According to the current laws of Swedish weapons, anyone who has no criminal record can apply for a firing, gun or semi -automatic rifle.
They must justify the police why they need a gun. People over 20 can apply for special removal to possess completely automatic weapons.
About 580,000 Swedes are licensed by weapons from the population of about 10.5 million, according to the Swedish TV and Radio Company.
The 2017 Swiss study showed that there were about 2.3 million rifles in Sweden. This is about 23 firing per 100 people, compared to 29 in Norway and 120 per 100 in the US.
Sweden requires a theory and a practical test for hunting in Sweden. About 280,000 Swedes have one.
Sweden has a relatively high level of ownership of weapons and elderly, according to European standards, although most weapons are legally owned and used for hunting.
A crime with weapons is mainly related to gangs that also came to the use of bombs to focus on each other.
A weapon -related crime is not related to gangs, less and the attack on Tuesday is the first shooting at the school and its worst mass shooting. In total, four people were killed in 2015 and 2022.
