ESWA/Red Umbrella Sweden Statement: Sweden Must Reject the Expansion of Sex Work Criminalisation | Protect Rights, Not Repression

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Swedish version below / Svensk version nedan

We, the undersigned civil society organisations and individuals, strongly oppose the Swedish government’s proposal (prop. 2024/25:124 – Chapter 6, p. 28-38) to expand the criminalisation of sex work to include the purchase of sexual acts performed remotely, such as webcamming and erotic modelling. This proposal represents a regressive and dangerous step that threatens the human rights, privacy, safety and livelihoods of sex workers and digital creators in Sweden and beyond.

Under the guise of protecting vulnerable individuals, this proposal risks intensifying state surveillance, expanding unaccountable policing of digital platforms, and reinforcing a legal regime that systematically erases the consent, autonomy and voices of sex workers themselves.

While the government frames this proposal as a necessary step to protect individuals from exploitation in the digital age, its actual impact will be deeply harmful. Rather than offering meaningful protection, the expanded criminalisation of sexual acts, especially those performed remotely, will further marginalise the very people it claims to defend. To understand the real consequences of this bill, we must look beyond its stated intentions and examine how it will function in practice. As it stands, we see many harmful impacts that are guaranteed by this proposal.

1. It criminalises consensual digital labour.Digital sex work, such as webcamming or erotic content creation and distribution, is a legitimate source of income and form of self-expression. For many, it is a form of work that offers greater control over boundaries, scheduling and visibility. Criminalising remote sexual services will eliminate a vital option for those seeking to work independently and securely. During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital platforms became a lifeline for sex workers who lost in-person income overnight. Many turned to camming, subscription platforms, and other forms of online sex work to survive. This shift was not only adaptive, it was protective. Taking this option away will undermine harm reduction and increase economic vulnerability.
2. It expands and exacerbates the harms of client criminalisation.Sweden’s model of criminalising clients has been repeatedly shown, by global research, to harm sex workers, not help them. Studies by Amnesty International, UNAIDS, and academic research across Europe have documented that client criminalisation increases stigma, pushes sex work underground, reduces safety and limits access to justice for sex workers facing violence. Adding remote sexual services to the scope of criminalisation will only worsen these effects. It will make clients more fearful, more secretive, and less willing to communicate or engage with safety protocols. It will further isolate sex workers, particularly migrants and trans people, who already face disproportionate marginalisation and barriers to support.
3. The proposal relies on vague, unenforceable legal standards.The proposed language hinges on ambiguous terms like “induce” and “primary purpose,” which legal experts and courts have warned will lead to confusion, overreach and the potential criminalisation of consensual adult relationships, especially those involving financial inequality or emotional complexity.
4. The proposal expands surveillance and undermines digital rights.The enforcement of this law will rely on invasive monitoring of online communication, platform activity, and financial transactions. This will expose not only sex workers and creators to intensified data surveillance and breaches of privacy, disproportionately affecting women, LGBTQI+ people and migrants.For sex workers, privacy and data protection are not luxuries; they are essential to safety, autonomy and dignity. The ability to control how one is identified, tracked, and exposed online is a matter of survival for many sex workers, especially those facing criminalisation, migration precarity, or stigma. Privacy is a human right, enshrined in international law, and sex workers, like all people, are entitled to live free from invasive state surveillance and policing of their digital lives.Sex workers have long been the canaries in the digital coal mine. When their rights are eroded, through censorship, criminalisation, or surveillance, those same tools and tactics are often later used against other communities: journalists, LGBTQI+ people, youth, and political dissidents. The criminalisation of digital sex work sets a dangerous precedent that puts everyone’s human rights at risk.

    

5. The proposal endangers online communities and platforms.Websites and platforms hosting or facilitating consensual digital sex work could be prosecuted for “digital pimping” creating a chilling effect that may lead to mass deplatforming of sex workers, mirroring the harms documented under regressive FOSTA/SESTA law in the United States that was enacted by the Trump Government in 2018. The result of this proposal will be the same: increased precarity due to sex workers losing their income, not protection.
6. The proposal undermines legal clarity and constitutional protections.The proposal introduces inconsistencies with Sweden’s own Freedom of Expression Act. In doing so, it threatens to erode constitutional safeguards and opens the door to selective enforcement and censorship, which puts everyone in Sweden in danger. Sweden’s constitutional protection of free speech and media is a cornerstone of its democratic identity. Expanding criminal law into this space, without careful legal distinction, proportionality and protection for lawful expression, undermines that foundation. If sex workers and digital creators can be criminalised for engaging in or facilitating constitutionally protected expression, no one’s rights are safe in Sweden.

Based on our concerns, we ask the Swedish Government to:

• Withdraw this proposal in its current form.
• Consult directly with sex workers and digital rights experts before drafting any further reforms.
• Protect the digital safety and economic rights of workers across platforms.
• Invest in services, not criminalisation: Provide financial support, adequate housing, healthcare and rights-based outreach.

