Swedish Criminal Code
for Sexual Offenses Against Children

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Chapter 6 On Sex Offences
Section 1
A person who, by violence or by threat involving or appearing to the threatened person as imminent danger, forces the latter to have sexual intercourse or to engage in a comparable sexual act, shall be sentenced for rape to imprisonment for at least two and at most 6 years. Rendering the person unconscious or otherwise placing the person in a similarly helpless state shall be regarded as equivalent to violence.
If in view of the nature of the violence or the threat and the circumstances in other respect the offence is considered less serious, a sentence to imprisonment for at most four years shall be imposed.
If the offence is grave, a sentence to imprisonment for at least four at most ten years shall be imposed for aggravated rape. In judging whether the offence is grave, special consideration shall be given to whether the violence involved a danger to life or whether the person who had committed the act had inflicted serious injury or serious illness or, having regard to the method used or the victim's youth or otherwise, exhibited particular ruthlessness or brutality. (SFS 1992:147)
Section 2
A person who, under circumstances other than those mentioned in section 1, by unlawful coercion makes someone engage in a sexual act shall be sentenced for sexual coercion to imprisonment for at most two years.
If the person who committed the act exhibited particular ruthlessness or if the offence is otherwise considered grave, a sentence of at least six months and at most four years shall be imposed for grave sexual coercion. (SFS 1992:147)
Section 3
A person who induces another to engage in a sexual act by gross abuse of his or her dependency shall be sentenced for sexual exploitation to imprisonment for at most two years. This also applies to a person who engages in a sexual act with another improperly taking advantage of the fact that the latter is unconscious or in another helpless state or is suffering from mental disturbance.
If the person who has committed the act has exhibited particular ruthlessness or if the offence is otherwise considered to be grave, a sentence to imprisonment for at least six months and at most six years shall be imposed for grave sexual exploitation. (SFS 1994:1499)
Section 4
A person who engages in a sexual act with someone under 18 years of age and who is that person's offspring or for whose upbringing he is responsible, or for whose care or supervision he is responsible by decision of a public authority, shall be sentenced for sexual exploitation of a minor to imprisonment for at most four years. This also applies if a person, in circumstances other than those mentioned previously in this Chapter engages in a sexual act with a child under 15 years.
If the person who committed the act exhibited particular lack of regard for the minor or if the offence by reason of the minor's young age or otherwise is regarded as grave, a sentence of imprisonment for at least two and most eight years shall be imposed for grave sexual exploitation of a minor. (1994.1499)
Section 6
If a person, otherwise than as previously stated in this Chapter, has sexual intercourse with his or her own child or its offspring a sentence of imprisonment for at most two years shall be imposed for sexual intercourse with an offspring.
A person who has sexual intercourse with his or her sibling of the whole blood shall be sentenced to imprisonment for at most one year for sexual intercourse with a sibling.
The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who has been made to commit the act by unlawful coercion or other improper means. (SFS 1992:147)
Section 7
A person who, otherwise than as previously stated in this Chapter, sexually touches a child under 15 years of age or induces the child to undertake or participate in an act with sexual implication shall be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment for at most two years for sexual molestation.

A sentence for sexual molestation shall also be imposed on a person who by coercion, seduction or other improper influence induces a person who has attained the age of 15 years but not yet the age of 18 years to undertake or participate in an act with sexual implication if the act is part of the production of pornographic pictures or constitutes pornographic posing in circumstances other than those relating to the production of a picture.
This shall also apply if a person exposes himself to another in a manner apt to give offence or otherwise behaves indecently toward the latter by word or deed that flagrantly violates a sense of decency (1994:1499)
Section 8
A person who promotes or in an improper way exploits the fact that someone has casual sexual relations for payment shall be sentenced for procuring to imprisonment for at most four years.
If a person grants the right to enjoy premises to another and knows that the premises are wholly or to a substantial extent used for casual sexual relations for payment and omits to do what can reasonably be expected to terminate the occupation, and if the activity continues or is resumed at the premises, he shall be considered to have promoted the activity and shall be sentenced in accordance with the first paragraph. Section 9
If the offence mentioned in Section 8 is grave, imprisonment for at least two and at most six years shall be imposed for aggravated procuring.
In judging whether the offence is grave, special consideration shall be given to whether the offender has promoted casual sexual relations for payment on a large scale or has ruthlessly exploited another. (SFS 1984:399)
Section 10
A person, who, by promising or giving compensation, obtains or tries to obtain casual sexual relations with someone under 18 years of age, shall be sentenced for seduction of youth to pay a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months. (SFS 1984:399)
Section 11
Liability prescribed by this Chapter for an act committed against someone under a given age shall be imposed even on a person who did not realise but had reasonable grounds for assuming that the other had not attained such age. (SFS 1994:399)
Section 12
Liability shall be imposed as provided in Chapter 23 for attempt to commit rape, aggravated rape, sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, and procuring. This also applies to preparation for and conspiracy to commit rape, aggravated rape, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and aggravated procuring. (SFS 1994.1499)
Section 13
When, in the case of sexual exploitation of a minor as under Section 4, first paragraph, second sentence or attempt to commit such an offence , or in the case of sexual molestation as under Section 7, first paragraph, there is little difference in age and development between the offender and the child, public prosecution shall not occur if it is not called for in the public interest.(SFS 1994:1499)
Chapter 16 On Crimes against Public Order
Section 10 a
A person who portrays a child in a pornographic picture with he intent that the picture be distributed, or who distributes such a picture of a child, shall, unless in view of the circumstances the act is defensible, be sentenced for child pornography offence to pay a fine or to imprisonment for at most two years.
Chapter 35 On Limitations on Sanctions
Section 1
No sanction may be imposed unless the suspect has been committed to jail or received notice of his prosecution for the offence within:
two years, if the offence is subject to a penalty of more severe than imprisonment for one year; five years, if the most severe penalty is imprisonment for more than one but no longer than two years; ten years, if the most severe penalty is imprisonment for more than two but no longer than eight years; fifteen years, if the most severe penalty is imprisonment for a fixed term of more than eight years; twenty five years, if the offence is penalty by life imprisonment.
If an act includes several offences, a sanction may be imposed for all the offences, regardless of the above stated, so long as a sanction can be imposed for any one of them.
Section 4
The times specified in Section 1 shall be counted from the date when the offence was committed. If the appearance of a given consequence of the act is a prerequisite for the imposition of a sanction, the time shall be counted from the date when such consequence appeared.
In an offence referred to in Chapter 6, Sections 1 to 4 and 6 or an attempt to commit such an offence has been committed against a child under 15 years the times mentioned in Section 1 shall be computed from the day on which the injured party attains or would have attained 15 years. -----(SFS 1994.1499)