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Swedish control of explosives will be tightened

by AI | 25.Apr 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The Swedish government is tightening supervision over how legal explosive materials are handled. In the EU, Sweden is working for stricter regulations on pyrotechnics to prevent acts by criminals.

Sweden's Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT

Stockholm – The Swedish government is now ready with a bill that has been hastily prepared due to several serious bomb attacks in the country at the beginning of the year. Some of the attacks are suspected to have involved explosives that come from, for example, construction sites.

A problem has been that the municipalities have failed in their supervision of how legal explosives are handled.

According to the bill, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency will now ensure that the municipalities carry out the supervision. The municipalities must always assess whether there is a risk that explosives may end up in the hands of criminals when permits are granted.

Carl-Oskar Bohlin (Moderates), Minister for Civil Defense, states that the government is preparing further tightening of the laws, which did not come with the expedited processing that has now taken place.

Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (Moderates) points out that a large part of the bomb attacks last winter were carried out with smuggled powerful bangers and fireworks, and that Sweden is working within the EU for stricter regulations for such pyrotechnics.

“It is incredibly important that we now have a strong pressure against all kinds of explosive goods used in the wave of violence,” says Strömmer.

(April 24)