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The Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation has ceased to exist. On 1 January 2009 the Ombudsman was merged with the other Ombudsmen against discrimination into a new body: the Swedish Equality Ombudsman. The previously existing acts against discrimination were also replaced with a new Discrimination Act. Some of the material on this website may therefore be out of date. For more information, see: www.do.se

The Ombudsman compiles and publishes summaries of selected complaints dealt with by the Ombudsman. Below, these are chronologically arranged within each specific area. In addition, below you can find them presented only in chronological order.

Complaints concerning employment

Complaints concerning colleges and universities

Complaints concerning schools

Complaints concerning provision of goods and services, including housing

Complaints concerning public services

Miscellaneous

Goods and services - social services – request for visitation rights with former partner’s child
A woman complained that the social services had denied her request for legal proceedings to be initiated for her to be granted visitation rights with her former lesbian partner’s child. The woman stated that she and her partner jointly had decided to raise a family together with a male couple, and that she from the moment of the child’s... 071219

Employment – dismissal – settlement
A woman complained that she had been dismissed from her job on grounds of her sexual orientation. The grounds for dismissal stated by the employer in a written notice included the fact that the woman had informed other staff members of her “sexuality”. According to the woman she had on one occasion at a conference told another... 071206

Goods and services - health care – assisted procreation – different fees for heterosexual and lesbian couples
Acting on his own initiative, the Ombudsman initiated an investigation into the rules applied by one of Sweden’s county councils in providing health care in the form of assisted procreation to heterosexual and lesbian couples. The county council informed the Ombudsman that it charged lesbian couples a fee that was not levied from... 071020

Correctional facility – refusal of request to enter into registered partnership with another inmate
An inmate of a women’s correctional facility complained that her request to enter into registered partnership with her girlfriend – who was incarcerated at another correctional facility – had been denied by prison staff. In written observations to the Ombudsman, the National Prison and Probation Administration observed... 070926

Good and services – fitness centre – couples’ discount
Acting on his own initiative, the Ombudsman initiated an investigation into the pricing policy of a fitness centre that on its web-page offered a discount for couples consisting of a man and a woman. After being informed by the fitness centre that it had discontinued the campaign, the Ombudsman closed the file as resolved. (Decision... 070906

School – harassment – action taken to prevent further degrading treatment - settlement
A male pupil complained that he during the last three years of the nine-year compulsory school had been subjected to harassment on grounds of sexual orientation both from other pupils and from school staff. According to the complainant the school had been aware of the fact that he was being subjected to harassment but had failed to sufficient... 070803

Goods and Services – Internet Access – Public Library
A man complained that the local public library had screened out a web site catering mostly to gays and lesbians from access through the computers available for the use of the public at the library. The web site contained a chat room where some personal presentations contained nude or sexual content. The man claimed that he used the web... 070713

Employment – Dismissal – Harassment
A woman complained that her employer, when finding out about the separation between her and her civil union partner, started interfering in their private affairs in a humiliating way taking sides against her and in favour of her partner, andthat her boss also at one time threatened to dismiss her. After her limited time contract ended... 070514

Goods and Services – Transport– Harassment
A woman complained that she and her girlfriend had suffered harassment from a taxi driver during a trip in his car driving them home from a civil union ceremony. Allegedly the driver noticed that there were to brides present when he picked up the complainant and her girlfriend and this triggered a conversation during which he repeatedly... 070511

Direct Discrimination – Scout Association – Lutheran Church of Sweden - Settlement
A woman complained to the Ombudsman that she had been told by representatives of a scout association linked to a parish of the Lutheran Church of Sweden that she could not be employed as a theological assistant for a summer camp, the reason being that her girlfriend was already employed and the employer did not want to have couples working... 070313

Goods and Services – Health Care – Dental Care – Harassment - Settlement
A woman complained of being harassed by a dentist whom she had consulted in a case of urgent dental care. According to the woman, the dentist insisted on asking her intimate questions about her private life and regarding the sexual practices of gays and lesbians in general. Allegedly, he also made a number of derogatory remarks. The dentist... 070313

Employment – Harassment – Manning Agency
A woman employed by a manning agency was placed to work with a clothing company. The woman complained to the management of the company as well as to the manning agency, of being subjected to sexual orientation harassment by fellow employees of the manning agency also doing work for the company. The manning agency undertook some limited... 070213

Police – Prosecution Services – Incitement to Sexual Orientation Hatred
The Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation received a copy of a complaint made to the police about a web site on the Internet, its contents possibly being in violation of the criminal prohibition on incitement to sexual orientation hatred. The Ombudsman asked the police to be kept informed of the progress of their... 070212

Goods and Services – Health Care – Harassment
A lesbian woman complained of harassment by a doctor at a psychiatric care unit in a hospital where she was a patient. Allegedly, the doctor made a comparison between her homosexual orientation on the one hand and paedophilia and persons committing sexual acts with animals on the other, thus giving her the impression that he considered... 061220

University Education – Harassment
At the Teachers University College of Stockholm, three students complained of sexual orientation related harassment from a teacher, both during a lecture and afterwards in private conversations with the teacher about the incident. The teacher allegedly expressed negative attitudes about homosexuals and made a comparison to paedophilia.... 061220

Employment – Harassment – Recruitment
A gay man who applied for a job as a nurse at a home for the elderly run by a local town government, complained of harassment during the recruitment procedure and also claimed that harassment, now in the form of his superior repeatedly ‘outing’ him to his colleagues continued after he was hired. During the Ombudsman’s... 061109

Social Services – Adoption – Direct Discrimination – Harassment
Several families, each consisting of a lesbian couple with children, complained that the Board of Social Services of the town of Umeå (north of Sweden) violated the Discrimination (Goods and Services) Act. The partner of the biological mother in each of the cases had applied for a permission to step child adopt her partner’s... 060913

Migration – Asylum – Accomodation
An asylum seeker complained to the Ombudsman that the Migration Board did not accommodate his special needs with respect to housing while waiting the outcome of the asylum procedure. He claimed that he needed to live close to a town where there was a local branch of RFSL, the national interest organisation in Sweden for lesbians, gays and... 060622

Employment – Recruitment – Heterosexual Orientation – Genuine Occupational Requirement – Analogous Situation
A self-identified heterosexual woman wanted to apply for a job with the Sweden national federation for lesbian, gay and transgender rights (RFSL) as safer sex information officer. However, she was told that the organisation was looking to hire a self-identified gay or bisexual man for the position, as it was applying a special peer-educational... 060621

