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* The popolist[https://foreskinned.com/ Foreskinned company] manufactures foreskin restoration devices in Sweden. The percentage of males [[circumcised]] in Sweden (prevalence) is reported to be 5.1%.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://circstatistics.github.io/ |title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates |last= |first= |init= |publisher=https://circstatistics.github.io |date=2024-04-01 |accessdate=2024-04-01}}</ref> The populist, conservative [[Sverigedemokraterna]] (Sweden Democrats) (SD), which is gaining popularity, supports a ban on non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.<ref>{{REFnews
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[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Sweden]]
'''Sweden''' (''Sverige'') is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. The 349-seat unicameral parliament is named the ''Riksdag'',
==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
Sweden is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be [[circumcised ]] should belong to the individual, who should be able to give [[informed consent]].<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb
|last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen
|title=Let the boys decide for themselves
}}[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013</ref>
The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that circumcision violates the individual's [[human rights ]] by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.<ref name="nordicsexologits2013">{{REFdocument
|title=Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys
|url=http://nacs.eu/data/press_release001.pdf
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|first=Mikael
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|author-link=Mikael Aktor
|year=2016
|title=Whose Rights? The Danish Debate on Ritual Infant Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue
The resolution includes other topics such as the [[FGM|female genital mutilation]], the [[MGM|male circumcision]] for religious reasons, and the submission or coercion of a child to piercings, tattoos or cosmetic surgery.
The resolution calls on all member States to "''examine the prevalence of different categories of non-medically justified operations and interventions impacting on the [[physical integrity ]] of children in their respective countries, as well as the specific practices related to them, and to carefully consider them in light of the best interests of the child in order to define specific lines of action for each of them; initiate focused awareness-raising measures for each of these categories of violation of the physical integrity of children, to be carried out in the specific contexts where information may best be conveyed to families, such as the medical sector (hospitals and individual practitioners), schools, religious communities or service providers; [...].''"
This first resolution of its kind by a European institution is not legally binding, but an important signal for further debate and action. It shifts the approach of the point of view of the topic from the current medical domain towards a [[human rights]] approach and identifies the right to bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination. It calls the for the end of non-therapeutic cosmetic medical and surgical interventions.
===ICCPR===
Sweden ratified the ''[[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]'' in 1972.
====Article two====
Article 2(1) of that covenant provides:
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1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its Jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
</blockquote>
Some rights recognized by the ''Covenant'' relevant to the non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] of male children are:
====Article seven====
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This means that all children, male and female, and regardless of parental religious views, shall enjoy the same [[human rights]].
====Article twelve====
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}}</ref> Nevertheless, actual practice seems not to have changed and Sweden still has ''not'' fulfilled its several promises to protect the [[human rights ]] and physical integrity of boys.
==Legislation==
|last=Hofvander
|first=Yngve
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|author-link=Yngve Hofvander
|year=2001
|title=Circumcision of Boys in Sweden: Proposal for Government Regulation
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The 2001 circumcision law makes non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] somewhat safer because a licensed medical doctor must be in attendance. It requires the use of anaesthesia so the extreme [[pain| pain ]] and [[trauma]] of child circumcision is reduced. However it stops short of protecting the [[human rights]] of the child. The child will still suffer harm due to the [[amputation ]] of the multi-functional [[foreskin]]. The [https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/en/ National Board of Health and Welfare] complained in 2005 that the law is not working.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Circumcision law "is not working". |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2005/2005-10-05_thelocal.php |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |publisher=Local (Stockholm, Sweden) |website= |date=2005-10-05 |accessdate=2024-07-30 |quote=Since these boys were all older than one year, the implication is that these were Muslim circumcisions since the Jewish ceremony is carried out in the first weeks after the birth. But Torsten Mossberg said he did not want to draw that conclusion.}}</ref>
[[Sverigedemokraterna| Sweden Democrats]] introduced a bill into the Riksdag on 24 September 2013 that would ban the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Bill Introduced to ban circumcision.
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Several parties have voted internally to favor a law that would prohibit non-therapeutic circumcision of boys:
* The [[Vänsterpartiet]] (Left Party}(V) proposes a legal ban on non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] ([[MGM| genital mutilation]]) of boys.
* The [[Centerpartiet]] (Centre Party) (C) voted in September 2019 to forbid the non-medical circumcision of boys.<ref name="Aftonbladed">{{REFweb
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* The government under the direction of the Sweden Democrats is restricting the immigration of pro-[[circumcision]] Muslims.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Sweden told people to open their hearts to immigrants 10 years ago. Its U-turn has been dramatic
|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/07/swedens-immigration-stance-has-changed-radically-over-the-last-decade.html
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|quote=The dramatic shift in social attitudes toward immigration is not exclusive to Sweden, enveloping the rest of Europe as well.
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Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigned after the 2022 election results became known to make way for a government by a four-party conservative coalition.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Sweden election: PM Magdalena Andersson resigns after right-wing victory
|url=https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-election-pm-magdalena-andersson-resigns-after-right-wing-victory/a-63117673
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Swedish conservative leader Ulf Kristersson was on Monday, 17 October 2022, elected prime minister in parliament as the head of a new government backed for the first time by the Sweden Democrats.<ref>{{REFnews
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|title=Sweden Democrats Party Calls For Ban On Circumcision
|url=https://newspunch.com/sweden-democrats-party-calls-for-ban-on-circumcision/
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The government, under the direction of the Sweden Democrats, is restricting the immigration of pro-[[circumcision]] Muslims.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Sweden told people to open their hearts to immigrants 10 years ago. Its U-turn has been dramatic
|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/07/swedens-immigration-stance-has-changed-radically-over-the-last-decade.html
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|quote=The dramatic shift in social attitudes toward immigration is not exclusive to Sweden, enveloping the rest of Europe as well.
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|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/17/even-sweden-doesnt-want-migrants-anymore-syria-iraq-belarus/
|title=Even Sweden Doesn’t Want Migrants Anymore
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Foreskinned air]]
* [[Intakt Norden]]
* [[Intact Sweden.org]]
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[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Male circumcision]]
[[Category:Islam]]