Erotic Sauna in Norrköping, Sweden

Selling sexual acts is not an offence in Sweden, but buying them is: 'köp av sexuell handling' (Brottsbalken 6 kap. 11 §) carries imprisonment of up to one year, with fines removed from the scale in August 2022. Since 1 July 2025 the offence also covers paid sexual acts performed at a distance, such as live webcam shows where the buyer induces the act, but not ordinary pre-recorded pornography. Procuring (koppleri, 6 kap. 12 §) criminalises anyone who promotes or improperly profits from another person's sale, including brothel-keeping, publishing other people's ads and running escort-ad websites; landlords who knowingly tolerate it are treated as procurers. In practice escort sites are hosted abroad and out of Swedish reach. Reported purchase offences reached 2,266 in 2025, the highest figure in Brå's 2016–2025 series. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/sweden/, reviewed 2026-11-03, CC BY 4.0.