Dildos to go on sale at Sweden's state-run pharmacies

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — Swedish pharmacies, which are run under a state monopoly chain called Apoteket, will begin selling sex toys such as dildos in June, a spokeswoman for the chain said on Friday.

"It's a trial that will begin in June. We're going to sell a small selection of sexual products in about 50 stores," Elisabet Linge Bergman told AFP.

The range of articles will include "massage oils and dildos," she said.

Apoteket decided to introduce the products "because we know that sex is an important part of our well-being and our health," Linge Bergman said.

"We want to help play down (the use of sex toys), so that it doesn't have to be something secret or shameful," she added.

She said there was strong demand for the products, and their sale in...