19-29 april 1917 there were large demonstrations in Borlänge, Hagfors, Hofors, Linköping, Skara, Eksjö, Norrköping, Västerås, Åmål, Arvika, Döderhult, Enköping, Falun, Gävle, Göteborg, Helsingborg, Härnösand, Hässleholm, Katrineholm, Norrköping, Nässjö, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Eskilstuna, Falun, Göteborg, Halmstad, Hedemora, Jönköping, Katrineholm, Kolsva, Kungsör, Linköping, Oskarshamn, Söderhamn, Tranås, Växjö, Åby, Anneberg, Falköping, Gudmundrå, Hudiksvall, Huskvarna, Lidköping, Mora, Motala, Nyköping, Sundbyberg, Trelleborg, Uppsala, Vetlanda, Värnamo, Borås, Filipstad, Flen, Gävle, Hudiksvall, Göteborg, Kramfors, Ludvika, Lund, Malmö, Mjölby, Munkfors, Nora, Oxelösund, Södertälje, Torshälla, Trollhättan, Åtvidaberg, Örebro, Bomhus, Filipstad, Morgongåva, Mölndal, Västerås, Ystad, Ådalen, Alvesta, Avesta, Eslöv, Göteborg, Stockholm, Ådalen, Arboga, Härnösand, Karlstad, Katrineholm, Kramfors, Landskrona, Lomma, Mariestad, Skutskär, Smedjebacken, Tidaholm, Uddevalla, Viskafors, Bollnäs, Forsbacka, Lindesberg, Mönsterås, Nässjö, Sävsjö,Västerås. Many of these also had runs at bread stores, food storages and flour mills.
This protesting continued on and off until may 1 1917 when seksarö hapend that coold it all off. During all this time SAP lost control of the situation and the syndicalist held the rallies.
Both Svenbjörn Kilander in cencur och propaganda (1981) and Nils-Olof Franzen in I sverige under första världskriget (2001) and Sigurd Klockare in svenska revoultuonen (1961) don't give any numbers but refers dead. Hans Nyström in Hungersupproret 1917 (1994) and Anders Lif in 1917 - En berättelse om Sigfrid Edström, Asea, Västerås och revolutionen (2004) writes there were killings of looters but not how many. So I can't find any source to back up my claim in short notice.
In at least Västerås, Örebro, Nora and Eskilstuna there were dead bread looters. Reported as syndicalist agitators. This I know because of protest against the decision to not allow the monuments in memory of them. Its form this debate I draw the figure of hundreds. The number that figured in the debate about monument and that were confirmed by Thorsten Nybom (historian at Örebro University I think) were not exact and I don't know their source.
I might have fallen to believe modern political agitation about past events.