Written by Silvia Lopez If you think about the population in Sweden, you probably first think about the Swedes. But, did you know that there are also five official minority groups in Sweden? These groups are: the Sámi, the Swedish Finns, the Tornedalers, the Roma and the Jews. In this article I will present them […]
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The Sexual Consent Law
Samtyckeslagen is the first law of its kind in the entire world, and I am head over heels for this law. Samtyckeslagen: samtycke= consent, lagen = law. Now you just got a super tiny Swedish course. Hurray! Sweden introduced the sexual consent law in 2018. Prior to the sexual consent law, a person had to […]
The Sex Purchase Act
I will write about a law that is dear to me and that has become famous worldwide as ”The Nordic Model: The sex purchase act”. All countries have their own laws and it is sometimes difficult to know them when you have arrived in a new country. 20 years ago Sweden was the first country […]