Goods and Services – Social Services – Application Forms
After having received several complaints about the drafting and contents of different application forms within the City of Stockholm, e.g. regarding child care and social security, the Ombudsman decided to initiate an investigation. The Ombudsman found that the different forms used by the City’s different authorities were discriminatory... 060425

Correctional Facility – Harassment from other Inmates
An inmate of the Correctional Facility of Tidaholm complained of the facility’s handling of a complaint he had made regarding harassments from other inmates. The only measure taken was to transfer him to another department of the facility. The O. found that there were conflicting opinions as to whether the inmate had actually informed... 060425

University – Students – Harassment
A teacher student complained to the Ombudsman that she had suffered harassment from one of her teachers. She had made complaints to the university about it and was not satisfied with the actions taken as a result of her complaint. The Ombudsman came to the conclusion that the College had not fulfilled its obligations to investigate the... 051004

University – Students – Harassment
A psychology student complained to the Ombudsman that she had suffered harassment from a teacher during a lecture. She had made a complaint to the university and was not satisfied with the actions taken as a result of her complaint. The Ombudsman decided not to take any action since the derogatory statements made about homosexuality had... 050701

Employment – Harassment
A gay man working for a taxi company complained to the Ombudsman of sexual orientation harassment in his work place. He had complained to his employer, who had failed to investigate and take action against the harassment. After the Ombudsman had notified the man’s labour union the union negotiated an out of court settlement between... 050620

Goods and Services – Registered Partnership – International relations
A Swedish man complained to the Ombudsman that he and his partner had been denied an opportunity to register their partnership in accordance with Swedish law at the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. The Ombudsman decided not to take any action since the issue regarding which embassies abroad will perform partnership registration depends... 050615

Employment – Access to Employment
A man applied for a job taking care of youngsters with severe personality disorders. Based on his experiences during a hiring interview and the subsequent explanations as to why he was not hired, the man considered that the employer had directly or indirectly based that decision on the fact that he was gay. The Ombudsman, after having investigated... 050531

Social Security – National Registry of Births, Deaths and Migration – International relations
A Swedish man complained to the Ombudsman that he had been deleted from the National Registry of Births, Deaths and Migration, the reason being that he had moved abroad and lived most of the year with his partner, with whom he had entered into a civil union (registered partnership) according to Swedish law, a citizen of India living and... 050414

Goods and Services – Same-sex families
A woman complained that the local town swimming pool complex offered reduced fare entry to families according to a “mom-dad and kids” concept, which the woman found discriminatory on grounds of sexual orientation. After the Ombudsman had contacted the town council the system was changed into a “parents and kids”... 050222

Public administration – Prison services – Homophobia
A convict serving a long prison term in a high security prison complained that the prison authorities do not take action in order to improve the situation for gay and lesbian inmates. He also complained that the prison staff had leaked information about his being gay to other prisoners, which had resulted in a violent attack on him. He... 050201

Goods and Services – Public administration – Same-sex families – Parenthood
A woman complained that the public administration responsible for the national registries on births, deaths etc. had not correctly registered herself and her female partner as parents of her biological children, in spite of the fact that her partner had adopted her children and they were therefore both legal parents of the two children. After... 050114

Goods and Services – Public administration – Local Government – Social services
A woman complained that when she turned to the Social Service in the city where she lived in order to apply for financial assistance, she could not fill in the necessary forms correctly since they did not take into account the existence of same-sex families. After the Ombudsman’s inquiry into the matter, the forms have been exchanged... 041216

Universities – Students – Harassment – Degrading treatment – Litterature – Social services
A social services student at Malmö University complained of the use of compulsory literature with offensive contents with respect to homosexuality and gay/lesbian people. She also complained about the university not having taken measures in spite of the fact that she had made complaints to the relevant authority within the university... 041214

Employment – UN Service – Family Law – Registered Partnership – Civil Unions
After having been informed that several specialised bodies within the UN system, e.g. ILO, WHO, FAO and others, does not recognise partnerships/civil unions registered under Swedish law for the purposes of employment benefits of its employees, the Ombudsman decided to investigate what measures the Swedish Government had taken to end this... 041109

Goods and Services – Newspapers – Press and Media – Civil Unions – Registered Partnerships
A reporter on a local Swedish newspaper complained to the Ombudsman about the paper’s policy not to publish photographs from civil union/registered partnership celebrations under the same conditions as was the policy for wedding pictures. After the O. had investigated the issue the newspaper reported to the O. that it now applied... 041109

Migration – Asylum – Indirect Discrimination
A gay man seeking asylum complained to the Ombudsman that the National Migration Board had refused to re-schedule his interview so that his new attorney could be present. The Ombudsman in his decision took note of the fact that the complainant’s interview date had been set in agreement with the complainant’s first attorney but... 041102

Education – Employment – Occupation – Health Care – Practical Work Experience – Harassment
A nurse student complained of having suffered sexual orientation related harassment while completing a compulsory practical work experience period in a public hospital. She had brought the harassment to the responsible student relations officer at the hospital but felt that she was not taken seriously. She then submitted a complaint to... 041102

Employment – Harassment – Dismissal
An editor with a publishing house complained to the Ombudsman that she had been the victim of sexual orientation related harassment from both colleagues and a senior executive of the publishing house and that she had finally been dismissed. The Ombudsman contacted the editor’s labour union. The union reached an out of court settlement... 041025

Employment – Harassment – Disciplinary Measures
A gay man working for a public transport company complained to the Ombudsman that his employer had imposed disciplinary measures on him in a way that was discriminatory with respect to his sexual orientation. The employer had also failed to take action against sexual orientation related harassment against the man in the work place. The... 041025

Employment – Harassment – Failure to Investigate – Religious Community
A lesbian employee with the Lutheran Church of Sweden complained to the Ombudsman that her employer had failed to investigate and take appropriate action against the sexual orientation motivated harassment that she had suffered from a co-worker. The Church replied that it had indeed tried to take action when informed about the matter.... 041025

Municipality – Employment interview – Infringement – Settlement
A young woman was under consideration for part-time employment with a municipal district administration in the City of Stockholm. The position in question involved serving as a contact-person for a girl – with duties which included accompanying the girl when she participated in various types of activities. In the course of one of her... 031124

