evidence: Sweden's Quran burnings put freedom of expression law to test - Published A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country's image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned. [...] It was a Danish-Swedish far-right activist called Rasmus Paludan who triggered the latest outcry when he was given permission to burn a Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January.