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SWEDEN 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