Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Korans are burned

FILE PHOTO: Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen attends a roundtable discussion during a joining ceremony at the NATO foreign ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo

COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -More Koran burnings took place in Sweden and Denmark on Monday as the governments of the two Nordic countries said they were examining ways to legally limit such acts in a bid to de-escalate growing tensions with several Muslim countries.

Denmark and Sweden have seen several protests in recent weeks where copies of the Koran have been burned, or otherwise damaged, prompting outrage in Muslim countries, which have demanded the Nordic governments put a stop to the burnings.