LGBTQ history in Sweden involves the contributions, experiences, and social movements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in Sweden. == 17th–18th centuries == Cases of homosexuality were handled by Church courts until 1608, when the first secular anti-sodomy law was introduced via a 1608 legal appendix by Charles IX. It prescribed the death penalty for both parties, supported by Leviticus 20:13.
LGBTQ history in Sweden involves the contributions, experiences, and social movements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in Sweden. == 17th–18th centuries == Cases of homosexuality were handled by Church courts until 1608, when the first secular anti-sodomy law was introduced via a 1608 legal appendix by Charles IX. It prescribed the death penalty for both parties, supported by Leviticus 20:13.
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