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==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
==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.
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
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
  |last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen
  |title=Let the boys decide for themselves
  |title=Let the boys decide for themselves