Love hurts for more and more Swedes with over 25,000 couples calling an end to their union in 2013, the highest figure in almost 40 years.
A total of 25,100 marriages ended in divorce last year according to figures released by Statistics Sweden (Statistika centralbyrån) which is the highest figure since 1975.
The length of marriages varied from county to county with the average union which ended in divorce in Stockholm county lasting ten years.
By contrast, lovers who lived in the Halland and Jämtland counties toughed it out a bit longer. Marriages in those counties which ended in divorce in 2013 lasted on average 13 years.
The most common marriage year for those who called it quits in 2013 were those who tied the knot in 2009 followed by 2010 and 2008. More than 100 couples who tied the knot in 2013 were divorced by the end of the same year.
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A total of 25,100 marriages ended in divorce last year according to figures released by Statistics Sweden (Statistika centralbyrån) which is the highest figure since 1975.
The length of marriages varied from county to county with the average union which ended in divorce in Stockholm county lasting ten years.
By contrast, lovers who lived in the Halland and Jämtland counties toughed it out a bit longer. Marriages in those counties which ended in divorce in 2013 lasted on average 13 years.
The most common marriage year for those who called it quits in 2013 were those who tied the knot in 2009 followed by 2010 and 2008. More than 100 couples who tied the knot in 2013 were divorced by the end of the same year.
Read More>> http://www.thelocal.se/20140626/swedish-divorce-rates-hit-record-high
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