Sweden once positioned itself as a global leader on gender equality and social justice. But equality without consent is coercion, protection without listening is paternalism, and a society that claims to care for the most vulnerable must not criminalise their means of income generation and deny their agency.

We call on the Swedish government and Parliament to reject this misguided proposal in its entirety and commit instead to a model of policy-making that is inclusive, evidence-based and grounded in human rights.

Sex work is not a crime. Digital labour is not a threat. Sex workers’ safety and human rights are not up for debate.

Respectfully,

Written by:
European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA) – www.eswalliance.org
Red Umbrella Sweden (RUS) – https://redumbrella.se/sv/hem/

 

To see the list of signatories and supporters, please scroll to the end of the page.

 

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Sverige måste säga nej till en utökad kriminalisering av sexarbete – skydda rättigheter, inte förtryck

Vi, undertecknade civilsamhällesorganisationer och individer, motsätter oss starkt regeringens förslag (prop. 2024/25:124  – Avsnitt 6, s. 28-38) om att utöka kriminaliseringen av sexköp till att även omfatta distansbaserade sexuella tjänster, såsom web-camming och skräddarsydda erotiska videos. Förslaget är ett bakåtsträvande och riskabelt steg som hotar mänskliga rättigheter, personlig integritet, säkerhet och försörjningsmöjligheter – både för sexarbetare och digitala kreatörer, i Sverige och internationellt.

Under skenet av att skydda utsatta grupper riskerar lagförslaget i praktiken att intensifiera statlig övervakning, främja oansvarigt polisarbete på digitala plattformar och förstärka ett rättssystem som systematiskt ignorerar sexarbetares samtycke, autonomi och röster.

Regeringen framställer detta som ett nödvändigt skydd från exploatering i den digitala tidsåldern. I verkligheten är konsekvenserna skadliga. Istället för att erbjuda verkligt skydd riskerar kriminaliseringen av digitalt sexarbete på nätet att ytterligare marginalisera de människor som lagen säger sig vilja försvara. För att förstå vad detta förslag verkligen innebär måste vi se bortom dess formella syften – och granska hur det kommer att fungera i praktiken.

Vi ser redan nu en rad allvarliga konsekvenser:

1. Det kriminaliserar samtyckesbaserat digitalt arbeteDigitalt sexarbete – som webcamming eller skapandet av erotiskt innehåll – är en legitim inkomstkälla och en form av självuttryck. För många innebär det större kontroll över arbetsmiljö, gränssättning och synlighet. Att kriminalisera dessa tjänster berövar människor möjligheten att arbeta självständigt och säkert. Under covid-19 pandemin blev digitala plattformar en livlina för sexarbetare som förlorade sina inkomster över en natt. Många övergick till camming, prenumerationsbaserade tjänster och andra digitala format – inte bara för försörjning, utan också för ökad säkerhet. Att ta bort detta alternativ underminerar skademinimering och förvärrar den ekonomiska utsattheten.
2. Det förvärrar skadorna av nuvarande sexköpslagstiftningDen svenska modellen, som kriminaliserar sexköp men inte själva sexarbetet, har i upprepade internationella studier visat sig skada sexarbetare snarare än hjälpa dem. Amnesty International, UNAIDS och europeisk forskning pekar på att kriminalisering leder till ökad stigmatisering, sexarbete verkar i det dolda med minskad trygghet och svårare tillgång till rättsskydd för våldsutsatta. Att nu även inkludera digitala tjänster kommer ytterligare att förvärra situationen. Kunder blir räddare, mer hemlighetsfulla och mindre benägna att kommunicera – vilket ökar risken för sexarbetare. Det isolerar marginaliserade grupper ytterligare – särskilt migranter och transpersoner, som ofta utsätts för dubbel diskriminering.
3. Det bygger på vaga och svårtolkade juridiska begreppFörslagets formuleringar är otydliga, med begrepp som “framkalla” och “primärt syfte”, vilket rättsexperter varnat för kan leda till godtyckliga tolkningar. Det riskerar att kriminalisera vuxna samtyckande relationer, särskilt när ekonomiska klyftor eller komplicerade känslomässiga relationer är inblandade – utan att det nödvändigtvis innebär ett utnyttjande.
4. Det ökar övervakning och hotar digitala rättigheterFör att kunna tillämpa lagen krävs övervakning av digital kommunikation, plattformsaktivitet och ekonomiska transaktioner. Det innebär ett allvarligt intrång i integriteten för sexarbetare och andra kreatörer – särskilt kvinnor, HBTQ+-personer och migranter.För dessa grupper är integritet inte en lyx, utan en nödvändighet. Att själv kunna kontrollera sin identitet online är avgörande för säkerhet, självständighet och värdighet. Integritet är en mänsklig rättighet inskrivet i internationell rätt – och sexarbetare har samma rätt att leva utan övervakning som alla andra.Sexarbetare har länge fungerat som kanariefåglar i den digitala kolgruvan. När sexarbetares rättigheter urholkas följer det andra efter: journalister, aktivister, ungdomar och politiska motståndare. Kriminalisering av digitalt sexarbete öppnar för farliga prejudikat för alla.
5. Det hotar hela digitala plattformar och communitiesPlattformar som möjliggör samtyckesbaserat digitalt sexarbete riskerar att åtalas för “digital hallickverksamhet”. Det skapar en skrämseleffekt där sexarbetare riskerar att raderas från nätet – likt konsekvenserna av den amerikanska FOSTA/SESTA-lagen 2018, som implementerades under Trump-administrationen. Resultatet blev inte skydd – utan utsatthet, förlust av inkomster och ökad sårbarhet. Detsamma kommer ske här.
6. Det undergräver rättssäkerhet och strider mot grundlagenFörslaget står i konflikt med svensk grundlag – särskilt yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen. Det öppnar för godtycke, censur och selektiv tillämpning, vilket äventyrar allas rättigheter i Sverige. Att kriminalisera uttryck som skyddas av grundlagen riskerar att urholka vår demokratiska kärna. Om sexarbetare kan straffas för grundlagsskyddade uttryck, är ingen längre skyddad.

