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Finland is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor non-medical child 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

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

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}}[] 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

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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 Finland is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor non-medical child 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
+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
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 }}[] 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
+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