The data for the sample as a whole can be further broken down by sex, age, education, occupation, region, and political orientation. The margin of error for the sample as a whole is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Key Findings 1. Nearly all Swedes favor keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. Swedes have strong factual knowledge about some aspects of the Holocaust, but are less knowledgeable about other aspects.
Holocaust denial is rejected by nearly all Swedes, who affirm that the Holocaust did happen.
Thus, when asked Some people claim that the Nazi extermination of the Jews never happened. 86 percent of Swedes answer heard this claim and 13 percent have not heard this claim. In 1998 the Swedish government organized Living History, an information campaign dealing with knowledge and remembrance of the Holocaust. Central to this campaign is the free distribution of the book Tell Ye Your Children to families requesting it from the government. The survey results indicate that the campaign has reached a substantial portion of the Swedish population, and that it is having a positive impact.