Care home's license revoked after 27 police calls

The Inspectorate for Healthcare and Welfare (Ivo) has revoked the operating license for a care home in the Stockholm area due to serious deficiencies that endangered the children residing there. The company has lost its permit to run the facility, as it demonstrated an inability to rectify ongoing problems.

Ivo's decision highlights a pattern of severe issues at the home, including numerous suicide attempts, instances of severe self-harm, unauthorized absences, drug and alcohol abuse, and the recruitment of residents into criminal activities. Interviews with residents revealed that staff were often passive during critical incidents, merely telling the young people to go to their rooms. Some residents felt the staff lacked control and were outnumbered by the youth.

A particularly concerning aspect for Ivo was the staff's apparent systematic reliance on police intervention. Between September 2025 and April 2026, police were called to the facility 27 times. Police reports to Ivo indicated that the staff struggled to manage the residents, often appearing indifferent. In some cases, responding officers were able to de-escalate situations simply by talking to the youth, tasks that police felt the staff should have been capable of handling themselves.

Efforts to reach the care home's operational manager for comment were unsuccessful.