Swedish roundup: Skandia lawsuit, Handelsbanken move (Trust Me-SJ)

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Swedish roundup: Skandia lawsuit, Handelsbanken move


August 13, 2012


http://www.ipe.com/guest/swedish-roundup-skandia-lawsuit-handelsbanken-move_46898.php#articlebelowad


SWEDEN – Skandia, the Swedish financial services provider, is being sued by Diskrimineringsbyrån, an anti- discrimination organisation in Uppsala, for allegedly prohibiting a transsexual person from changing her name in the company register.

The woman, who was born as a man, was told in her first conversation with Skandia that the name change was not possible, as it did not fit with her legal gender.