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Gender-Neutral Marriage and Mar- Riage Ceremonies Gender-neutral FACT SHEET marriage and mar- Ministry of Justice riage ceremonies Ju 09.01e · May 2009 As of 1 May 2009, new rules concerning marriage Converting a registered partnership and marriage ceremonies will apply. A person’s sex no into marriage longer has any bearing on the possibility of entering into marriage. The Marriage Code and other statutes A partnership registered under the Registered Part- involving spouses have been made gender-neutral nership Act will apply as a marriage if the parties and the Registered Partnership Act (1994:1117) has jointly apply for this to the Swedish Tax Agency. A been repealed. The new legislation is described briefly partnership will apply as a marriage as of the date on below. which the Swedish Tax Agency receives the applica- tion. Instead of an application, the couple can choose to be married under Chapter 4 of the Marriage Code. Amendments to the Marriage Code No examination of impediments to marriage are Same-sex couples can enter into marriage on the required before a marriage under this special proce- same terms as couples of different sexes. The provi- dure. A partnership applies as a marriage as of the sions of the Marriage Code are applied in the same date of the marriage ceremony. manner, regardless of whether the spouses are of dif- The possibility of conversion is not limited in ferent sexes or the same sex. time. Examination of impediments to marriage Marriage ceremonies Before a marriage is entered into, an examination must be made of impediments to marriage. This Marriage can be entered into either through a civil examination is made by the Swedish Tax Agency. The marriage ceremony or through a ceremony in a religi- couple intending to enter into marriage must submit ous community. a joint application to the Swedish Tax Agency for an Civil marriage ceremonies examination of impediments to marriage. Civil marriage ceremonies are conducted by a special An examination of impediments to partnership officiant, appointed by the county administrative made before 1 May 2009 under the Registered Part- board. An appointment as a wedding officiant is to nership Act applies after that date as an examination be effective for a certain period, if it has not been of impediments to marriage. limited to applying on a specific date. A decision by a county administrative board not to appoint someone The possibility of registering part- as a wedding officiant cannot be appealed. nership has been abolished, but the Legally qualified judges at district or city courts are concept remains no longer tasked with officiating at weddings. The Registered Partnership Act ceases to apply at the At civil marriage ceremonies, the wedding officiant end of April 2009. This means that it is not possible usually says the following words to the couple: to register a new partnership. A partnership that You have declared that you wish to enter into marriage is already registered will, however, continue to be a with each other. Do you N.N. take this woman/man N.N. partnership until the partnership is terminated or to be your wife/husband? converted into a marriage (see below on the possibili- (Answer: I do.) ty of a registered partnership applying as a marriage). Do you N.N. take this woman/man N.N. to be your wife/ husband? (Answer: I do.) I now declare you lawfully married. If the couple particularly requests it, the wedding of- within a year of entry into force are also authorised ficiant may say the following words to them instead: to officiate at weddings until the end of April 2010 You wish to enter into marriage with each other. Marria- without special appointment. ge is based on love and trust. By entering into marriage, A marriage ceremony is conducted according to you promise to respect and support each other. the marriage procedure applying in the religious As spouses, you are two independent individuals who community. can gain strength from your union. A religious community or authorised wedding Since you have declared that you wish to enter into mar- officiant within a religious community are not under riage with each other, I ask you: Do you N.N. take this any obligation to officiate at a marriage ceremony. woman/man N.N. to be your wife/husband, and to love This may mean that a marriage ceremony that a her/him for better and for worse? couple would like to have in a specific religious (Answer: I do.) community cannot be held there, even if the couple Do you N.N. take this woman/man N.N. to be your fulfil the requirements of the Marriage Code. This wife/husband, and to love her/him for better and for may involve situations in which the religious beliefs worse? of the religious community or the wedding officiant (Answer: I do.) prevent a marriage because the parties do not prac- (The couple can exchange rings.) tice the same religion or because one of the parties is I now declare you lawfully married. divorced. When you now go out into your lives and return to your daily routines, remember your will for this union, your love for each other and the respect for each other that you Further information have felt at this moment and that has brought you here. Further information on the background to the new (Text written by Per Anders Fogelström.) regulations can be found in the Government Bill Äk- I wish you happiness and prosperity in your marriage. tenskapsfrågor (Marriage issues) 2008/09:80 at www. regeringen.se and in the Parliamentary Committee Marriage ceremonies in religious communities on Civil Affairs Report 2008/09:CU19 atwww.riks - Marriage ceremonies may only be conducted in dagen.se (In Swedish only). religious communities that are authorised to conduct Read more about marriage and marriage ceremo- these ceremonies and by clergy or other officials in nies on the Government website: www.regeringen. the religious community who have been appointed se/aktenskap (In Swedish only). by the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Read more about civil marriage officiants on the Agency to be a wedding officiant. From 1 May 2009, County Administrative Boards’ website: www.lans- the requirement for authorisation to officiate at styrelsen.se (In Swedish only). marriage ceremonies also applies to the Church of Read more about examinations of impediments to Sweden. As for other religious communities, every marriage, applications for conversion of partnership Church of Sweden wedding officiant must be speci- and marriage ceremonies abroad on the Swedish Tax ally appointed by the Legal, Financial and Adminis- Agency’s website: www.skatteverket.se. (In Swedish trative Services Agency. A member of the Church of only) . Sweden’s clergy who was legally authorised to con- For information about the possibility of getting duct marriage ceremonies at the end of April 2009 married in a religious community, see, for example, will retain this authorisation until the end of April www.svenskakyrkan.se (In Swedish only). 2010. Members of the clergy who have been ordained Additional copies of the fact sheet can be ordered from the Swedish Ministry of Justice, tel. +46 8-405 10 00, fax +46 8-20 27 34 or Ministry of Justice [email protected]. Sweden The Government's website: www.sweden.gov.se SE-103 33 Stockholm, Sweden Fact sheet produced by the Ministry of Justice. Printed by Grafisk Service, Stockholm, Sweden, Phone switchboard +46 8 405 10 00 May 2009. Article no. Ju 09.01e..
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