Police had worked for months with colleagues abroad to map which motorcycle club members might travel to Sweden for the event, which they described as this year's most high-profile 30th anniversary celebration so far. Based on this mapping, police employed the Aliens Act, a tool they are increasingly using, which allows them to turn away anyone deemed a threat to public order and security. Ahead of the celebration, police identified over 100 Hells Angels members meeting the criteria for being turned away, resulting in 14 people being taken into custody.
These individuals came from Norway, Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with several belonging to the higher echelons of the organization. Some have already been turned away and given re-entry bans of between 10 and 20 years. Sweden is stopping more and more foreign criminals from entering the country, with 400 people turned away last year, more than 50 percent more than in 2024.
Police see a connection between more people being turned away and thefts linked to international crime networks decreasing, with 50,000 fewer thefts than expected since the authority began working more actively with the tool in 2024, despite the trend in neighboring countries going in the opposite direction.