Transportation Company – Harassment
A man notified the Ombudsman that a colleague at work had called him “djävla bög” (roughly: “you damn bugger”) twice in the course of an argument about the way work was performed. The man was very upset and felt that he had been subjected to highly insulting treatment. Another colleague witnessed the incident. the... 031008

Incitement to hatred against a population group – Website – Request for preliminary investigation
Following a complaint, HomO decided to request the police authority to initiate a preliminary investigation regarding the “Nation Svea” website in order to ascertain whether the contents might be regarded as incitement to hatred against a population group. The text appearing on this website claimed, for example, that: “A... 031002

Municipality – Investigation of family circumstances – Adoption
HomO’s attention was drawn to the fact that a family-law social worker employed by the Katarina Sofia municipal district administration in Stockholm had expressed a personal, critical standpoint when investigating family circumstances in connection with international adoptions by same-sex couples. Homosexual couples who applied for... 030922

Incitement to hatred against a population group – Website – Internet hotel
A man lodged a complaint with HomO against a website on a web hotel concerning incitement to hatred against a population group. He considered that he had personally been subjected to discrimination and harassment on the website concerned. An article on the website referred, for example, to an interview with him which had been published.... 030603

Swedish Migration Board – Residence permit
A man lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman, stating that he had applied to the Swedish Migration Board for a residence permit seven months previously. Processing was supposed to take three months, but nothing had happened. He had been in hospital and was not feeling good. The Ombudsman’s duty is to ensure that discrimination... 030603

School – Harassment – Temporary employment
A man employed as a temporary language teacher at an upper-level compulsory school and who was frank about his homosexual orientation was subjected to harassment by pupils. He was offered prolongation of his temporary position, which he accepted, but the school principal subsequently informed him that the post would not be extended since the... 030523

Incitement to hatred against a population group – Website of the Swedish-Finnish congregation
Following a complaint against a website alleged to belong to the Swedish-Finnish religious congregation in Sundsvall, HomO decided to investigate whether the contents of the website constituted incitement to hatred against a population group. According to the complainant, there were a number of articles that indicated that homosexuals... 030422

Taxi company – Discrimination – Probationary employment
A taxi company employed a woman on a trial basis in the spring of 2002. In the course of the employment interview, she was completely frank about her homosexual orientation, and a few weeks later she entered into a relationship with another female employee of the company concerned. Subsequently, the woman and her girlfriend were summoned... 030415

Engineering company – Harassment – Staff management
A man lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. He had been given notice of termination of his employment as project manager with an engineering company, due to lack of work, and he finally left the company in April 2002. In the course of his last posting abroad, his colleagues had harassed and persecuted him... 021219

National Board of Student Aid – Study loan – Foreign citizen – Civil partner
A citizen of Morocco complained to HomO that the National Board of Student Aid (CSN) had rejected his application for financial support for studies on the grounds that he did not have a permanent residence permit. He said that that CSN had not taken into account the fact that he had a civil partnership with a Swedish man. According... 021212

National Board of Student Aid – Refugees – Domestic equipment loans – Homosexuals and heterosexuals
Different rules applied to homosexual and heterosexual cohabitants as regards approval of loans for the purchase of domestic equipment, depending on the applicant’s sexual orientation. This was discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation since there was no objective reason for making a distinction. Discrimination was... 021126

Building materials outlet – Notice/dismissal – Probationary employment – Harassment
Following employment on a trial basis as cash point supervisor at a building materials store in the Stockholm area, a woman lodged the following complaint with the Ombudsman. She commenced her duties on 20 November 2001. She had the impression that management was fully satisfied with her work. On 12 December, her superior convened a staff... 020715

Municipality – Social services – Family law – Access
A man lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. The social services unit in Trollhättan had denied him access to his two nephews. He had had regular contacts with his two nephews for several years under the social services unit’s auspices, with increasing regularity during the previous 3-4 years. The... 020701

Central government agency – Employment procedures – Employment interview
A woman lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman. The main points were as follows. She had applied for a post at NUTEK (National Board for Industrial and Technical Development) as a personnel officer, with responsibility for gender equality and diversity. In her application, she stated that she was homosexual. She was given two interviews. Towards... 020628

Manufacturing company – Staff management – Reprisals - Settlement
The employer issued discriminatory rules of conduct to a 20-year-old woman because she showed her girlfriend tokens of affection when she visited the woman’s place of work. Subsequently, the woman was ignored by her supervisor and she felt excluded. As a result she resigned. The employer had also subjected the woman to reprisals because... 020628

Internet utilisation – Staff management
The Ombudsman was informed that the National Board of Student Aid (CSN) had installed software in its computers to check Internet utilisation by its staff. Apparently this functioned in the following manner. When the user was looking for web pages associated with homosexuality and bisexuality, a warning appeared which stated that the user... 020624

Municipality – Social services – Social welfare benefit
HomO’s attention was drawn to possible discrimination against homosexuals in the application form for financial assistance employed by the City of Stockholm. The Ombudsman subsequently decided, on its own initiative, to examine whether the wording of the form concerned might be considered discriminatory with regard to the applicant’s... 020624

Criminal offence – Police – Prosecutor
A woman reported to the Police Authority in the County of Västerbotten that she had been subjected to harassment by a former girlfriend. The police classified this alleged harassment as molestation, assault and unlawful entry. Eventually, the prosecutor decided to terminate the preliminary investigation on the grounds of insufficient... 020612

Insurance company – HIV test – unlawful discrimination
A company signed an occupational pension agreement offering all its employees premium exemption and health insurance. The Skandia insurance company approved premium exemption and health insurance for all employees without requiring a HIV test – with the exception of the complainant and a colleague with origins in another country.... 020604

Cable-TV company – Unlawful discrimination
A woman lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. She called a cable-TV company’s customer service unit on several occasions to order gay films on the company’s “pay-per-view” service, under which the customer orders a film for immediate viewing and is debited later. On each occasion, she... 020528

Prison and Probation Administration – Staff management – Settlement
In February 2002, the Prison and Probation Administration authority in Sundsvall decided to relieve a female warder of certain duties for which warders are normally responsible, including the searching of inmates and taking urine samples. The reason for this decision was that the warder in question was homosexual and that certain prisoners... 020528

