A new report indicates a significant portion of the Swedish population has a negative attitude toward Jews.
The poll was conducted by the National Council for Crime Prevention and the Forum for Living History. Some 3,000 Swedes at least 16 years old were queried.
The Dagens Nyheter reports 26 percent of those queried said they think there is a Jewish influence over the world economy, 15 percent said they thought the influence was too great and 14 percent said Jews use the Holocaust for political and economic ends.
About 25 percent of those queried said they didn't like the idea of a Jewish prime minister.
Heléne Lööw of the Forum for Living History told The Local Web site she was surprised by the findings, which were spread across the political spectrum.
The survey was conducted between March and May last year. No margin of error was given.
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