 In December 2019, the municipality of Skurup banned Islamic veils in educational institutions.Earlier, the municipality of Staffanstorp approved a similar ban.In 2018, preschools in Biskopsgården district were reprimanded by the Municipality of Gothenburg after Göteborgs-Posten newspaper had found out that 4 out of 5 kindergartens stated they were willing to force girls in their care to wear the Islamic hijab if the parents requested it.