The Reclaim Pride festival was held in August 2018 in venues provided by Örgryte-Härlanda City District Board within the framework of a youth initiative organised by Göteborg municipality. On the festival program was a screening of the film Burka Songs 2.0 and a subsequent panel discussion. Representatives of the board demanded, prior to the realisation of the event, that a woman who particiapted in the film should not be allowed to take part in the panel discussion, as planned by the organizers. The board justified this by stating that the board does not cooperate with activities or people that do not stand up for democracy and human rights. According to the board, the woman had connections to questionable movements.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman states that it is not compatible with the statute-regulated requirements on objectivity pursuant to chapter 1, section 9 of the Instrument of Government, that an authority justifies a decision solely on the opinions of an individual, or of opinions that an individual is expected to express.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman states that the investigation proves that the decisive reason for cancelling the women’s participation in the panel discussion was the opinions she perhaps would express. No objective reasons for the board’s actions have been discovered. The City District Board has therefore, in regard to the protection of the freedom of speech pursuant to chapter 2, section 1 of the Instrument of Government acted in violation to the statute-regulated requirement on objectivity pursuant to chapter 1, section 9 of the Instrument of Government. Örgryte-Härlanda City District Board in Göteborg municipality is criticised due to their actions.