Is flag burning illegal in Sweden?
Legal / protected speech
Flag desecration is legal in Sweden, though displaying modified flags may be punished as disorderly conduct.
Sweden is one of 10 countries classified “Legal / protected speech” for flag desecration — 15% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Norway
- Legal / protected speech The ban on desecrating foreign flags was lifted in 2008, making such acts legal.
- Finland
- Criminal offense Desecrating the Finnish flag is illegal under the law on the Finnish flag.
- Estonia
- Criminal offense Desecrating national or foreign flags is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment or a fine.
- Denmark
- Only foreign flags protected Desecrating the national flag is legal, but desecrating foreign flags is illegal under the penal code.
- Lithuania
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is punishable by arrest, imprisonment, or fines.
- Faroe Islands
- Criminal offense Desecrating the Faroese flag is prohibited by the autonomous territory's flag law.
Other laws in Sweden
- Blasphemy Laws
- No blasphemy law
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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