{"id":7334,"date":"2023-06-07T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=7334"},"modified":"2023-06-07T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T12:18:31","slug":"sweden-has-not-recognized-sex-as-a-sports-however-ssf-confirms-the-tournament-will-be-held-as-planned-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/sweden-has-not-recognized-sex-as-a-sports-however-ssf-confirms-the-tournament-will-be-held-as-planned-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden Sports Federation Denies Claims of Declaring \u2018Sex As A Sport\u2019 in Sweden!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sex is still taboo in some parts of the world, especially in some Asian countries. In such a scenario, when some of the leading newspapers in Sri Lanka and India reported that Sweden was planning to hold the first European Sex Championship after Sweden had officially recognised sex as a sport, naturally, many were curious about the news, which spread like wildfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at the news reports and the resulting social media posts in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several Indian news outlets, including Times of India<\/a>, Hindustan Times<\/a>, News18<\/a>, and India Today<\/a>, have also published reports of Sweden declaring sex as a sex sport and reported that the first European sex competition would start on June 8, under the guidance of an organisation called the Swedish Sex Federation and went on to state that to determine who’s best at sex, the contestants would engage in daily encounters lasting up to six hours!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also, some of the leading media streams in this country have reported this news can be read here<\/a>. Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact Check:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We checked whether the international media reported that such a competition was scheduled in Sweden. Although local and Indian media reported this news, since other leading global media outlets and European news agencies did not publish news about such a competition or even the fact that Sweden recognised \u2018sex as a sport\u2019, we decided to dig deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our attention was also drawn to an article by a Swedish news agency Goterborgs-Posten, On April 26, 2023, which stated that an application to classify \u2018sex as a sport\u2019 was rejected. Click here<\/a> to read the web article. Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Swedish media outlet, TV4, dated January 19, 2023, stated that Bj\u00f6rn Eriksson, chairman of the National Sports Federation, made it clear that sex will not be classified as a sport, which can be read here<\/a>. Archived Link<\/a> A similar article can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish Sports Confederation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, responding to the recent viral claims, Anna Setzman, the head of communications at the Swedish Sports Confederation, clarified that the news of a certain Swedish Sex Federation had become a member of the Swedish Sports Confederation is entirely false and is part of a smear campaign to tarnish Sweden as a nation and Swedish Sports as seen below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Swedish Sports Confederation has drawn attention to the fact that in some parts of the international media, the news is currently being spread that a sex federation has become a member of The Swedish Sports Confederation. It is false information to smear Swedish sports and Sweden. There is no Sex Federation that is a member of the Swedish Sports Confederation. All this information is false,\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>said Anna Setzman, Head of Communication and Press, Swedish Sports Confederation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, to get the stance of the Swedish government on these claims, we contacted the Swedish Embassy in India and plan to update this article with their clarifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish Sex Federation (SSF)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The viral news reports were based on the notice made by an organisation called Swedish Sex Federation,<\/a> which had announced that a European Sex Championship would be commenced on June 8 in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reply to one of the queries from a fact-checking organisation, the Swedish Sex Federation had stated that the Swedish Sports Confederation had not yet classified sex as a sport yet due to various reasons such as the federation having to pay for training facilities, referees and referee training and courses etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SSF respondent adds that whether the Swedish Sports Federation has accepted \u2018sex as a sport\u2019 or not, the European Sex Championship would proceed as scheduled. The fact-check article with SSF quotes can be read here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, we looked at the social media handles of the Swedish Sex Federation, and they were active on Twitter with the latest updates and reported the arrival of the first contestants who were going to participate, as seen here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get further insights, we emailed SSF and the European Sex Championship Team at SSF clarified that Swedish Tax Agency had registered the Swedish Sex Federation for training and competition in sex. This registration was given after three (3) long years of control and fulfilled requirements by SSF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SSF team also added that Swedish Sports Confederation\u00a0(RF) is financed with 2 billion Swedish kronor each year by the Swedish Tax Agency to help all sports organizations in Sweden. Yet the Swedish Sports Federation has denied SSF in their organization but has accepted e-sports into their organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So SSF clarifies that since Swedish Tax Agency had registered them, sex is recognized as a sport but not accepted by the Swedish Sports Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our investigation shows that viral posts claiming that Sweden had officially declared \u2018sex as a sport\u2019 are false and misleading. The Swedish Sports Confederation confirms that an organisation called \u2018Swedish Sex Federation\u2019 had not been registered under them, and the viral posts were a smear campaign targeting Swedish sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Swedish Sex Federation (SSF) confirms that the Sex Championship will commence on June 8 as planned, irrespective of Swedish Sports Federation not declaring \u2018sex as a sport\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t