Our view is that Sweden should not accept polygamy at all. Today, we are approving the månggiften if they were concluded before the persons had any connection to Sweden and Swedish law – but the lack of a clear regulation, ” says Tobias Wijk, verksamhetsexpert on the Tax.
But it already has a connection to Sweden to be a citizen or a denizen can not be registered as married to more than one person. It is also the case for those who are travelling abroad to marry and then return to Sweden.
left the Tax office a report to the government and suggested that the then ongoing barnäktenskapsutredningen would also take up the issue of polygamy between adults. Then, there were 679 persons registered as married to more than one husband or wife in Sweden in the Tax records. After a review of the Swedish Tax agency concluded that 169 of them could be considered to be genuine månggiften.
the Hope from the Tax side was that there would be a regulation ready by January 1, 2019.
But the question was never taken up and is still unresolved.
– As we understood it, there was a political consensus around the issue of we. All see the need to have a clear and predictable regulation of the issue. Today, there is great uncertainty when it comes to the various benefits of the social insurance system, but also when it comes to inheritance and the survivors ‘perspective,” says Tobias Wijk.
when the Tax agency decides not to register a person married to more:
– For those who feel that the living in a marriage-like relationship, it is often not particularly important how the authorities look at their relationship, if the Swedish Tax agency registers it or not.
– But as soon as you end up in a situation where it has legal importance of the ports of the matter in a different situation, ” says Tobias Wijk.
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