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(A) Chapter 4, section 8 of the Swedish Penal Code. Any person who unlawfully obtains access to a communication which a postal or telecommunications firm delivers or transmits in the form of mail or as a telecommunication, shall be sentenced for breach of postal or telecommunication secrecy to a fine or imprisonment for at most two years.
(B) Chapter 4, section 9a of the Swedish Penal Code. Any person who, in a case other than as stated in Section 8, unlawfully and secretly listens to or records by technical means for sound reproduction, speech in a room, a conversation between others or discussions at a conference or other meeting to which the public is not admitted and in which he himself does not participate, or to which he has improperly obtained access, shall be sentenced for eavesdropping to a fine or imprisonment for at most two years.
(C) Chapter 4, section 9b of the Swedish Penal Code. Any person who employs technical means with the intention of committing a breach of telecommunication secrecy in the manner stated in Section 8 or to commit a crime as defined in Section 9a, shall be sentenced for preparation of such a crime to a fine or imprisonment for at most two years if he is not responsible for a completed crime.

Provided By:
Jörgen Axelsson: Setterwalls Advokatbyrå Stockholm AB