The authors of this report have researched different aspects of the Swedish prostitution policy over several years. One of them has also conducted field work among people who sell sex in Sweden. This particular report is based on research conducted in the context of a larger project conducted through the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. It is written with an international audience in mind, the reason being that there appears to be a large demand for knowledge regarding the actual effects of the “Swedish model” – knowledge that is based on Swedish research but not filtered through the official discourse.