Learning from the 1968 Båstad riots, police presence was heavy, with little to no violence during the protests and the game being played as planned.
In 1968 anti-apartheid activists protesting against a Sweden–Rhodesia match during the 1968 Davis Cup escalated into riots, preventing the game from being played and forcing a change of venue.
[1][2][3] One day before the game, the SSU organised a protest numbering 3000 participants, including speeches by Tage Erlander and Lars Engqvist.
The Social Democrats were formally not opposed to the match being played, but wanted to show their opposition to the Chilean dictatorship.
[3] On the 20 September, as the doubles matches were set to be played, the left-wing groups organised a protest, led by the Chile Committee.