Peter Wieselgren at Vatten square in Växjö. Photo: Carina Bergqvist/ Sveriges Radio

The decision by councillors in Växjö not to erect a statue in the town depicting a woman hitting a neo-Nazi with a handbag has caused a minor public outcry.

Now statues in Växjö and other areas of the country have been adorned with handbags while several municipalities have offered to erect the statue in question.

The first reports of statues being adorned with handbags came from the island of Öland, followed by Växjö, where the oustretched arm on the Peter Wieselgren statue was given a white handbag. A scultpure of...