En straffbar abnormitet? - En rättshistorisk utredning av arbetet mot avkriminaliseringen av homosexualitet.
(2021) LAGF03 20212Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract
- Sweden is by today’s standards one of the safest countries to live in as a LGBTQ-person. The contemporary situation of our country has however, unfortunately, not always been a given. The route towards the safety of today has been long; a road/rout full of persecution, discrimination, hatred and degrading. Homosexuality was for the first time in Swedish law criminalized in 1864. Discriminations towards and the mistreatment of homosexuals had by then been going on for some time.
In 1933 a motion was received by the Parliament with a claim of the decriminalization of homosexual acts. The motion was the starting signal for the eleven-year-long process that resulted in a decriminalisation. This thesis is intended to describe the development... (More) - Sweden is by today’s standards one of the safest countries to live in as a LGBTQ-person. The contemporary situation of our country has however, unfortunately, not always been a given. The route towards the safety of today has been long; a road/rout full of persecution, discrimination, hatred and degrading. Homosexuality was for the first time in Swedish law criminalized in 1864. Discriminations towards and the mistreatment of homosexuals had by then been going on for some time.
In 1933 a motion was received by the Parliament with a claim of the decriminalization of homosexual acts. The motion was the starting signal for the eleven-year-long process that resulted in a decriminalisation. This thesis is intended to describe the development of this process in the light of the in 1944 adopted legislative reform. Moreover, the various reasonings and arguments in the inquiries put forward by the opposition will be examined.
At the time, homosexuality was primarily considered to be a biologically conditioned phenomenon, but there was a consistent view of homosexuality as something that to some extent could also be developed through a social and psychological influence from the environment. Much of the facts that were relevant at the time have now been dismissed as scientifically incorrect, but at that time they were highly relevant and medically credible.
The thesis will investigate the various protection interests that were given special attention in the discussions, the various alternative measures that were considered during the process and the general societal tone towards homosexuality. With a focus on the legal and political work that motivated the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1944, I intend with my essay to contribute to the reader's increased insight into our legal history. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Sverige är idag ett av världens säkraste länder att leva i som HBTQ-person. Vårt lands samtida situation har dessvärre inte alltid varit en självklarhet. Vägen till dagens trygghet har varit lång; en väg fylld med förföljelser, diskriminering, hat och förnedring. Homosexualitet blev för första gången i svensk lagstiftning uttryckligen kriminaliserat i 1864 års strafflag. Diskriminering och särbehandling mot homosexuella personer hade vid det laget förekommit sedan länge.
År 1933 inkom en motion till riksdagen med ett yrkande för avkriminalisering av homosexuella handlingar. Motionen utgjorde startskottet för den elva år långa process som kom att utmynna i en avkriminalisering. Denna uppsats avser att redogöra för utvecklingen av... (More) - Sverige är idag ett av världens säkraste länder att leva i som HBTQ-person. Vårt lands samtida situation har dessvärre inte alltid varit en självklarhet. Vägen till dagens trygghet har varit lång; en väg fylld med förföljelser, diskriminering, hat och förnedring. Homosexualitet blev för första gången i svensk lagstiftning uttryckligen kriminaliserat i 1864 års strafflag. Diskriminering och särbehandling mot homosexuella personer hade vid det laget förekommit sedan länge.
År 1933 inkom en motion till riksdagen med ett yrkande för avkriminalisering av homosexuella handlingar. Motionen utgjorde startskottet för den elva år långa process som kom att utmynna i en avkriminalisering. Denna uppsats avser att redogöra för utvecklingen av processen mot den år 1944 antagna lagreformen. Därtill utreds de olika resonemang och argument som under utredningarna fördes fram av meningsmotståndarna.
Vid aktuell tidpunkt ansågs homosexualitet främst vara en biologiskt betingad företeelse, men det förelåg en samstämmande syn på homosexualitet som något som till viss mån även kunde utvecklas fram genom en social och psykisk påverkan från omgivningen. Stora delar av den fakta som då var aktuell har numera avfärdats som vetenskapligt oriktiga, men de var vid den tiden högst relevanta och medicinskt trovärdiga.
Uppsatsen kommer att utreda de olika skyddsintressen som var särskilt uppmärksammade i diskussionerna, vilka olika alternativa åtgärder som beaktades under processen samt den allmänna samhälleliga tonen gentemot homosexualitet. Med fokus på det juridiska och politiska arbetet som motiverade avkriminaliseringen av homosexualitet år 1944 ämnar jag med min uppsats bidra till läsarens utökade inblick i vår rättshistoria. (Less)
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- author
- Yesil Aydin, Siliva LU
- supervisor
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- Per Nilsén LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20212
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Rättshistoria, Homosexualitet, HBTQ
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9070576
- date added to LUP
- 2022-02-15 11:51:50
- date last changed
- 2022-02-15 11:51:50
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In 1933 a motion was received by the Parliament with a claim of the decriminalization of homosexual acts. The motion was the starting signal for the eleven-year-long process that resulted in a decriminalisation. This thesis is intended to describe the development of this process in the light of the in 1944 adopted legislative reform. Moreover, the various reasonings and arguments in the inquiries put forward by the opposition will be examined.
At the time, homosexuality was primarily considered to be a biologically conditioned phenomenon, but there was a consistent view of homosexuality as something that to some extent could also be developed through a social and psychological influence from the environment. Much of the facts that were relevant at the time have now been dismissed as scientifically incorrect, but at that time they were highly relevant and medically credible.
The thesis will investigate the various protection interests that were given special attention in the discussions, the various alternative measures that were considered during the process and the general societal tone towards homosexuality. With a focus on the legal and political work that motivated the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1944, I intend with my essay to contribute to the reader's increased insight into our legal history.}},
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