The Swedish police are to create three new units to protect freedom of speech and fight internet abuse, National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson says.

In an op-ed article in today's Dagens Nyheter, Eliasson says the background of the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen and Paris as well as recent threats against synagogues and mosques in Sweden means that the Swedish police need to raise their ambitions.

"The threats to our open society and or basic human rights seem more serious than for a long time", he writes.

One of the most important tasks for the new units will be to protect people's...