Vi uppmanar regeringen att:

• Dra tillbaka förslaget i sin nuvarande form
• Konsultera sexarbetare och experter på digitala rättigheter i vidare lagstiftning
• Skydda digital säkerhet och ekonomiska rättigheter för sexarbetare
• Satsa på stödinsatser – inte kriminalisering: tillgång till bostad, vård och rättighetsbaserat stöd

Sverige har en gång varit en förebild för jämställdhet och rättvisa. Men jämlikhet utan samtycke är tvång. Skydd utan dialog är förmynderi. Ett samhälle som vill värna om de mest utsatta kan inte samtidigt kriminalisera deras försörjning och förneka deras rätt att fatta beslut över sina egna liv.

Vi uppmanar regeringen och riksdagen att avvisa detta förslag i sin helhet och i stället arbeta för en inkluderande, kunskapsbaserad och rättighetsfokuserad politik.

Sexarbete är inte ett brott. Digitalt arbete är inte ett hot. Sexarbetares säkerhet och rättigheter är inte förhandlingsbara.

Med respektfulla hälsningar,

Skrivet av:

European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA) – www.eswalliance.org
Red Umbrella Sweden (RUS) – https://redumbrella.se/sv/hem/

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Signatories:

Organisations:

1. Abolition Feminism for Ending Sexual Violence Collective, UK
2. Access Now, Brussels, Belgium
3. AIDS Action Europe, Europe
4. APROSEX, Spain
5. Aspiration, Europe
6. Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STAR Skopje, North Macedonia
7. BC Coalition of Experiential Communities (BCCEC), Canada
8. Bristol Sex Workers Collective, UK
9. CATS, Spain
10. Club Hävytön, Finland
11. Coalición Laboral Puteril (CLaP!), Mexico
12. CO “LEGALIFE-UKRAINE”, Ukraine
13. Comitato per i Diritti Civili delle Prostitute, Italy
14. Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network, The Netherlands
15. Danes je nov dan, Inštitut za druga vprašanja, Slovenia
16. Decrim Now, UK
17. Dekrim Kolektiv, Czech Republic
18. Dublin LGBTQ Pride, Ireland
19. Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice, Europe
20. ESPACE P, Belgium
21. European AIDS Treatment Group, Belgium
22. European Digital Rights (EDRi), Europe
23. European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Europe
24. European Network for the Promotion of Rights and Health Among Migrant Sex Workers, Europe
25. Fair Trade Sex Work (FTS), Finland
26. Fiz Fachstelle Frauenhandel und Frauenmigration, Switzerland
27. Foundation Queer.red, the Netherlands
28. Glitch, UK
29. Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), Global
30. Griselidis, France
31. GSPF, Gesellschaft für Sexarbeits- und Prostitutionsforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany
32. HPLGBT, Ukraine
33. Human Rights Watch (HRW), Global
34. Hydra e.V., Germany
35. iBUS Innsbrucker Beratung und Unterstützung für Sexarbeiter*innen, Austria
36. Intersex Ireland, Ireland
37. Kamelia Collective, Poland
38. KASSANDRA e.V., Germany
39. La Strada International
40. LEFÖ/TAMPEP – Beratung und Gesundheitsprävention für Migrantinnen* in der Sexarbeit, Austria
41. Life Quality Improvement Organisation Flight, Zagreb, Croatia
42. Lysistrada Fachstelle für Sexarbeit, Switzerland
43. maiz Autonomes Zentrum von und für Migrantinnen, Austria
44. Movimento dxs Trabalhadores do Sexo (MTS), Portugal
45. NGO Juventas, Podgorica, Montenegro
46. North East Sex Work Forum (NESWF), United Kingdom
47. Northern Police Monitoring Project, UK
48. Odyseus Civic Association, Bratislava, Slovakia
49. Oikeus työhön (Right to work), Finland
50. OTRAS, Spain
51. Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre, Ireland
52. Peace Institute, Slovenia
53. PICUM – Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, Europe
54. PION – The Sex Workers’ Interest Organisation in Norway, Norway
55. Positiiviset, HivFinland, Finald
56. Pro-tukipiste, Finland
57. ProCoRe, Switzerland
58. Prostitution Information Center, The Netherlands
59. Rauða Regnhlífin/Red Umbrella Iceland, Iceland
60. Red Edition – Verein zur Unterstützung und Beratung marginalisierter professioneller Migrant*innen, Austria
61. Red Insight Media, The Netherlands
62. Red Umbrella Athens, Greece
63. Regnbåge Cafe Ideell förening, Sweden
64. Right Side HRD NGO, Armenia
65. Roter Stöckelschuh, Germany
66. SekswerkExpertise, Platform for the Advancement of Sex Workers’ Rights, The Netherlands
67. SexworkersCollective, Switzerland
68. Sex Work Research Hub, UK
69. Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), Ireland
70. Sex Workers’ Rights Lietuva collective, Lithuania
71. Sex Workers Union, branch of BFAWU, UK
72. Sex Worker Action Group (SWAG) Berlin, Germany
73. Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM), UK
74. SIO (Sexarbejdernes Interesseorganisation), Denmark
75. Statewatch, UK
76. STRASS, Syndicat du Travail Sexuel, France
77. SUPERRR Lab, Germany
78. SWASH – Sex Work And Sexual Health, Japan
79. SWIPE (Sex Worker Intersectional Peer Education), Italy
80. SXA – Info Information und Beratung für Sexarbeitende und Multiplikator:innen, Austria
81. The 6×6 Collective, Berlin, Germany
82. The Black Sex Worker Collective, Global
83. The Red Van – Safety, Health and Dignity for Sex Workers, Denmark
84. The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network, CEECA region
85. TGEU – Trans Europe and Central Asia
86. Together for Safety, Ireland
87. Ugly Mugs Ireland, Ireland
88. UTSOPI, Belgian Union of Sex Workers, Belgium
89. Weaving Liberation, Europe
90. Women’s Collective Ireland Limerick, Ireland
91. XENIA, Fachstelle Sexarbeit, Bern, Switzerland

Individuals (Academics, activists, journalists and all other experts):

