The Sami indigenous group living in Sweden has a long-standing history of a forced assimilation policy, exemplified by reduced possibilities for reindeer herding and restrictions on using the Sami language (Amft, 2000; Olofsson, 2004).

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In Sweden the discrimination of the Roma has occurred in several ways. The Roma were prohibited from immigrating to Sweden from 1914 to 1954 (Takman, 1976). The Institute of Racial Biology was established in Sweden in 1921, and compulsory sterilization of Roma women took place between 1935 and 1975 (Montesino Parra, 2002). The Roma children could be forcibly taken into care and placed in children’s homes (Montesino Parra, 2002; Taikon, 1970). Even today there is a stereotype portrayal of the Roma population, and many Roma continue to be a target of discrimination and social inequity (Rodell Olgac, 2006)