There have been similar clashes in recent days over plans by the anti-immigration and anti-Islamic movement Stram Kurs (hardline), led by Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan, to publicly burn copies of the Koran.
The clashes erupted after a rally of the group’s supporters on Saturday.
Three police officers were to be taken to hospital after a riot broke out in the eastern Swedish town of Linköping on Thursday. Two people were arrested at the protest.
Nine police officers were injured in similar clashes in Orebro, central Sweden, on Friday.
Following a series of incidents, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said it had called the Swedish clock in Baghdad on Sunday.
It warns that the affair could have “serious consequences” for “relations between Sweden and Muslims in general, both Muslim and Arab countries and Muslim communities in Europe”.
Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson has condemned the violence.
Paludan plans to hold additional rallies in two other cities in Sweden, but the demonstrations have not received the green light from police.
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