Are there black swedes

Police brutality certainly played a part, but the incidents indicated much bigger problems in Swedish society as a whole. For one, Swedish cities are segregated by design. However, it concentrated low-income rental properties in faraway and inconvenient suburbs, which began the fragmentation of Swedish society. Here we see another, more complete Sweden of different colors and communities. In Tensta and other suburbs, children go to schools whose student body is composed of 90 percent first- or second-generation immigrants.

I visited a local school called Tensta Gymnasium, which prides itself on its immigrant-heavy student body. Outside the archipelago of immigrant islands such as Tensta, Rinkeby, Alby and Husby, racism and Islamophobia are commonplace. You can never believe the things doctors ask a Muslim woman. Externally, Sweden projects itself as an egalitarian beacon of hope in an intolerant world.

Sweden needs a radical reorganization of the way its cities are planned, its educational systems are structured and its minorities are represented across all levels of society to prevent repeats of the Husby riots. People talked to each other outside the bustling Iraqi-run market.

A Syrian asylum seeker tried to sell me a pack of dodgy cigarettes before asking about my family. A young Somali woman came and sat next to me. If you are citizens of a country within the EU, you may have right of residence. If either of the parents has right of residence in Sweden and your child is also an EU citizen, the child automatically has right of residence.

In this case, you do not need to contact the Migration Agency. Read more about residence permits for EU citizens. Contact the Swedish Tax Agency for information about population registration for children who are EU citizens External link, opens in new window.

If you have a residence permit you should apply for a residence permit for the child. Read more about how to apply for a residence permit for the child if the parents are citizens of a country outside the EU. If you are EU citizens with right of residence but the child is not an EU citizen , you should apply for a residence card for the child. You apply for a residence card by filling out the form Application for residence card, , and sending it to one of the Migration Agency's permit units.

If the child does not have a passport, you should apply for one as soon as possible. Please contact the embassy of your country of origin for more information. Application for a residence card, form Pdf, 1 MB, opens in new window. Postal addresses to the Migration Agency's permit units. If you cannot apply online, you must fill out the form Application for a residence permit to settle in Sweden — for a child under the age of 18, If the child has a passport, enclose copies of the child's passport showing personal data, a photo, passport number, country of issue, the passport's period of validity and if the child has residence permits in any countries other than his or her country of origin.

You do not need to enclose the form Family appendix when you apply for residence permit for your child. Image source, Getty Images. You may also be interested in:. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Related Topics. African immigrants have been living in Sweden since the 17th century but in very few numbers. In , there were 79 Africans in Sweden, of which 5, all South Africans, were citizens. Badin was not the only African swede during the 18th century.

There were blacks in the royal regiments, one of them was the trumpeter Richard Abramsson who was born in the US. Most of the descendants of the African servants faced poverty in Sweden. It is unclear if John Hood was of complete African descent or if he was part European.