
Sweden honoured the victims of the Stockholm terror attack with a minute of silence on Monday.

Thousands gathered in Sergels Torg square and outside the department store where four people were killed and 15 injured when a failed Uzbek asylum seeker drove a stolen truck into shoppers.

Meanwhile King Carl XVI Gustaf led members of the Swedish royal family and politicians out on to the steps of Stockholm City Hall to join the vigil.

Thousands of people gathered in Stockholm on Monday to mark a minute of silence in honour of the four people killed and 15 wounded during last week's terror attack

Crowds amassed near a makeshift memorial near the Ahlens department store where a stolen beer truck driven by a failed Uzbek asylum seeker ploughed into shoppers

Several attendees were moved to tears as bells tolled around the city, including this woman who wept as she laid flowers

Flowers, flags and candles have also been laid in Sergels Torg square, where thousands more mourners gathered today

A man stands in front of flowers laid for the victim while a woman walks among the tributes on Monday in Stockholm, Sweden

Flowers, candles, soft toys and Swedish flags have all been left in tribute to the victims who were hit by a stolen beer truck on Friday afternoon in Stockholm

Families and loved ones embraced and held back tears as the strike of noon marked a minute of silence for victims of Stockholm's terror attack which took place last week

Well-wishers continued to lay flowers at the victims' memorial on Monday, including this young girl who was embraced by her father as she was overcome by emotion

Some of the mourners paid their respects to police at the scene, thanking and hugging officers guarding the memorial sites

A woman lights candles for the dead, who include two Swedes - one of whom was just 11 years old - British father-of-two Chris Bevington and Belgian mother Maïlys Dereymaeker

Smaller ceremonies were planned in towns and cities across the country.

Under grey and rainy skies, the crowd observed a minute of silence at noon, many visibly moved with tears streaming down their cheeks as a sea of flowers and candles covered the ground.

Many thanked and hugged police officers guarding the scene, some even offering them flowers, for their widely-praised response to the attack.

At the same time, an official ceremony was held outside Stockholm's City Hall, attended by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, King Carl XVI Gustaf and most of the royal family, and Stockholm mayor Karin Wanngard.

'We will never give in to violence. We will never let terror prevail,' Wanngard said. 'Stockholm will remain an open and tolerant city.'

To the victims' families, Lofven said: 'You are not alone, we are thinking of you. All of Sweden stands with you.'

The silence came hours after Prime Minister Stefan Löfven vowed that 'terrorists can never defeat Sweden, never.'

The Swedish capital has been in mourning for days following the terror attack, with a minute of silence held on Monday

People gathered in Stockholm to honour their dead as the funeral was held for PC Keith Palmer, who was killed two weeks previously during a very similar attack in London

People gather at a makeshift memorial to victims of Stockholm's terror attack close to where a hijacked truck hit shoppers

Hundreds of people turned out to lay flowers over the weekend, with thousands more joining on Monday

Politicians have vowed tougher laws to remove failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants from Sweden after the attack

Two women hold each other in central Stockholm as people pay their respects to the victims of the terror attack which shook Sweden on Friday

Crowds also gathered close to the department store where Rakhmat Akilov, a failed Uzbek asylum seeker, drove a stolen beer truck into crowds of shoppers

The minute of silence, held at 10am on Monday, comes after peace rallies and candlelight vigils held at the weekend to remember the victims

He also said that the country will 'never go back' to the days of mass migration that saw up to 3,000 people enter the country illegally, according to police.

Friday's attack was carried out by Rakhmat Akilov, a known extremist-sympathiser who was denied asylum and given four weeks to leave back in December.

Police say Akilov, 39, a construction worker and father-of-four, has confessed to stealing a beer truck and then deliberately driving it into a crowd.

The vehicle only stopped after it smashed into the busy Ahlens department store.

A homemade bomb containing gas canisters and nails was found inside the truck after apparently failing to detonate, police added.

Sweden, a country of 10 million people, took in 244,000 asylum seekers in 2014 and 2015, the highest per capita number in Europe.

The four dead include two Swedes, one of them an 11-year-old girl, who have not been identified.

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven took part in a vigil outside city hall, hours after vowing that 'terrorists will never defeat Sweden'

Members of Stockholm's ambulance (left), fire and police (right) service joined politicians outside Stockholm Town Hall to honour the dead at noon on Monday

In a speech directed to the families of victims, Löfven added: 'You are not alone. All of Sweden stands with you'

King Carl XVI Gustaf also attended the silence at city hall, alongside (left to right) wife Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia

The 70-year-old monarch had earlier expressed sympathy for the victims of the attack, sharing a post on Instagram which read: 'Our thoughts are with the victims and their families'

Briton Chris Bevington, a music executive and father-of-two, and Belgian Maïlys Dereymaeker, a journalist with a one-year-old son, were also among the dead.

Tough new measures including workplace inspections are being demanded to clear Sweden of an estimated 12,000 migrants who are awaiting deportation.

'This is a wake up call for Sweden, ' said Paula Bieler, immigration spokesman for the Swedish Democrat Party.

'We now have to look into the possibility of giving the police more powers. It is outstanding in a bad way that we have 12,000 people in this country who have been told to leave and we don't know where they are.

'The police should be given more powers. One way would to make the migrants report to a police station on a regular basis. They could also have greater powers to carry out workplace inspections and deportations.'

Flags were flown at half-mast across Stockholm on Monday as the country remembered victims of the terror attack

Briton Chris Bevington, a father-of-two, has been named among those killed alongside Maïlys Dereymaeker, a Belgian mother who has a one-year-old son