A Swedish court on Friday sentenced a man to three years in jail for joining the Islamic State group, the country’s first conviction since new legislation was introduced banning participation in a terrorist group.
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The 22-year-old man was convicted of “participation in a terrorist organisation”, as well financing terrorism and three counts of foreign travel for terrorism purposes, the court said in a statement.
According to the court, all charges concerned IS and the three trips were all to Somalia.
His sentence was set to three years and three months in prison.
The case is the first conviction for the crime of “participation in a terrorist organisation”, under a law that was adopted by parliament in 2023.
Sweden had been adopting tougher anti-terror laws since 2017, after an Uzbek asylum seeker – who had sworn allegiance to IS – drove a truck down a busy shopping street in Stockholm, killing five people.