1. Dr Carolina Are, platform governance researcher, UK
2. Dr Lynzi Armstrong, Associate Professor in Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
3. Dr Adeline Berry, Senior Research Fellow, UK
4. Dr Licia Brussa, Human Rights Advocate, Italy
5. Dr Rosie Campbell OBE, Research Fellow (University of York) and Senior Research Fellow (University of Huddersfield), UK
6. Dr Laura Connelly, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
7. Nicklas Dennermalm, PhD student in social work, Stockholm University, Sweden
8. Barbora Doležalová, PhD Student, Charles University, Czech Republic
9. Dr Agata Dziuban, Assistant Professor, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
10. Dr Giulia Garofalo Geymonat, Associate Professor in Sociology, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
11. Benjamin Abt, M.A., sociolinguist and prostitute, Switzerland
12. Dominika Jasekova, psychologist, Slovakia
13. Iva Jovovic, Social Worker and Researcher in Social Policy, Croatia
14. Dr Mathilde Kiening, researcher in psychoanalysis, France
15. Laura Horsmanheimo, PhD Student, University of Helsinki, Finland
16. Dr PG Macioti, Doctors of the World France and La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
17. Dr M. Wijers LL.M., human rights researcher and activist, the Netherlands
18. Professor Alison Phipps, sexual violence researcher, UK
19. Vera Rodriguez, Human Rights and Feminist Advocate, the Netherlands
20. Christos Sagredos, Associate Lecturer, Deree – The American College of Greece / PhD candidate, King’s College London, UK
21. Sabrina Sanchez, Human Rights Advocate, Spain
22. Ira Salo, PhD Student, University of Turku, Finland
23. Sara Seubert, social worker (B.A.) and psycho-sozial coach (M.A.), Germany
24. Dr Hanne Stegeman, Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK
25. Marija Tosheva, Human Rights Advocate, North Macedonia
26. Dr Niina Vuolajärvi, Assistant Professor in International Migration, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
27. Dr Camille Waring, Research Fellow
28. Dr Larissa Sandy, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Nottingham, UK
29. Yigit Aydinalp, PhD Student, University of Sheffield, UK
30. Dr Fuensanta Gual, CATS, Spain
31. Dr Isabel Crowhurst, Reader in Sociology, University of Essex, UK
32. Linda Porn, Human rights advocate and artist, APROSEX, Spain
33. Aleksandra Kluczyk, Vice Chair, Management Committee, The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)
34. Dr Anna Ratecka, postdoctoral researcher, Södertörn University, Sweden
35. Kate Fleming, Director, IDEMS International; founder, horizontl, UK
36. Tom Butt, PhD Student, University of East Anglia, UK
37. Karin Astrid Siegmann, Associate Professor, Gender and Labour Economics, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), the Netherlands
38. Dr Giulia Selmi, Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Parma, Italy.
39. Fernanda Belizario, postdoctoral researcher, University of Coimbra, Portugal
40. Silke Heumann, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), the Netherlands
41. Dr Rébecca Franco, Postdoctoral researcher, Sociology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
42. Dr Daisy Matthews, Casual Lecturer (Nottingham Trent University) and Researcher (University of Huddersfield and University of Nottingham), UK
43. Luca Stevenson, Global Lead Community Engagement and Partnerships, International Planned Parenthood Federation; Board Member, Global Network of Sex Work Projects
44. Dr Athena Michalakea, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
45. Fernanda Lobato, PhD student, Sociology, Sciences Po Paris, France
46. Erin Kilbride, Adjunct Professor & Gender Justice Faculty Fellow, Georgetown University, US
47. Elizabeth Mc Guinness, M.A., M.Sc., National Ugly Mugs, UK
48. Fanny Wendt Höjer, PhD candidate, Gender Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
49. Elena Zambelli, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Maynooth University, Ireland
50. Isabelle Johansson, Criminology and Sociology Lecturer, Kristianstad University, Sweden
51. Jenny Kronman, PhD student, Gothenburg University, Sweden
52. Dr Abeba Birhane, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
53. Ines Anttila, sociologist and harm reduction practitioner, Sweden
54. Linda Palhamn, sexologist and HIV prevention worker, Sweden
55. Wszebor Sienkiewicz, Campaigner & Media Designer, Germany
56. Alisha Edwards, M.A., PhD student, Contemporary History, Germany
57. Dr Lorena Molnar, researcher, Université de Lausanne and Applied University of Teacher Education Valais, Switzerland
58. Ray Filar, PhD student, Sussex University, UK
59. Jaana Ahtiainen, M.A., M.Soc.Sc, PhD Student, University of Helsinki, Finland
60. Irena Ferčíková Konečná, PhD., researcher and evaluator, Czech Republic
61. Alexandra Oliveira, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Porto, Portugal.
62. Marie Pueffel, M. Sc., PhD student in Clinical Psycholoy, Bielefeld University, Germany
63. Deborah Hacke, scientist and social worker, Germany
64. Dr Marion Pluskota, Assistant Professor of History, Leiden University, The Netherlands
65. Dr Domitilla (domi) Olivieri, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
66. Kristiina Vesanen, PhD Student, University of Helsinki, Finland
67. Prof Nick Mai, Professor of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK
68. Dr Jay Levy, Head of Community and Inequalities Research, UK
69. Carmela Morgillo, PhD candidate, UCL, UK
70. Dr Laura Graham, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, UK

 

Supporters:

