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Crime > Punishment Stats: compare key data on Norway & Sweden

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STAT Norway Sweden
Crimes possibly attracting life sentence No life imprisonment sentence Murder, kidnapping, arson, sabotage, devastation, hijacking, espionage, terror crimes, rebellion, endangering the public health by spread of contagion or poison, disloyalty when negotiating with foreign powers, dealing with anti-personnel mines, cluster bombs or chemical or nuclear weapons, unlawful nuclear explosion, treason, genocide and (the following in wartime only) mutiny, insubordination, undermining the will to fight, desertation, unauthorised capitulation, negligence of war preparations and negligence of battle duty; attempts, accessories, accomplices and incitements of all the above crimes might also be punished with life.
Crimes requiring mandatory sentence No life imprisonment sentence None
Has indefinite sentence Yes Yes
Has life imprisonment No Yes
Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 No life imprisonment sentence, people over age of 15 can be sentenced by normal laws or to child protection under 21 : no life imprisonment
Maximum length of sentence 21 years (can be extended indefinitely if the criminal poses a danger to society at the end of served time); 30 years for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity None
Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Varies, depending on sentence 18 years or never, but parole hearing may be held after 10 years served, thus fixing a much later date for release on parole

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