I can hardly believe this story. Homeschooling in Sweden is legal. Why has the state removed this child from his parents? Failure to vaccinate? Is this really the Swedish liberal utopia?
The HSLDA documented that the child was removed “without a warrant or reasonable cause to believe that he was being harmed.
“Their reasoning? Dominic was being homeschooled, which is permitted by Swedish law, and his parents had also legally opted out of giving him standard vaccinations,” the group said.
Further, in December, “after being kept in state custody for several months with minimal visitation from his parents, a Swedish court upheld this decision.”
Christer told WND that other parents who find themselves in such situations should “get a good lawyer” immediately.
“We’re going to have a meeting with the social board in a few days,” he said. “We’re going to talk at the meeting about if they can return him.”
He said he and his wife have been shocked by what has happened.