In one generation Sweden has become polyglot and cosmopolitan – and denial has met the wave of white supremacism sweeping the country

It was the worst mass shooting in Swedish history. Ten people were shot dead and many more wounded before the gunman shot himself. A week on from the atrocity in Örebro, about 125 miles west of Stockholm, Sweden is soul-searching for answers that are not easy to find.

The suspect, a 35-year-old white man, was initially described by authorities as “a lone wolf”. He may or may not have had an ideological motive.

Martin Gelin writes for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter

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