Folk high school – Student - Harassment
A woman lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. She was studying at a folk high school in northern Sweden. She complained to the school’s staff on several occasions that she had been subjected to harassment by a former girlfriend who was also a student at the school. The school did not take the alleged... 020523

Child – Custody – Molestation
A woman lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. Her former mother-in-law repeatedly refused to allow her to have contact with her daughter, who was living with her father. The mother-in-law had told her daughter that her mother was lesbian and that therefore she could not meet her. The mother-in-law made negative... 020515

Transportation Company – Harassment
A woman lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman. The main points were as follows. She worked as a ticket collector for a public transport company in Stockholm. One of her colleagues had made highly aggressive and strongly homophobic comments on a number of occasions while they were working together. The woman, herself was not homosexual,... 020513

Higher education – Student – Trainee post
A man lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. While he was studying at the Stockholm Institute of Education and serving as a trainee teacher in a compulsory school in a suburban municipality in the Stockholm area, the acting principal of the school made negative comments about him on a number of occasions. The principal... 020502

Swedish Migration Board – Residence permit
A man lodged a complaint with HomO via his legal representative. The main points were as follows. When it rejected his application for a residence permit, the Migration Board had clearly discriminated against a homosexual couple. The Board had not applied the law in the same way to homosexual and heterosexual couples, despite the... 020411

Media company – Staff management
A man lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman. The main points were as follows. He was employed by a major company in the media industry. One night, after the close-down of broadcasting, his boyfriend came to fetch him. The man greeted his boyfriend by giving him a kiss, and then asked him to sit down and wait for a few minutes. Several colleagues... 020411

Updating of TV register – National registration – Partnership
A man lodged a complaint about Radiotjänst I Kiruna AB, the company responsible for the collection of TV licence fees in Sweden. The main points were as follows. He had received a letter from Radiotjänst I Kiruna (Radiotjänst) which included the following text: “In the course of updating our records for the ownership... 020325

Partnership – Registrar for civil partnership ceremonies – Municipality
Homo was informed that Vetlanda Municipality had previously had a registrar for civil partnership ceremonies, but that this was no longer the case. HomO decided to examine whether the Municipality’s decision that a registrar should no longer be appointed might be considered to be discrimination against persons with a homosexual... 020214

Insurance – Beneficiaries – Cohabitants
Homo’s attention was drawn to the fact that when SPP issued pension insurance policies in SPP Liv Fondförsäkring AB, the information as to whether homosexual cohabitants could be listed as beneficiaries was inconsistent. As a result, HomO decided to examine whether the terms of the SPP Liv Fondförsäkring... 020211

Churches and religious denominations – Employment - Recruitment
The Ombudsman’s attention was drawn to recruitment advertisements in which that the Swedish Church Abroad (SKUT) frequently stipulates that applicants should be a married couple. As a result, the Ombudsman decided to examine whether this requirement might be considered to discriminate against persons with a homosexual or bisexual orientation. In... 020211

Prison service – Harassment
Two women reported the management of the prison where they are serving sentences to HomO. In their complaint, the women stated, for example, that they had been subjected to harassment by another female inmate on repeated occasions, due to their homosexual orientation. Although they had reported this to the prison management, no action... 020121

Book publisher – Demeaning treatment – Harassment – Working environment
A man reported his employer in Malmö to the Ombudsman for failure to take steps to deal with harassment by a colleague. The man’s complaint cited the following points, for example. During the period 1993/94-1999, he had been subjected to harassment at his place of work by one of his colleagues, and this had been linked with his... 020111

Nursing – Home help services – Employment – Harassment
A woman reported her former employer to the Ombudsman for discrimination on the grounds of sexual discrimination. Her complaint cited the following points, for example. She was working as a temporary assistant nurse in the home help unit in a municipality in northern Sweden and had verbally accepted an offer of continued employment after... 020110

Housing company – Apartment swap – Partnership
A woman reported a housing company – AB Svenska Bostäder (SB) – to HomO for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. SB had rejected her application for an apartment swap on the grounds that her reason for wishing to change flats was not sufficiently strong, in the company’s opinion. The woman had... 011214

Higher education – students – Media – QX
Örebro Gay Students (ÖGS) reported the Örebro university library to HomO for discrimination against persons with a homosexual or bisexual orientation due to the library’s unwillingness to provide access to the QX periodical in the same manner as other periodicals. ÖGS reacted to the fact that this periodical... 011203

School – National Agency for Education – Harassment – Mobbing
In the light of mass-media information suggesting that ballet pupils at the Högalid school in Stockholm were being subjected to mobbing and systematic harassment, and that this had gender and homophobic connotations, HomO and the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (JämO) submitted a joint request to the National Agency for Education... 011203

Insurance – Beneficiaries – Cohabitants
HomO was informed that a man who had tried to take out a pension insurance policy with a beneficiary clause issued by Arkitekternas Pensionskassa (AP) had been told that AP did not approve his male cohabitant as a beneficiary. HomO subsequently decided to examine whether any policy issued by AP under the AP ITP and AP LIV pension... 011031

Criminal offence – Police – Prosecutor
A man stated in a complaint to HomO that his brother had been blackmailed as a result of his bisexual orientation. The man alleged that his brother had reported the blackmail to the police on several occasions but that had not led to any results on the part of the police authority or the prosecution office. The man requested HomO’s... 011030

Armed forces – Employment – Promotion
The armed forces internal recruitment policy for military attachés (Commander-in-Chief document HKV 2000-12-14 19 443 76998) stated that “It is a requirement for service as a military attaché that the person concerned is married, both for social and security reasons. The wife’s education and interests have a considerable... 011029

Telephone sales person – Staff management – Harassment – Reprisals – Settlement
A man lodged a complaint with HomO, alleging that his supervisor and immediate superior had been standing talking to a few other employees out of earshot. They had been discussing marriage for homosexuals and, in this connection, the supervisor had said that he thought homosexuals were disgusting, repulsive and abnormal. It was well-known... 011018

Qualifications – Employment
A man who failed to obtain a position which he had applied for with a company asked to examine the application submitted by the person who received employment. This request was based on Section 6 of the Act on a Ban against Discrimination in Working Life on grounds of Sexual Orientation (1999:133) (HomOL). The company denied him... 011016

