But Sweden, which was one of the first countries in the world to pass a law guaranteeing freedom of expression in 1766, has refused to condemn the tabloid.
“It’s important for me to say that you cannot turn to the Swedish government and ask it to violate the Swedish constitution,” Reinfeldt said on Monday.
The only Swedish condemnation has come from its ambassador to Israel, Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier, who slammed the piece as “shocking and appalling.”
But the Swedish government distanced itself from Bonnier’s remarks, stressing they should only be seen in a local context.
