are hosting persecuted writers. Why not persecuted musicians?", asked Kerstin Brunnberg, chairperson of the Swedish Arts Council 17 November 2010 Sweden: Eurovision Song Contest winner creates controversy In Sweden the country’s mezzo soprano winner is claimed to be 'unfitting' for mainstream radio formats 23 April 2009 How Music Freedom Day 2009 was observed in Stockholm Two seminars and concert in Stockholm on 3 March 2009 became a beautiful, yet serious and powerful manifestation for musicians' human rights 04 March 2009 Music Freedom Day events in Sweden - 2009 The Nobel Museum, Re:Orient, Konserthuset and the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, SR, co-operate with Freemuse about organising events in Stockholm 03 March 2009 Denmark/Sweden/Germany: In court for selling Nazi music Two men were arrested in Denmark on 27 August 2008 for allegedly distributing recordings that have been deemed illegal because of their extremist content 18 November 2008 Sweden: Teacher fired because of his music A Swedish school teacher was kicked out after only one week's employment. The reason? He played in a heavy metal band, reported the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation 27 June 2008 Finland / Sweden / Norway: The destruction of a minority's music culture Ethnomusicologist Ilpo Saastamoinen shares his insight and personal experiences with the oppression of Sámi music culture 21 April 2008 Sweden: Explicit lyrics cause heated debate about women’s sexuality After being banned on two regional radio stations, the lyrics of a song by Frida Muranius are debated in newspapers, radio, web forums and court yards all over Sweden 11 July 2007 Sweden: rap band taken to court for 'hate speech' Two members of a rap band from the south of Sweden are taken to court accused of ‘hate speech’ after a concert in Landskrona in 2006 25 January 2007 Three films about music and Islam hit Scandinavia Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad and editor Simon Broughton visit Denmark and Sweden in February 2007 to show three documentary films about music and Islam 24 January 2007 Sweden: Religious group attempts to silence music A group of young, religious men in Sweden act like as if they were an Islamic police force and try to prevent Swedish muslims from listening to music 28 April 2006 White Noise Music - an international affair Hate Music. The story of modern racist music, covering cases from UK, Sweden and USA. Paper from the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship, 1998 01 January 2001