''Expo'' is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

anti-racist

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

started in 1995 by

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2 ...

. It is issued by the non-profit Expo Foundation (''Stiftelsen Expo''). The magazine, issued four times a year, contains investigative journalism focused on nationalist,

racist Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...

, anti-democratic,

anti-semitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

, and

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

movements and organisations. The people responsible for ''Expo'' make no connections with specific organisations or political parties, but work together with individuals and organisations that share ''Expo''s platform. The chairman of the Expo Foundation is

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. The magazine is headquartered in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. The organisation has several parts. Expo Arkiv is an archive of far-right and anti-democratic events in Scandinavia. The archive is open to researchers, students, and individuals who need information. Expo Research is a research organisation whose members find and collect information on racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-democratic organisations in Sweden and Europe. The information comes from informants, defectors, public files, authorities, independent researchers, and so on. The people responsible for ''Expo'' closely co-operate with '' Monitor'' in Norway and '' Searchlight'' in the UK. They also exchange information with groups and magazines such as ''

Antifa Infoblatt ''Antifaschistisches Infoblatt'' (''AIB'') is an anti-fascist publication in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1987 and the first issue appeared in Spring. The magazine is published four times a year. The publication cooperates with similar pub ...

'' in Germany, ''Reflexes'' and ''CRIDA'' in France, ''

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'' in Russia, and '' Nigdy Wiecej'' in Poland, as well as

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(IREHR) and

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(CNC) in the United States. ''Expo'' became widely known in Sweden in June 1996 following a string of threats and attacks directed against companies printing and selling the magazine, and organisations supporting it. The words "Inget stöd till kommunist-Expo" (''No support for communist Expo'') were painted on the wall of the Moderate Party headquarters. In response, leading tabloid newspapers ''

Aftonbladet ''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...

'' and ''

Expressen ''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". ...

'' printed and distributed the June 1996 issue as a free supplement, with a circulation of around 800,000 copies. Financial pressures in 1998 forced the people responsible for ''Expo'' to cease publication of the magazine and replace it with a newsletter. In 1999, ''Expo'' was restarted as a part of the magazine '' Svartvitt''. When ''Svartvitt'' shut down in 2003, ''Expo'' returned to publication as an independent magazine. The editor-in-chief of ''Expo'' is Daniel Poohl. In 2014 the circulation of the magazine was 3,500 copies. On Sunday 4 May 2016 the ''Expo'' photographer David Lagerlöf took an image of Tess Asplund, 42, with fist raised against the leadership of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) in Borlänge, central Sweden. This went viral in the country and was widely reprinted in the international press, seen as an iconic moment in modern Swedish history.

Stieg Larsson

, the author of the '' Millennium'' series of novels, was ''Expo''s co-founder and editor-in-chief from 1995 until his death in 2004. Larsson's political and journalistic background in

far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...

political activism including in '' Kommunistiska Arbetareförbundet'' (Communist Workers' League),"Steig Larsson"
. ''booksfactory.com'', Books of The World. and '' Internationalen'', led him to found the Expo Foundation, similar to the

British Searchlight Foundation British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

, with the aim of "studying and mapping anti-democratic, right-wing extremist and racist tendencies in society".

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Expo Foundation
- Official site (In Swedish) {{Authority control 1995 establishments in Sweden Magazines established in 1995 Magazines published in Stockholm Quarterly magazines published in Sweden Political magazines published in Sweden Swedish-language magazines Anti-racism in Sweden

Stieg Larsson

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