1. Kira Stellar, Sweden
2. Petter Andersson, Sweden
3. Tadzio Müller, Germany
4. Ruby Rebelde, Germany
5. Annie Lilja, Sweden
6. Jana Niedermeier, Germany
7. Birte Martin, Germany
8. Disa TuvStarr, Sweden
9. Tove Pils, Sweden
10. Moa Holmertz, Sweden
11. Sumeeta Hasenbichler, Austria
12. Anders Dahlgren, Sweden
13. Lila Milikj, Republic of North Macedonia
14. Pernilla Nettelbladt, Sweden
15. Sofia Sarkava, Finland
16. Ymania Brown, Germany
17. Frida Stridberg, Sweden
18. Rikki de la Vega 
19. Paul-Gilbert Colletaz, France
20. David Swärd, Sweden
21. Martin Berndt, Germany
22. Alice Ramvall, Sweden
23. Stephanie Ferguson, Sweden
24. Laura Baillie, United Kingdom
25. Angela Jones
26. Tom Veeke, the Netherlands
27. Per Kristoffersson, Sweden
28. Manuela Hanna, the Netherlands
29. Dinah de Riquet Bons, France
30. Cecilia Wachter, Sweden
31. Andrea Corrales Devesa, Spain
32. Veronica Munk, Germany
33. Charlie Stevens, Sweden
34. Dominic O’Regan, United Kingdom
35. Sophia Dapra, Germany
36. Öyvind Andresen, Sweden
37. Mark Lockwood
38. Per Gulbrandsen, Sweden
39. Christian Schmidt, Germany
40. Katharina Tari Staake, Germany
41. Marina Kronkvist, Finland
42. Pie Formosa, Italy
43. Maira M, Italy
44. Sara Mela, Italy
45. Martina Cusumano, Belgium
46. Hmayak Avetisyan, Armenia
47. Bjorn von Knorring, Sweden
48. Ferdinand Krista, Germany
49. Lila Biene, Germany
50. Olivia Vee
51. Christine Devaux, France
52. Rita Sylvester
53. Maria Cristina Di Stefano, Italy
54. Laura Sarti, Italy
55. Kali Sudhra, Spain
56. Astrid Renland, the Netherlands
57. Alex Perez, Spain
58. Christel Antonites, South Africa
59. Oscar Söderholm, Sweden
60. Heather Decker
61. Lisanne Freudenborg, Norway
62. Ivy Barkakati, Spain
63. Yildiz Yalcin, Norway
64. Sara Comba, Italy
65. Elisabeth Tverrli, Norway
66. Sarah Dafne, Sweden
67. Olivera Hansson, Sweden
68. Adrian Turrado, Sweden
69. Phoenix Conrad, Sweden
70. Percy Mejhagen, Sweden
71. Josefin Meurling, Sweden
72. Cynthia Zurkirchen, Switzerland
73. Kandid Jäger, Switzerland
74. Cecilia Wilshaus, Norway
75. Christopher Valdemarsson, Sweden
76. Susie Noble, United Kingdom
77. Anastasia Nilsson, Sweden
78. Malin Karlsson, Sweden
79. Della Valle Gianfranco Della Valle, Italy
80. Klara Gudmundsson, Sweden
81. Francesca Vinciguerra, Italy
82. Edoardo Bedeschi, Italy
83. Reina Malak Elhamidy, Morocco
84. Konstantin Hahn, Germany
85. Quinn Skogsberg, Sweden
86. Silvia Cafaro, Italy
87. Anna Elisabetta Benucci, Italy
88. Federica Mannina, Italy
89. Marta De Rubertis, Italy
90. Ofelia Nightshade, Sweden
91. Sanna Valapuro, Sweden
92. Michelle Rudolfsson, Sweden
93. Pio Ciozda, Germany
94. Mirka Norrström, Sweden
95. Amanda Lindberg, Sweden
96. Robyn Hamberg, Sweden
97. Pontus Hessle Sandstedt, Sweden
98. Sanna Lake, Sweden
99. Majken Köbin, Sweden
100. Claudia Citi, Italy
101. MissLBBW, Sweden
102. Erik Åstedt, Sweden
