What is Brottby Concert?
The '''Brottby Concert''' ({{Lang-sv|Brottbykonserten}}) was a [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]] [[rock music|rock concert]]. It was held at the [[Yesterday (dancing venue)|Yesterday dancing venue]] in [[Brottby]], [[Sweden]] on Saturday evening, 3 January 1998. Participating bands and [[audience]] came from several countries. [[Swedish Police Service|Swedish police]] stroke against the concert. Several persons suspected for [[hate speech]] were arrested. Totally the police arrested circa 250 personer people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/bild/9801/bild980104.html|title=Dagens bild: Slog till under konserten|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=sv|date=4 January 1998|access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref> Participants from other countries, for example the [[USA]] said during the [[trial]] that they didn't knew doing a [[nazi salute]] was considered hate speech in Sweden. The concert and the following trials were brought major attention by Swedish newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekuriren.se/hermes/article/EK_19980526_03_1_2.html|title=Strängnäsbo fick fängelse för hets mot folkgrupp|publisher=Eskilstuna-Kuriren|language=sv|date=26 May 1998|access-date=14 March 2008}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Many bands appeared at the concert. Major attention was brought to, among others ''[[Max Resist]]'' and ''[[Vit aggression]]''. The police stroke as Vit aggression played. During their 2002 album ''[[Keep Fighting (Max resist album)|Keep Fighting]]'', Max Resist also recorded the song ''Battle of Brottby'' with references to the Brottby Concert. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:1998 in music]] [[Category:1990s in Sweden]] [[Category:Neo-Nazism]] [[Category:1998 in Europe]]