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Richard Holden MP @RicHolden
🇸🇪 Sweden's ban on 1st cousin marriage past their Parliament yesterday
🇳🇴 Norway has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇦🇹 Austria has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇧🇬 Bulgaria has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇷🇴 Romania has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇦🇱 Albania has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇺🇦 Ukraine has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇧🇦 Bosnia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇭🇷 Croatia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇷🇸 Serbia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇲🇰 North Macedonia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇩🇰 Denmark is in the process of a ban with legislation going through Parliament now
🇺🇸 Increasing numbers of US States are banning 1st cousin marriage
🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇲🇹 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 In Spain, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Greece & Cyprus where the Catholic & Orthodox Churches are very dominant there religious restrictions up to 4th Cousins
It's time for 🇬🇧 to catch up and ban 1st cousin marriage and their recognition
https://www.riksdagen.se/en/news/articles/2026/may/26/marriage-between-cousins-and-other-close-relatives_cms62ab44e1-8c3f-435e-87e7-4c1b622e21faen/
"Marriage between cousins and other close relatives to be prohibited
The Riksdag voted in favour of the Government's proposal to ban marriage between cousins and marriage where one partner is a direct descendant of the other's siblings."
9:28 AM · May 27, 2026
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https://www.riksdagen.se/en/news/articles/2026/may/26/marriage-between-cousins-and-other-close-relatives_cms62ab44e1-8c3f-435e-87e7-4c1b622e21faen/
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Sveriges Riksdag
Marriage between cousins and other close relatives to be prohibited
Published: Tuesday 26 May 2026 16.01
The Riksdag voted in favour of the Government's proposal to ban marriage between cousins and marriage where one partner is a direct descendant of the other's siblings.
The decision also means that it will no longer be possible for half-brothers and half-sisters or siblings through adoption to be granted permission to marry. Furthermore, marriages between cousins in another country will, as a rule, not be recognised in Sweden.
The purpose of the amendments is to counteract honour-based oppression, violence and other pressure connected with entering into marriage.
The amendments will come into force on 1 July 2026.
Committee report (In Swedish):
Kusinäktenskap och äktenskap mellan andra nära släktingar förbjuds (CU33)
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