103. Per Lindberg, Sweden
104. Elina Tjäder, Sweden
105. Niklas Rydberg Pekkari, Sweden
106. Evelina Eklund Hassel, Sweden
107. Kristoffer Abraham Lindh, Sweden
108. Simone Jörnhult, Sweden
109. Caroline Sparf, Finland
110. Graeme Currie, Germany
111. Enya Eldräv, Sweden
112. Sabine Bergström, Sweden
113. Cassandra Olofsson, Sweden
114. Ine Vanwesenbeeck, the Netherlands
115. Ulf Hummelgård, Sweden
116. Reetta Mallinen, Finland
117. Elena Barile, Italy
118. Andreas Eldfogel, Sweden
119. Johanna Molntuss, Sweden
120. Juha Metsämuuronen, Finland
121. Pussel Akatåps, Sweden
122. Rebecka Stenberg, Sweden
123. Claire Fernandez, France
124. Helena Holopainen, Finland
125. Per Börjeson, Sweden
126. Star Branzell, Sweden
127. Herman Hallstedt, Sweden
128. Helgi Arnarson, Norway
129. Saga Malmberg, Sweden
130. Michael Kmoch, Sweden
131. Emil Berg, Sweden
132. Fred Olea, Mexico
133. Viivi Rintala, Finland
134. Cygnus Eriksson, Sweden
135. Gianmarco Perrone, Italy
136. Nadia van der Linde, the Netherlands
137. Noah Godin, Sweden
138. Gabriel Elfving, Sweden
139. Rasmus Ivehult, Sweden
140. Noora Kiviniemi, Finland
141. Isa Häkkinen, Finland
142. Isaac Caceres, Sweden
143. Jerry Olsson, Sweden
144. Angela Minneblom, Sweden
145. Ida Andrée, Sweden
146. Linda Tilly, Sweden
147. Elina Vainionpää, Finland
148. Hans Einemo, Sweden
149. Cecilia Kärfstedt, Sweden
150. Esteri Suomalainen, the Netherlands
151. Daniel Bengtsson, Sweden
152. Martina Daidone, Italy
153. Elena Rosa, Switzerland
154. Maggie Fannon, United Kingdom
155. Karolina Peräaho, Sweden
156. Sofia Hahto, Finland
157. Dante Zimbardo, Italy
158. Iselin Kristiansen, Norway
159. Jamie O’Connor, United Kingdom
160. Jenna Mielonen, Finland
161. Franco, Italy
162. Billy Johansson, Sweden
163. Linda U, Sweden
164. Rachele Pumo, Italy
165. Yenn Diaz, Spain
166. Paula Lundberg, Sweden
167. Boris Geiström, Sweden
168. Mie Jarl, Sweden
169. Noah de Klonia, Sweden
170. Emanu Garnheim, Sweden
171. Johanna Hoppu, Finland
172. Minka Grann, Finland
173. Peter Andersson, Sweden
174. Suzanne Forbes, Germany
175. Neo Kauppinen, Finland
176. Madeléne Tjernqvist, Sweden
177. Lovisa Berg, Sweden
178. Alice Risso, Italy
179. Stella Brugnetta, Italy
180. Sabina Jansson, Sweden
181. Julea Lundvall, Sweden
182. Costanza Gori, Italy
183. Maria Scali, the Netherlands
184. Sandra Hellberg, Sweden
185. Tomas Dorrington-Hardin, Sweden
186. Freyja Strindlund, Sweden
187. Natacha Sweden, Sweden
188. Aurora Kosonen, Finland
189. Elliot Lilius, Sweden
190. Pedro Ivo Machado de Oliveira, Switzerland
191. Lucifer R Fors, Sweden
192. Hannah Bailey
193. Xan Smith, Sweden
194. Johannes Lötberg, Sweden
195. Vittorio Curci, Italy
196. Riley Garcia, Spain
197. Johan Nilsson, Sweden
198. Adrian Jonsson
199. Elnaz Hedayati, Sweden
200. Ella Elonen, Sweden
201. Kiril Tsvetkov, the Netherlands
202. Christopher Hansen, Sweden
