The negative and restrictive attitude of the Swedish legislator towards child marriages celebrated abroad has been step-by step sharpened, most recently by an amendment reacting to the dramatic increase of asylum seekers in the second half of 2015 from countries where persons under the age of eighteen can enter into valid marriages. Such marriages, concluded on or after 1 January 2019, will with almost no exceptions be denied recognition in Sweden, regardless of whether at the time of the wedding the spouses had any connection with Sweden and irrespective of how much time has lapsed thereafter. While the Swedish politicians and public generally welcome this reform, they seem to disregard the serious negative practical and legal consequences such general non-recognition may have for the persons concerned, in particular the young wives. The article examines critically the new rules and discusses the possibilities to reconcile the refusal to accept child marriages with the protection of legitimate interests of the spouses.

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关于瑞典关于不承认外国童婚的新规则的一些批评意见

瑞典立法者对在国外庆祝童婚的负面和限制性态度已逐步得到加强，最近的一项修正案是对2015年下半年来自十八岁以下国家的寻求庇护者的急剧增加作出反应可以缔结有效的婚姻。于2019年1月1日或之后缔结的此类婚姻几乎无一例外地在瑞典被拒绝承认，无论结婚时配偶是否与瑞典有任何关系，无论其后经过了多长时间。尽管瑞典政客和公众普遍欢迎这项改革，但他们似乎无视这种普遍的不承认对有关人员，特别是年轻妻子造成的严重负面现实和法律后果。