Elizabeth Massi Fritz, a legal expert from Stockholm, says the majority of rape cases she deals with are committed by people 'from a foreign background'

A lawyer from Sweden has claimed the majority of rape cases she deals with are being committed by people of 'a foreign background'.

Elizabeth Massi Fritz, a legal expert from Stockholm, has now called on the government to 'lift the lid' on the problem.

Ms Fritz claims she tried to get hold of statistics from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention to back up her observations, but was told those numbers are not kept.

She used her Instagram page to call for more transparency on the issue.

In a translation of her message, published by Brietbart, she said: 'If we are to work preventively and stop rape it’s time to find out how the perpetrator looks.

'We must take the matter seriously and dare to lift the lid. How else will we fight these terrible and tough rapes committed to all victims?

'It is the perpetrator that is the problem. I will proceed with the question because this is NOT acceptable.'

Ms Fritz is a prominent criminal lawyer from Sweden who has appeared on national television to discuss high-profile cases.

Ms Fritz, who made the claim in this Instagram post, said she tried to get hold of statistics to back up her observations, but was told the government does not record them

She is now calling on the government to 'lift the lid' on the problem in order to protect victims from 'these terrible and tough rapes'

Most recently she wrote for national broadcaster STV about the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

Sweden has one of the highest numbers of migrants per capita than anywhere else in Europe after accepting large numbers of foreign arrivals during the migrant crisis.

Since then Stockholm has been hit by an ISIS-inspired truck attack, which killed five people and was perpetrated by Rakhmat Akilov, a failed asylum seeker.

A series of music festivals were also hit by claims of mass sexual abuse by gangs of migrants over the summer.

That has led comedian Emma Knyckare to start the Statement Festival which it claims will be man-free so the attendees can feel safe.

Meanwhile ministers have been forced to rethink the country's open-door policy, with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announcing in April that the country would 'never go back' to the days of mass migration.