203. Alexander Lindblom Fraczak, Sweden
204. River Sparkes, United Kingdom
205. Hertta Tuomi, Finland
206. Joakim Johansson, Sweden
207. Liz X, Sweden
208. Tessa Lehto, Finland
209. Hilda Blomberg, Sweden
210. Inka Salminen, Finland
211. Linnéa Johansson, Sweden
212. Jennie Max, Sweden
213. Elisabetta D’Eugenio, Italy
214. Alva Karlsen, Norway
215. Christian Holmstedt, Sweden
216. Frida Kristoffersson, Sweden
217. Claudia Di Matteo, Sweden
218. Kim Bergenholtz, Sweden
219. Wiktor Johnsson, Sweden
220. Alex Bruno, United Kingdom
221. Henrik Sundholm, Sweden
222. Samuel Kostov, Sweden 
223. Teo Branzell, Sweden
224. Ture Glansk, Sweden
225. Kay Grabara, Germany
226. Helena Rytilahti, Finland
227. Franz Baumgartner, Germany
228. Sara Tagaris, Sweden
229. Ninni Lagerin, Sweden
230. Julian Vannerård, Sweden
231. Melvin andersson ek, Sweden
232. Cornelis Stillberger, Sweden
233. Cai the Dragon, Sweden
234. Jacqueline Suter, Switzerland
235. Charlotte Rhedin, Sweden
236. Fruzsina Szentkiralyi, Sweden
237. Sophie Vandyck, United Kingdom
238. Anna Hultman, Sweden
239. Amanda Jenderbäck, Sweden
240. Mathias Kranawetter, Sweden
241. Greger Lundin, Sweden
242. Emily van der Maesen, the Netherlands
243. Linda Johnson, Sweden
244. Tina Skupin, Sweden
245. Alexandra Forsberg, Sweden
246. Philip Eifrém, Sweden
247. Nathalie Norberg, Sweden
248. Jonathan Cederlund, Sweden
249. Emil Cardell, Sweden
250. Michel Skoglund, Sweden
251. Victor Olausson, Sweden
252. Amanda Montin, Sweden
253. Andrea Catalano, Italy
254. Madelene J, Sweden
255. Torsten Kieslich, Germany
256. Tony Tony, Sweden
257. Eetu Rusila, Finland
258. Emil Briones Ahlén, Sweden
259. Kai Lo Andersson, Sweden
260. Joel Roos, Sweden
261. Miles Fletcher, Sweden
262. Alexander Eliasson Wilck, Sweden
263. Terra Benasers, Sweden
264. Isabell Hannig, Germany
265. Serena Gagliardi, Italy
266. Amanda Räihä, Sweden
267. Ted Frentz, Sweden
268. Louise Pettersson Berg, Sweden
269. Markus Vauhkonen, Finland
270. Julian Curico, Germany
271. Finn MacLeod
272. Susan Davis
273. Denni Jansson, Sweden
274. Jesper Larsson, Sweden
275. Andres Lekanger, Norway
276. Emma Schweitz
277. Steven Nuon
278. Robban Lundqvist, Sweden
279. Maria Rastas, Finland
280. Martin Graper, Sweden
281. Jennifer Fransson, Sweden
282. Andreas A, Sweden
283. Mine Pleasure Bouvar Wenzel, Germany
284. Icy Diamond, France
285. Tim Nylund, Finland
286. Mira Järvenpää, Finland
287. Emilia Gustafsson, Sweden
288. Fredrik Fridsten, Sweden
289. Michele Vicari, Italy
290. Ursula Karlsen, Sweden
291. Elliot Alfredius, Sweden
292. Lelia Hunziker, Switzerland
293. Ulf Westman, Sweden
294. Daniel Thornell, Sweden
295. Andres Alejandro Ruz Ramos, Sweden
296. Birgit Einhoff, Germany
297. Jessica Kristiansson, Sweden
298. Mika Näregård, Sweden
299. Andreas Hiltner, Germany
300. Haley McEwen, Sweden
301. Forodrim Origiamus, Sweden
302. Phil Stöckel, Sweden
