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Sweden

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ISO: SWE Region: Western & Central Europe

5% circumcision prevalence

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Research coverage

A transparent snapshot of what this file currently contains.

PrevalenceComplete

Categorical profileMissing

Circumcision by intentMissing

Deep write-upsNot written yet

Native perspectiveAvailable

Sources · Citations

Verifications · Independent

Structured claims · Evidence-based

Jun 24, 2026

Last updated · partial

Required items still missing: M2, P1-P4, H1, S1/S2. This file is a work in progress.

Research claims

Short, testable claims backed by evidence and categorised for clarity.

No structured research claims have been added for Sweden yet.

Legal status

Regulated

Legal but regulated: anaesthesia and a licensed practitioner required.

A 2001 law requires that circumcision be carried out with anaesthesia administered by a medical professional. For boys over two months it must be performed by a licensed doctor; under two months a person certified by the National Board of Health may perform it.

Medical & HIV context

Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.

Incident registry

No verified incidents are currently recorded for Sweden.

This absence should not be read as proof that harm does not occur — only that no verified, sourced case has been documented in this database yet.