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Gothenburg riots 2001

Gothenburg riots: During the EU summit on 14–16 June, violent clashes between anti-globalisation protesters and police left 53 officers and 90 demonstrators injured. Police opened fire on protesters — the first such use of firearms since the Ådalen shootings of 1931 — with one 19-year-old critically wounded and 70 people ultimately convicted.

Tier
C
Confidence
B
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
crisis
Date
2001-06-14

Gothenburg riots: During the EU summit on 14–16 June, violent clashes between anti-globalisation protesters and police left 53 officers and 90 demonstrators injured. Police opened fire on protesters — the first such use of firearms since the Ådalen shootings of 1931 — with one 19-year-old critically wounded and 70 people ultimately convicted.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 2001 under Göran Persson as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.

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