Henrik Rönnquist
Henrik Rönnquist is a Swedish art gallery owner and leader of Pegida Sweden, an off-shoot of the PEGIDA movement which began in Dresden, Germany.[1]
Views
Rönnquist said to have views similar to the far-right Sweden Democrats, though it is not known if he is a member of the party.[1]
Activities
Race hate conviction
In August 2014 Rönnquist was convicted of inciting racial hatred, after his Malmö art gallery, Rönnquist & Rönnquist, hosted posters by artist Dan Park which, amongst other things depicted black men with nooses around their necks and suggested that Roma community leaders condoned crime.[2]
Rönnquist gave an interview to Ingrid Carlqvist for the counterjihad publication Dispatch International after Park was arrested, in which he compared Sweden to Stalinist Russia and claimed he wanted to leave as the country was 'heading towards dictatorship'. He also revealed he had previously displayed the work of controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks.[3]
Pegida Sweden
Rönnquist was described in several media sources as the leader of Pegida Swerige, which held a poorly attended demonstration on 9 January 2015 in Malmö and was hugely outnumbered by anti-racism campaigners.[4]
Contact
- Website: www.ronnquist.com
- Email: art@ronnquist.com
- Twitter: @hcronnquist
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Malcolm Brabant, Sweden 'doesn't need groups like PEGIDA', Deutsche Welle, 10 February 2015, accessed 12 February 2015
- ↑ Swedish artist sentenced for 'racist' art, The Guardian, 22 August 2014, accessed 13 February 2015
- ↑ Ingrid Carlqvist, Gallery owner in shock – wants to leave Sweden, Dispatch International, 5 July 2014, accessed 13 February 2015
- ↑ Malcolm Brabant, Sweden 'doesn't need groups like PEGIDA', Deutsche Welle, 10 February 2015, accessed 12 February 2015
