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We Are Sthlm is an annual youth music festival in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
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It was first established as a summer music festival for youth in 2000 under the name "Ung08" with free yearly public concerts and events in central Stockholm. The venture was successful and received support from Stockholm Municipality in 2003. In 2013, the festival was attended by 160,000 people and changed its name to "We Are Sthlm".
In 2015, there were reports that multiple sexual harassment incidents had been reported at the festival over the course of several years.
Artists appearing
Artist who have appeared at Ung08 / We Are Sthlm have included:
Sexual assaults
In connection to the 2015 festival, Sveriges Radio reported that sexual harassment had occurred that year and that festival had been plagued by the same problems for several years. According to Dagens Nyheter this had been a problem since the festival started in 2000, but that the information was withheld due to concern for the reputation of the event.
In 2014 and 2015, 38 incidents of sexual harassment at We Are Sthlm were reported to the police by female visitors at the festival, most of whom were under 15 years of age, but the Stockholm police did not publicize the harassment and assaults reported in 2014 and 2015 in their press releases. Police spokesperson Varg Gyllander later explained that the reason was that most of the suspects were young males of immigrant background or refugees and that the police was wary of inflaming the ongoing political debate about Swedish immigration policies and the prevalence of criminality among immigrants and refugees.
Upcoming events
The next We Are Sthlm is planned for August 2016.