Swedish Family Incest

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Incest remains illegal for certain close degrees of kinship. The Swedish Marriage Code (Äktenskapsbalken) prohibits marriage between those who are related in the direct ascending or descending line (e.g., parent and child) or between full siblings. swedish family incest