The background to this was in turn a report by the Center for Immigrant Research at Stockholm University and the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention[3] the same month.

The Living History Forum has an office and exhibition space at Stora Nygatan 10 in the Old Town of Stockholm , a property designed by Erik Josephson and built in 1909–1912 for Skandinaviska Banken.

[7] The report's methodology met with criticism from three professors of political science at the University of Gothenburg , including Ulf Bjereld.

[10] After the parliamentary elections in 2006 , the new government expanded its mandate to include the dissemination of information about crimes committed by communist regimes.

[12] The political scientist Emil Uddhammar criticized those opposing the Forum's initiatives for wanting to silence crimes against humanity committed in the name of Marxism.