303. Helene Jansson, Sweden
304. Jury Kalikov, Estonia
305. Amanda Thell Schuman, Sweden
306. Jules Manning, Switzerland
307. Caoimhe Mader McGuinness, United Kingdom
308. Emma Barfoth, Sweden
309. Iia Salmi, Finland
310. Nina Pihlajamäki, Finland
311. Lisa Wallenberg, Sweden
312. Matilda Broberg, Sweden
313. Nataliia Isaieva, Ukraine
314. Patrik Molntuss, Sweden
315. Sarah Bannon, United Kingdom
316. Jean-Philippe Imbert, Ireland
317. Gul Yaman, the Netherlands
318. Genevieve Louw, Sweden
319. Angela Amico, Italy
320. Anna Pigg, Finland
321. Tuomo Laine, Finland
322. Catharina Hofmans, the Netherlands
323. Livia Lehmann, Switzerland
324. Elma Brusse, the Netherlands
325. Blomman Rönnblom, Sweden
326. Mariam Herreros, United Kingdom
327. Mylène Juste, France
328. Damien Vienna, Austria
329. Stefania Pia Perrino, Italy
330. Sebastijan Gec, Austria
331. Mat Schelllekens, the Netherlands
332. Marcus De Koning Man, the Netherlands
333. Stavroula Triantafyllidou, Greece
334. Marjan Both, the Netherlands
335. Maria Lek, Sweden
336. Vide Hedenius, Sweden
337. Carolina Pressi, Italy
338. Jelena Seidel, Denmark
339. Lola Green, United Kingdom
340. Jonne Kuoksa, Finland
341. Marcus Rehnberg, Sweden
342. Rebeca Hellevaara, Finland
343. Jamal Phoenix, France
344. Alexandra Wiklund, Sweden
345. Maria Cazares, Belgium
346. August Vulcan, Sweden
347. Alexander Sahlgren, Sweden
348. Rene Goericke, Switzerland
349. Chris Spurgat, Germany
350. Alvaro Blanco Lazo, Finland
351. Lundwa Smith, the Netherlands
352. Matt Lambert, Germany
353. Anelya Ruslanova, Kyrgyzstan
354. Janne Kärkinen, Finland
355. Josefina Lundstedt, Sweden
356. Toni Giannopoulou, Greece
357. Marco Confalonieri, Sweden
358. M G, Italy
359. Emma Majava, Finland
360. Irina Soinranta, Finland
361. Tomás Chasqueira, Portugal
362. Rune Hedman, Sweden
363. Nelli Lehto, Finland
364. Sara Goës Touissate, Sweden
365. L K, the Netherlands
366. Caitriona H, Ireland
367. Kate Ruth, the Netherlands
368. Akash Tarrade, Germany
369. Kare Salo, Finland
370. Maria-Cecilia Quadri, Switzerland
371. Elaine D’Alton, Ireland
372. Annika O, Finland
373. Nea Kujala, Finland
374. Ida Uusitalo, Finland
375. Linus Johansson, Sweden
376. S E, Finland
377. Ronja Sannasdotter, Sweden
378. Antti Satta, Finland
379. Marina Cognée, Belgium
380. Marta Battaglia, Italy
381. Ella Van Landeghem, Belgium
382. Lali Demio, Sweden
383. K Atarina, Germany
384. Alessandra Boschi, Belgium
385. Alex King, Germany
386. Levi Letor, Belgium
387. Hohyun Nam, Germany
388. Eva Maria Luise Hannemann, Germany
389. Reija Liikkanen, Finland
390. Mei Gadd, Germany
391. Kerttuli Salonen, Finland
392. Cynthia Frida Trejo Bandala, Spain
393. Geert Madsen, Sweden
394. Ulla Karhu, Finland
395. Farzad Fallah, Switzerland
396. Yoshi Anoschkin, Sweden
397. Melissa Clifford, United Kingdom

 

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