CULTURAL ENRICHMENT: Sweden: Child marriage authorized by tax authority.

A marriage between a 14-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man was authorized last year by Swedish authorities.

The two were asylum seekers . . .

Since 2013, three 15-year-olds, one 16-year-old and seven 17-year-olds have been registered as married in Sweden, all of them girls. . . .

After 2009, marriages of people under 15 are not allowed to be authorized. However, this marriage was mistakenly authorized by the tax authorities, making it official.

When the social services in the couple’s municipality notified the tax authorities of the marriage, however, the marriage was annulled and the girl was found different housing.