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]
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 campaogners.[3]
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
- ↑ Malcolm Brabant, Sweden 'doesn't need groups like PEGIDA', Deutsche Welle, 10 February 2015, accessed 12 February 2015
