The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation ( sv, Ombudsmannen mot diskriminering på grund av sexuell läggning), abbreviated HomO, was the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

office of the

ombudsman An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...

against

discrimination Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, relig ...

on grounds of sexual orientation. On 1 January 2009, it was merged with other ombudsman officers into the new

Equality Ombudsman The Equality Ombudsman ( sv, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, , discrimination ombudsman, DO; formerly sv, Jämställdhetsombudsmannen, , equality ombudsman, label=none, JämO) is a government agency in Sweden tasked with supervising the laws relati ...

(''Diskrimineringsombudsmannen''). HomO was the most recently instituted Swedish ombudsman, in the sense of a government official who addresses the complaints of individual citizens. HomO had the status of a

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

. In 2005 it received around 8 million SEK in government funding. The term HomO is used both to refer to the office and as the title of its government-appointed acting head. HomO was the officially mandated short form, but is not a true acronym or

abbreviation An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...

. Instead the word alludes to both "homo" (

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ...

) and to traditional Swedish ombudsman abbreviations which do expand into descriptive terms, such as JämO = . In addition to this government office, the merger that created the

office involved the earlier offices of Equality Ombudsman,

Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...

and

Disability Ombudsman Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sen ...

External links

Official site for HomO
(English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ombudsman Against Discrimination On Grounds Of Sexual Orientation (Sweden) LGBT political advocacy groups in Sweden Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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