National Labour Market Board (AMS) – Recruitment – Internet
HomO decided to examine the AMS website as a result of information indicating that this website might be regarded as discriminatory in the case of applicants looking for work with a sexual orientation connotation. In this context, AMS stated that a design employing a filter had been employed since experience indicated that unrestricted... 011003

Swedish Migration Board – Residence permit
A man lodged a complaint with HomO stating that a senior official and another officer at the Swedish Migration Board had subjected him to discriminatory treatment on the grounds of his sexual orientation. He complained that the senior official and the officer handling the case had treated him with suspicion, indifference and arrogance... 010927

Care services – Personal support
In a complaint lodged with HomO, a man claimed that the County of Sörmland Patients’ Committee had suspended him from his assignment to assist his boyfriend during a period when the latter was compulsorily committed for psychiatric care, and that this was connected with his sexual orientation. The Patients’... 010918

Churches and religious denominations –Harassment
A man complained to HomO that he had been subjected to harassment by his colleagues while he held a temporary position as a parish church musician, and that this was linked to his sexual orientation. HomO considered that the man’s account of his harassment was fully credible, and that this harassment was related to... 010912

Child – Custody/access
A man lodged a complaint with HomO, stating that he had been subjected to harassment and pressure by his former wife, and that this was connected with his homosexual orientation. The man claimed that harassment and pressure took the form of refusal to allow him to meet their joint child, for example. HomO concluded that... 010910

Housing – Harassment – Criminal offence – Police
Two men lodged a complaint with HomO in which they stated that they had been subjected to harassment by their neighbours for some time, and that this had ruined their private lives and social contacts. This harassment had clearly been of a homophobic nature. No action had been taken following reports to the police on the grounds... 010824

Swimming bath – Police – Prosecutor
A man lodged a complaint with HomO in which he stated that he had been refused access to a public swimming bath for no good reason. He considered that he had received grossly unfair treatment by the staff, and he had reported the matter to the police. The Regional Public Prosecution Office had decided not to conduct a preliminary... 010820

Allotment association – Harassment – Criminal offence
A man lodged a complaint with HomO in which he stated that he had been subjected to harassment by other allotment-holders in the allotment-garden association of which he was a member, and that this was almost certainly linked with his homosexual orientation. HomO noted that its assignment could not be interpreted sufficiently widely... 010809

Vehicle repairshop - Employment – Dismissal
A man complained to HomO that he was dismissed on the same day he was due to start work in a vehicle repairshop. The man suspected that the reason for his dismissal was that the manager had heard rumours about his sexual orientation. The man subsequently informed HomO that he did not want to proceed with the matter since he had found... 010807

County council – Nursing – Harassment – Pay – Staff management – Reprisals – Settlement
A man employed in county council operations in the Skåne Region reported his employer to HomO for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The man made the following points, for example. He considered that he had been discriminated against in pay terms, due to his sexual orientation. He had also made it clear to... 010807

University – Staff management – Harassment – Pay – Notice of dismissal
In his complaint to HomO, a man stated that he had been subjected to pay discrimination in connection with a protracted dispute with his employer. He also claimed that he had suffered discriminatory treatment in connection with his employment, that his supervisors had hindered achievement of his tasks and that he had subsequently... 010711

Insurance – Cohabitants
After HomO’s attention had been drawn to the fact that homosexual cohabitants were not equated with heterosexual cohabitants in the terms and conditions of the Social Democratic Party Board’s group-life insurance scheme (GF 3085), HomO decided to examine whether the conditions for this policy might be considered as discriminatory... 010705

Insurance – Forms – Insurance offer
HomO decided to examine whether the wording of the “Din Framtid” insurance company’s forms and insurance offers might be considered to discriminate against homosexual persons. Din Framtid claimed that the company’s standard offers were based on the most likely situation, that is to say a relationship between a... 010619

Criminal offence – Police – Prosecutor – Preliminary investigation
Two women notified the police in the County of Jämtland that they had been the victim of criminal offences related to their homosexual orientation on various occasions. They stated, for example, that people had thrown eggs at their home, that they had been subjected to threats and harassment over the telephone and that they... 010619

National Agency for Government Employers – Foreign postings – Employment conditions – Pay
HomO’s attention was drawn to the fact that homosexual cohabitants were not equated with heterosexual cohabitants in agreements applied by the Agency for Government Employers as regards terms of employment for government officials posted outside Sweden. HomO decided to examine whether the three agreements which applied for foreign... 010619

Survivor’s pension – Cohabitants – Social Insurance Office
A man asked HomO to investigate his entitlement to a survivor’s pension. He had applied to the Social Insurance Office for a survivor’s pension in the form of a rehabilitation pension after the death of his cohabitant, but his application had been refused. The Social Insurance Office considered that his relationship... 010612

National Tax Board – Internet – National registration system
HomO decided to examine whether the contents of the National Tax Board’s (RSV) website might be regarded as discriminatory by persons who were homosexuals. As a result of HomO’s decision, RSV stated that the website in question, which dealt with national registration, would be amended. HomO concluded that, as... 010608

Restaurant – Criminal offence – Police – Prosecutor
A man reported unlawful discrimination to the police and claimed that he had been refused entry to a place of entertainment in Tranås due to his sexual orientation. As a result, HomO decided to examine the handling of this case by the Police Authority in the County of Jönköping. The Regional Public Prosecution Office... 010531

Municipality – County council – Pension agreement – Conditions of employment – Partnership – Marital status
HomO decided to examine the question of whether the pension rules in a new pension agreement (PFA 98) which included municipality and county council employees might be considered to discriminate against homosexual employees. PFA 98 stipulated different terms for occupational pensions, depending on whether the employee was married... 010530

School – Internet – Teaching
The Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights youth organisation (RFSL Ungdom) lodged a complaint with HomO, drawing attention to matters summarised in the following. A text had appeared on the Myresjö school’s website which clearly discriminated against homosexuals. This involved presentation of a project known as... 010509

Travel – Airline – Discounts – Definition of a family
HomO decided to examine the definition of a family employed by SAS in its website as regards the possibility of purchasing tickets at reduced prices. According to its “Family Definition” webpage, SAS offered family and cohabitant discounts both to spouses and civil partners, and to cohabitants of the same or different sexes... 010509

