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Iranians in Sweden: a history

Political refugees arrived in the 1980s and settled in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala.

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Sweden · history

Iranians in Sweden: a history

Political refugees arrived in the 1980s and settled in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala.

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Political refugees arrived in the 1980s and settled in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala. Sweden has a strong Persian literary and publishing scene. Hamid Nouri was convicted in Sweden in 2022 for crimes linked to the 1988 executions, and released in a prisoner exchange in 2024.

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How people arrived

1 waves

01
1980s refugees

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Born in Iran

2024

87,115

Measure: born in Iran
Year: 2024
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BE0101E
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Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BE0101E

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