SWEDEN: Equality of Women

The Swedish Diet approved a bill to allow women to enter the public services on the same footing as men, with the exception of the fighting services, the Church, presiding judgeships in the highest provincial courts.

Universal suffrage is in force in Sweden; every man and woman over 23 years of age, and not under legal disability, has the right to vote.

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