Financial assistance – Housing supplements – Heterosexuality – Income – Cohabitants
A woman stated the following in a complaint lodged with HomO. In the case of married couples, cohabitants of different sexes or same-sex cohabitants who were civil partners, both incomes were added together and divided equally when calculating housing supplements for pensioners. In the case of homosexual cohabitants who had not entered... 010423

Home for care of young persons – Employment – Recruitment
A woman lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. In the spring of 1998, she was employed as an hourly-paid and temporary treatment-assistant at a home at Hornö for the care of young persons under the LVM Act. She was good at her job and well-liked. No one was aware that she was homosexual when she started... 010420

Media – Wording of advertisements
HomO decided to initiate examination of the “lonely hearts” pages in the “Everyday” newspaper. Everyday subsequently ceased publication, however. In view of this, HomO concluded that there was no reason for further investigation of this case. (Decision of 17 April 2001, Dossier No.... 010417

Health and medical care – Medical certificate
A man lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. In the summer of 1991, he underwent a medical examination in accordance with the Public Employment Act (1976:600). The doctor who examined him stated in his certificate that the man had remained unmarried. The man regarded this statement as offensive and patronising,... 010314

Housing – Harassment – Criminal offence – Police – Prosecutor
A man lodged a complaint with HomO concerning long-term harassment by neighbours. The main points were as follows. The man had applied for compensation from the social insurance office on the grounds of a mental work injury, and this had resulted in an appeal in the Supreme Administrative Court. He was granted an early retirement... 010314

Travel – Package holiday - Harassment
A man lodged a complaint with HomO. The main points were as follows. On 21 August 2000, he went on holiday to Antiparos in Greece, together with his civil partner. When they arrived, the couple were dissatisfied with their hotel and the standard of accommodation provided, and they booked into another hotel on their own initiative. When... 010222

Medical care, etc.
A man lodged two complaints with HomO. The main points were as follows. The first complaint involved a mortgage application submitted to a bank branch office in southern Stockholm. He received no response concerning approval of the mortgage. He requested HomO’s assistance in investigation of the treatment he had received. The... 010207

Churches and religious denominations – Confirmation teacher – Voluntary work – Dismissal
A man lodged a complaint with HomO, requesting the Ombudsman to initiate examination of the dismissal of a confirmation teacher by the Missionsförsamlingen i Småstenar (MS) religious denomination (Swedish Missionary Society [Congregationalist]). He cited articles appearing in QX, Värnamo Nyheter and Sändaren... 010207

Medical care – District health centre – Demeaning treatment – Confidentiality
A man requested that HomO should examine, among other things, the demeaning treatment to which he considered he had been subjected in the course of contacts with a doctor at a district health centre in Västerås. The demeaning treatment cited had consisted, in essence, of questioning on the doctor’s part about his sexual... 010202

Criminal offence – Police
A man working as a drag show artist reported a police authority in western Sweden to HomO for the way in which certain policemen treated him when he called for police assistance as a result of harassment and assault. HomO asked the man to provide supplementary information required by HomO for determining further handling of this... 010116

Media company – Staff management – Harassment – Dismissal - Settlement
A man lodged a complaint with HomO against his employer, a media-industry company in Stockholm. The main points were as follows. The man had saved images obtained in the course of homosexually oriented contacts on the Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL) chatline on a separate hard disk on his computer, at his place... 001205

Media – Wording of advertisements
A woman reported a local newspaper to HomO for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. In essence, her complaint was as follows. The newspaper had published a “lonely hearts” advertisement in which a woman wanted to establish contact with a girlfriend “for dancing, visiting cafés, theatres, etc.... 001205

School – Senior secondary school – Teacher - Harassment
In a complaint lodged with HomO , a female pupil at the Edsviken nursing senior secondary school alleged that a teacher had subjected her to harassment and discrimination which had been related to her homosexuality. Furthermore, she claimed that the school management had failed to investigate the matter or take steps to prevent continued... 001205

Higher education – Practical assignments – Demeaning treatment – Reprisals
Two homosexual students – a woman and a man – reported a faculty at a major university for demeaning treatment. The main points of the complaint were as follows. During the practical term of the social work programme, they were not accepted at the first trainee post allotted and were obliged to transfer to another trainee... 001129

Partnership – Registrar for civil partnership ceremonies – Municipality
In October 1999, HomO requested the Örkeljunga Municipality to indicate its views on the fact that there was no specially appointed registrar for civil partnerships in the municipality, although there was a corresponding registrar for civil marriage ceremonies. The municipality explained why nominations had not been... 001114

Asylum – Aliens Appeals Board – Refugee legislation – Iran - Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL)
The Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL) reported the Aliens Appeals Board to HomO for the way in which had handled applications for asylum submitted by homosexual Iranians. In its decision, HomO emphasised that the Ombudsman was not entitled to review decisions by the Appeals Board in individual cases, but that there... 001113

Care services – Harassment – Settlement
A man employed by a hospital in Skåne reported his employer to HomO for discrimination in working life on the grounds of his sexual orientation. The main points in his allegations were as follows. After mentioning at his place of work that he was homosexual, he was subjected to insinuations, disparaging comments and downright... 001106

Health and medical care – Gynaecologist – Demeaning treatment
A woman reported a gynaecologist to HomO for the treatment she received in the course of a gynaecological examination. According to the woman, the gynaecologist had made rude, ignorant and insulting comments during the examination. Prior to the examination, the gynaecologist was alleged to have asked, for example, how lesbians actually... 001030

Museums – Family discounts – Definition of a family
HomO’s attention was drawn to the fact that the “Butterfly House”, a museum in Stockholm located in Haga Park, applied family discounts which might be considered to discriminate against homosexual couples. According to information on the museum’s website and its reception area, family discounts were available... 001011

Travel – Package holiday - Harassment
A man complained to HomO that he had been subjected to serious forms of demeaning treatment during a package holiday in South Africa. He claimed that both fellow-tourists and a local guide had participated in the degrading treatment he was subjected to in the course of a safari trip purchased from a travel company in Stockholm. In... 001011

“Lonely hearts” agency – Unlawful discrimination
A man lodged a complaint with HomO in which he alleged that AB Swed-Con (Allkontakt), which ran the Allkontakt “lonely hearts” agency, conducted its activities on terms which discriminated against homosexuals and bisexuals. He stated that he had displayed an interest in employing Allkontakt in order to establish contact... 001011

