In 2014, many learned the meaning of the word incel (merging the English words for involuntary celibacy - involuntary celibacy). That was the year 22-year-old Elliot Rodger from the United States filmed himself and posted the clip on Youtube before killing six people and injuring 14. no girl had ever given him love or sex for him, he says in the clip. "I'm innocent, I've never even kissed anyone."

2018 is the time for the next act. 25-year-old Alek Minassian drives a white van through a crowd in Canadian Toronto, killing ten people and injuring 16. Minassian says he spent a lot of time on an online forum with "men who must not lie". His trial has been postponed several times. It was supposed to start April 6, but has been delayed again due to the corona virus.

In Sweden, incels have been on the wallpaper several times during the beginning of the year. In January, the "Tinder-man who was chosen" was widely debated on the cultural sites. In January, Säpo announced that the incel men represent a growing terrorist threat even in Sweden.

Georgia state university in the United States has launched the first major study of its kind on incels scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. One of those who will participate in the study is the Swedish incel expert Stefan Krakowski who is also working on a book on incels. Hear him answer three questions about the incel group in the clip above .

At the beginning of March, the Swedish Defense Forces' research institute, FOI, issued a report that Sweden may be the world's most densely populated country, something Stefan Krakowski doubts:

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