Swedish man jailed for four years for coercing wife into sex with 120 men

A 61-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison for coercing his wife into providing sexual services to more than 120 men.

The court found he had controlled her through threats of violence and security cameras. He was convicted of offences including attempted rape, aggravated pimping, assault and unlawful threats following a trial in Härnösand, on Sweden's eastern coast.

The court also convicted 28 other men of purchasing sexual acts and services.

The case drew international attention and has been compared by some to Dominique Pelicot in France who was found to have drugged his then-wife Gisèle and allowed other men to rape her over a period of nine years.

The man from the Swedish province of Ångermanland consistently denied any wrongdoing and claimed he had only helped organise consensual encounters.

But the court sided with prosecutors, finding he had "ruthlessly exploited" the woman. Neither has been publicly identified.

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Prosecutors said the man began forcing his wife into sex with the men, who travelled to their secluded farm in Kramfors from across the country, in exchange for payment in 2022 - and only ceased when she reported him to police in October 2025.