https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0003776 homoit0003776 Nordic model (Sex work) End demand (Sex work) Equality model (Sex work) Neo-abolition movement (Sex work) Nordic and Swedish model (Sex work) Swedish model (Sex work) 2024-10-30 xsd:date 2024-10-30 xsd:date https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0003772 Sex work legislation https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0003777 Sex work abolition https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0003773 Criminalization of sex work https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0003774 Decriminalization of sex work A legislative approach to sex work first instituted in Sweden in 1999 and then in Norway in 2009 that centers on the criminalization of clients, third parties, and many of the ways sex workers operate. The Nordic model is a form of sex work abolition predicated on the idea that no person can consent to engage in commercial sexual services and that sex workers must therefore be educated and reformed. Sex workers and activists have heavily criticized and opposed the Nordic model.