Sweden
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The country has been abolitionist since 1972 and the...
- News items in the archive
- 72
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Sweden is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 72 news items on Sweden, from 1999 to today.
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MARCH 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kourosh Keyvani Hanged for Israel Espionage on March 18
Dual National Iranian-Swedish
- JULY 6, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN SAYS THREE CITIZENS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES IN IRAQ OVER SHOOTING
Three Swedish citizens have been sentenced to death in Iraq over their involvement in a shooting and a fourth may also face the same punishment over a separate crime, the Swedish foreign ministry said on July 4, 2024.
JULY 3, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ANOTHER SWEDISH CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Another Swedish citizen has been sentenced to death in Iraq by a court decision, Report News Agency informed on July 2, 2024 referring to the Dagens Nyheter newspaper citing the press service of the Swedish Foreign Ministry.
JUNE 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad-Reza Jalali on Fourth Day of Hunger Strike
- JUNE 18, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN SUMMONS IRAQI DIPLOMAT TO PROTEST DEATH PENALTIES REPORTEDLY HANDED TO 2 SWEDES
Sweden's Foreign Ministry said officials summoned the Iraqi chargé d’affaires on June 14, 2024 to protest against death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq.
JUNE 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranians in Stockholm Rally Against Release of War Criminal Hamid Nouri
JUNE 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden released Hamid Noury
Convicted of war crimes
- MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sweden: Hamid Noury’s Appeal Rejected
- JANUARY 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran seeking death penalty for Johan Floderus
In retaliation for the life sentence handed down in Sweden on Hamid Noury
- DECEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sweden. Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence for Hamid Noury
DECEMBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Swede Johan Floderus faces charges in Iran of spying for Israel
- JULY 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UNITED NATIONS - Sweden. Javaid Rehman lauded the conviction in Sweden against Hamid Noury
- JULY 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sweden. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Hamid Noury to life
For “serious crimes against international law” and "murder"
- MAY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The wife of Ahmadreza Djalali called on the European Union to intervene
- MAY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Djalali
- MAY 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sweden. Ahmadreza Djalali at Imminent Risk of Execution
The international community should react in time
- MAY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sweden. Iran summoned Sweden’s ambassador
following a request by Swedish prosecutors for life imprisonment for Hamid Noury
- APRIL 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmadreza Djalali Beaten by Evin Prison Officials
MARCH 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden renunciates to try two suspected Iranian secret agents
MARCH 30, 2021GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Calls to release Swedish-Iranian scientist Djalali
From Sweden and Germany
- JANUARY 13, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTY
POLAND: SWEDISH LI ZHIHUI COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IF EXTRADITED TO CHINA
Swedish Falun Gong activist Li Zhihui, 53, risks being extradited to China after he has been detained in Poland for almost two years.
- JANUARY 1, 2020SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JULY 10, 2019SwedenDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN: SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHINA'S EXTRADITION REQUEST OF FORMER OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Sweden's Supreme Court said on 9 July 2019 it was refusing the extradition of a Chinese man accused of economic crimes because the man risks persecution and the death penalty in China.
- JANUARY 1, 2019SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JANUARY 1, 2018SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JANUARY 1, 2017SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JANUARY 1, 2016SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
MARCH 9, 2015MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON SWEDISH NATIONAL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Swedish national for trafficking in 4.3 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.
- JANUARY 1, 2015SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JANUARY 1, 2014SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.