2118-2119 Swedish Protests

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* Gordon Banks becomes Supreme Leader of Sweden
* Soviet annexation of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula.
* Protests die down due to new reforms
* SNLA and UNFLNH retreat back into obscurity.
* Withdrawal of Soviet troops from Helsinki
* Escalation of the Mountain War

* ANTIFA
* Liberalists
* Federalists
* Capitalists

 SNLA
 UFLNH

The **2118-2119 Swedish Protests** were a series of protests against the government of Sweden by democratic groups, the Scanian National Liberation Army and the United Front for the Liberation of the Norwegian Homeland. The goals of the protesters were the removal of Henrik G. Larsson from the position of Supreme Leader and the liberalization of Sweden after decades of economic stagnation and repression that started in 2087.

The protests began with Swedish people marching on the streets of Gothenburg, Malmö, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm among many other cities. At the start these protests were peaceful, but overtime it eventually turned violent as the Swedish police started using excessive force and protesters became radicalized by groups like the Scanian National Liberation Army, United Front for the Liberation of the Norwegian Homeland and ANTIFA to take up arms against the government and demand the resignation of Henrik G. Larsson and greater civil liberties in Sweden.

The Swedish government entered into a govermental crisis in 2119 as the protests got out of control, Soviet troops occupying Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Helsinki and increased UFLNH activity in the Norwegian mountains. This resulted in the ousting of Henrik G. Larsson as the Riksdag temporarily ruled while the new supreme leader was decided. Protests slowly died down as Henrik G. Larsson was no longer leader and many believed that a liberal leader would be elected to the position. One last massive protest was held in Stockholm on June 17th 2119 to demand more liberties and possibly overthrow the Sweden Nationalists from power as many of the protesters marched to the Riksdag.

The election of the liberal-minded Gordon Banks on June 22th 2119 ended a majority of the protests as he promised nationwide liberal reforms to the societal, political and economical sectors to calm down the protesters. He later carried out these new policies starting the 2119 Private Land Act and other reforms which followed that saved Sweden from imminent economic and political collapse. The last protests ended on June 25th 2119 after many began seeing results from Gordon Banks' policies.

The legacy of the 2118-2119 Swedish Protests are remembered as the closest the modern state of Sweden got to economic and political collapse and the largest unrest the country had seen in its entire existence. It caused widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure which costed billions to repair all across the country. After the protests, Gordon Banks used an excuse of "alleged terrorist attacks" perpetrated by the Scanian National Liberation Army and the United Front for the Liberation of the Norwegian Homeland to get the backing of the Riksdag to supress and destroy the two groups in later years.

1. ↑ Annexed Karelia and the Kola Peninsula. Temporarily occupied Helsinki from July 2118 to June 2119. Never officially supported the protesters nor the Swedish government.