The threat of terrorism has escalated in Sweden with the support of Russia following disinformation campaigns and Koran burnings fueled hatred against the Nordic country across the Muslim world.

Sweden's Security Service, as reported by Bloomberg, has warned that the country is "now dealing with ongoing threats of attacks directed at Sweden and Swedish interests", keeping the terror threat assessment at an "elevated" level of three on a five-point scale.

The statement also mentions that disinformation campaigns have attempted to change Sweden's image, incorrectly portraying it as "a country hostile to Islam and Muslims, where attacks on Muslims are sanctioned by the state and where Muslim children can be kidnapped by social services," the officials said.

The police gives no permits for burning any holy texts, said Carl-Oskar Bohlin, minister for civil defence. Instead, the permits are for holding public gatherings with no position taken by authorities on their motivation, he said.

"Russian-backed actors are active in spreading erroneous statements regarding Sweden and that Sweden as a state supports the burning of the Koran and other holy texts," he added.

Previously, Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador in protest against the planned Koran burning in Stockholm, which led to hundreds of protesters storming and setting fire to the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital.

Previous incidents of Koran burning in Sweden, carried out for various reasons, also sparked outrage in the Muslim world and resulted in a serious attack on the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. In light of these events, the Swedish government is considering the possibility of legislatively banning Koran burning or the burning of other sacred texts.