Travel – Airline – Discounts – Definition of a family
A man lodged a complaint with HomO in which he stated that he had been subjected to discrimination by representatives of SAS on three occasions due to his homosexual orientation. This discriminatory treatment was alleged to involve refusal to grant a cohabitant discount on two occasions in connection with the purchase of airline... 001002

Offensive statements – Criminal offence – Municipality
A man reported a Centre Party municipal group in Småland to HomO, and in particular the group’s chairman. In his complaint, the man stated that the chairman and the Party’s municipal group had disseminated highly offensive statements via e-mail about homosexuals, as a group. As a result of this complaint,... 000824

Children – Custody dispute – Swedish Bar Association
A man requested that HomO should monitor a law court’s handling of a custody dispute to which he was party. In addition, he requested that HomO should monitor the handling of a complaint which he had lodged with the Swedish Bar Association’s disciplinary committee against the other party’s counsel in the case. The... 000822

Municipality – Suspension/transfer – Harassment – Settlement
A woman reported the City of Gothenburg to HomO for breaches of Act on a Ban against Discrimination in Working Life on grounds of Sexual Orientation (1999:133) (HomOL) in the form of improper suspension and transfer, and also failure to take steps to prevent harassment. Based on the provisions of Section 25 of HomOL, HomO... 000815

Churches and religious denominations – Early retirement pension – Assessment of working capacity
A man reported the following in a complaint to HomO. He had been refused an opportunity to work as a clergyman in the Växjö Diocese, and this was linked to the fact that he was a homosexual. He had been a clergyman in the Church of Sweden and, after working as a clergyman in the Växjö Diocese, he had been given... 000815

Culture – Media – Lyrics – Offensive statements
A man reported the Dagens Nyheter newspaper to HomO, citing the contents of an article about a Jamaican reggae artist. Among other things, the article stated that the artist concerned made no apologies for his gay-hating song “Boom by bye” which conveyed the message that homosexuals should be wiped off the face of the earth.... 000807

Municipality – Sport – Offensive statements – Financial assistance – Tax revenues
In the summer of 1999, a well-known figure in the football world, whose company cooperated closely with the Västerås SK football club (VSK), made highly prejudiced statements about homosexuals. As a result, HomO decided to examine VSK’s cooperation with the company in question, among other matters. HomO’s investigation... 000714

Travel – Airline – Discounts – Definition of a family
Two men claimed that the SAS airline had refused to give them the discounts which the company offered to couples consisting of a man and a woman. SAS stated that, under the company’s rules, same-sex and different-sex couples were to be treated in the same manner as regards discounts and similar conditions. Following... 000714

Restaurant – Employment – Probationary employment
A young man reported a hamburger restaurant in Stockholm to HomO for breach of the Act on a Ban against Discrimination in Working Life on grounds of Sexual Orientation (1999:133) (HomOL). The main points in his complaint were as follows. The man was employed by the restaurant on a probation basis, and he was frank and open at his... 000622

Media – TV – Sport – Offensive statements
HomO’s attention was drawn from several quarters to the fact that the commentators in a direct broadcast of the match between Glasgow Rangers and St. Johnstone on the TV 4 channel on 4 March 2000 laughingly said “…the American, who is married in point of fact to a member of the American national team. That’s not... 000621

Municipality – Staff management
A woman reported her former head of department to HomO for mentioning her sexual orientation in a summary of memorandums submitted to her personnel manager. In HomO’s view, the information about the woman’s sexual orientation was justified in this connection. HomO concluded that the conduct that the woman objected to could... 000621

Housing – Landlord
A man complained to HomO that his previous landlords wanted to get rid of him because he was homosexual, and that their persecution of him had become more intensive after he had told them that he had a boyfriend who might be moving in. He also said that his landlords would not agree to his withdrawal of notice to vacate the accommodation... 000621

Taxation – Wealth tax – Legislation
In a complaint lodged with HomO, a man claimed that the different rules applied for joint taxation of married couples and civil partners under the Act concerning Taxation on Capital Assets (1997:323). He also requested that HomO should raise the question of separate taxation for all physical persons - including taxation on capital... 000615

Social services – Hostel
The City of Stockholm Social Services Administration’s outreach unit informed HomO that the Karisma Care Foundation (Karisma) which runs a hostel for homeless people in Stockholm did not accept homosexual couples. As a result, HomO decided to examine whether Karisma had views on the reception of homosexual couples that might... 000614

Civil partnership – Municipality
HomO’s attention was drawn to the fact that couples who participated in civil marriage ceremonies in Piteå received a present from the municipality, but that this did not apply for civil partnership ceremonies. As a result, HomO decided to examine whether the procedures employed by the municipality in connection with civil... 000517

Insurance – Insurance company – Beneficiaries – Cohabitants
In December 1999, HomO was informed that a woman who had enquired about the possibility of naming a homosexual cohabitant as a beneficiary, following an offer she received from AMF Pension, was informed that, in contrast with a heterosexual cohabitant, a cohabitant of this type could not be a named as a beneficiary for repayment... 000512

Churches and religious denominations – Religious services – Criminal offence – Prosecutor
HomO received information via newspapers and the police that public worship in the Swedish Missionary Society [Congregationalist] Hammarö-Skoghall congregation had been disturbed on at least one occasion by a person who tried to stop the service because he disliked the fact that the pastor openly stated that she was lesbian... 000508

Swedish Post Office – Harassment – Transfer – Reasonable steps
A man employed as a postman by Posten i Sverige AB (the Post Office) claimed in a previous complaint to HomO (Dossier No. 37/99) that he had been subject to harassment by colleagues at his place or work at a distribution office in Skärholmen, and that this was due to his homosexuality. Following an exchange of letters between... 000225

Internet – Filtering – County council
HomO decided to examine whether filters to block certain Internet addresses – concerning a homosexual lifestyle, for example – installed by the County Council of Västernorrland on computers used by its employees might be considered to discriminate against persons with a homosexual orientation. The County Council’s... 000225

Museums – Discounts – Definition of a family
A woman lodged a complaint with HomO in which she claimed that she had been subjected to discriminatory treatment in the course of a visit to an art museum in Stockholm in the company of the woman she was living with. Among other things, she said that, during a specific period, holders of a “MedMera” card issued by Kooperativa... 000125

