Legality of bestiality by country or territory
Country or territory Bestiality Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Denmark ❌ Illegal since 1 July 2015 Penalty : Fine or a maximum of 4 months in prison ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown
Estonia ❌ Illegal Penalty : ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown
Faroe Islands ( Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark ) ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown
Finland Legal since 15 January 1971 ❓ Unknown ❌ Illegal Penalty : ❓ Unknown
Iceland Legal since 12 August 1940 ( As part of Denmark ) ❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal ❓ Unknown
Latvia ❌ Illegal Penalty : ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown
Lithuania ❌ Illegal Penalty : ❓ Unknown ❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal ❓ Unknown
Norway ❌ Illegal since 2008 Penalty : Fine and/or maximum of 3 years in prison ❓ Unknown ❓ Unknown
Sweden ❌ Illegal since 2014 Penalty : Fine , maximum of 2 years ' imprisonment , or both ❓ ❓
National laws -- Europe
Legality of bestiality by country or territory concerns the laws governing humans performing sex acts with non-human animals. Laws against humans performing sex acts on animals, where they exist, are concerned with the actual act, which it commonly refers to as bestiality , rather than the sexual attraction to animals. For this reason, prohibitions of zoophilic pornography are more varied; they may be unlawful if an actual sex act with an animal is involved, but the status is not clear-cut if there is a mere representation, such as a painting or cartoon. In that case, normal obscenity laws will normally apply. All zoophilic imagery is widely regarded as pornography .