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Region | Åland |
Issue | Same-sex marriage |
Status | Legal |
Start Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | Finland voted to legalize full marriage for same-sex couples on November 28, 2014, but it went into effect on March 1, 2017. It was the last Nordic sovereign state to approve gay marriage. |
Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20170302025418/http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/same-sex_marriage_law_goes_into_effect_in_finland/9486556 http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/same-sex_marriage_law_goes_into_effect_in_finland/9486556 |
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Status | Legal |
Start Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | Finland voted to legalize full marriage for same-sex couples on November 28, 2014, but it went into effect on March 1, 2017. It was the last Nordic sovereign state to approve gay marriage. |
Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20170302025418/http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/same-sex_marriage_law_goes_into_effect_in_finland/9486556 http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/same-sex_marriage_law_goes_into_effect_in_finland/9486556 |