Restaurant – Criminal offence – Police – Preliminary investigation
A man reported a decision by the Police Authority in the County of Stockholm (Södertorn police) not to initiate a preliminary investigation in a case involving allegations of unlawful discrimination. The complaint lodged with HomO indicated that the man had told the police the following. He was eating lunch at a restaurant in... 000125

Churches and religious denominations – Clergymen – Ordination
A man lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman, enclosing a copy of a communication he had sent to the bishop of a diocese in central Sweden. The document was headed “Further questions regarding your views on homosexual clergy”, and the main points made were that the bishop had previously discussed his views on homosexual clergymen... 000125

Insurance – Collective agreement – State – Municipality – County council
HomO decided, on its own initiative, to examine the terms for group life insurance schemes (TGL-S and TGL KL) for central government, county council and municipal employees. HomO concluded that these terms contravened the Act on a Ban against Discrimination in Working Life on grounds of Sexual Orientation (1999:133). The Swedish Federation... 991208

Restaurant – Recruitment – Settlement
A man reported his former employer to HomO for defamation in connection with an application for new employment. According to the man, his former employer told the new employer, among other things, that he was homosexual and that he had propositioned customers at his former workplace. The Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union (HRF),... 991118

Criminal offence – Police – Preliminary investigation – Demeaning treatment
A woman lodged a complaint with HomO in which she stated the following. She and her female partner had entered into a civil partnership and had been charged on suspicion of murder. When her partner was questioned, the policeman in charge of the interview employed the words “your love” on two occasions when referring to her... 991102

Asylum – Aliens Appeals Board – Iran
A man lodged a complaint with HomO in which he claimed that the Aliens Appeals Board had discriminated against an applicant for asylum on the grounds of his homosexuality. The man cited the following points in support of his complaint. In a decision which established a precedent, the Government had approved the issue of a residence... 991027

Offensive statements – Media – Adoption - National Association for Sexual Information (RFSU)
In a complaint lodged with HomO, the National Association for Sexual Information (RFSU) claimed that a statement made by a Member of Parliament in a newspaper (Expressen) about the joint adoption of children by homosexual couples should be regarded as “incitement to hatred against homosexuals”. According to RFSU, the Member... 991026

Offensive statements – Media – Adoption - Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL)
In a complaint lodged with HomO, the Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights in the County of Västernorrland (RFSL-Västernorrland) claimed that a statement made by a Member of Parliament in a newspaper (Expressen) about the joint adoption of children by homosexual couples should be regarded as “incitement to hatred... 991026

Offensive statements – Media – Adoption
In a complaint lodged with HomO, a man claimed that a statement made by a Member of Parliament in a newspaper (Expressen) about the joint adoption of children by homosexual couples should be regarded as “incitement to hatred against homosexuals”. According to RFSL-Västernorrland, the Member of Parliament had said,... 991026

County Administrative Board – Arbitrary treatment
In a complaint lodged with HomO, a man expressed criticism of the County Administrative Board in the County of Dalarna for the way in which it had commented on his homosexual orientation in a report about a treatment centre in which he had been involved. HomO noted, initially, that the status of the man’s relationship... 990924

School – Independent school – Churches and religious denominations – Offensive statements
A man alleged in a complaint lodged with HomO, that there were grounds for questioning whether the principal of a Christian independent school had ensured that the school provided objective and factual information teaching about homosexuals. This was because the principal had written a letter “condemning homosexuals” which... 990831

Swedish Post Office – Harassment – Staff management
A man employed as a postman by Posten I Sverige AB (the Post Office) complained to HomO that he had been previously subjected to harassment at his workplace in Skärholmen by colleagues and that was linked to his homosexuality. Following a prolonged period of sick leave, the man was assigned to another distribution office. The... 990823

Partnership – Registrar of civil partnerships – Municipality - Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL)
The Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL) claimed, in a complaint to HomO, that failure to appoint a registrar for civil partnership ceremonies in the Timrå Municipality constituted discrimination against homosexual inhabitants in Timrå. The Municipality stated that a registrar for civil partnerships had... 990728

Asylum – Aliens Appeals Board – Iran - Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL)
In a complaint lodged with HomO, the Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL) claimed that the Aliens Appeals Board had discriminated against an Iranian applicant for asylum on the grounds of the applicant’s homosexuality. The Board stated that the person concerned had subsequently been granted a permit for permanent... 990712

Insurance – Insurance company – Terms – Cohabitants – Survivor’s pension
A man lodged a complaint with HomO in which he wondered whether different conditions for homosexual and heterosexual cohabitation relationships were stipulated in the SPP ITPK employee insurance scheme. In its response, SPP stated that no distinction was made between homosexual and heterosexual cohabitation relationships... 990628

Media – Press ethics
Two women reported the Se & Hör magazine to HomO as the result of a placard published by the magazine and displaying, for example, a photograph of a well-known singer which had been taken surreptitiously. The complainants claimed that this constituted discriminatory treatment on the grounds of the singer’s homosexuality.... 990618

Embassy – Harassment
In a complaint to HomO, directed against Sida/the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a man stated that he had been subjected to demeaning treatment at his place of work at the Swedish Embassy in Luanda. According to the man, this was related to his homosexual orientation. HomO noted that this complaint referred to occurrences... 990614

Media – Press ethics – Office of the Press Ombudsman
Two men reported a journalist and the person responsible for publication of the Expressen newspaper to HomO and the Office of the Press Ombudsman (PO). The complaints concerned a signed article which appeared in Expressen on 1 May 1999, headed “They blew up my pub”. This was part of a larger article concerning a bomb atrocity... 990610

Churches and religious denominations – Disciplinary Board for Bishops
In a complaint submitted to HomO, a man enclosed a copy of a complaint made to the Disciplinary Board for Bishops and a ruling issued by the Board dated 18 April 1999. HomO noted that the document submitted by the complainant and constituting grounds for this case was merely a “copy for information purposes” relating... 990610

Grocery store – Harassment – Staff management
In a complaint lodged with HomO, a man stated that he had been subjected to harassment due to his sexual orientation during his employment by an ICA store in Skåne. According to the man, his employer had continued to make derogatory remarks about him in front of customers after his dismissal, on the grounds of his sexual orientation.... 990610

Municipality – Staff management - Pay
In a complaint lodged with HomO, a man stated that a municipal district administration in Gothenburg had subjected his civil partner to discrimination for several years on the grounds of his sexual orientation. According to the man, discrimination had occurred, for example, in connection with various types of staff management and... 990607

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