Swedish couple allowed to name son Q

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Sweden’s highest court has ruled that a couple in the city of Jamtland can legally name their child the letter �Q.� The parents fought past two denials by lower courts in a battle that’s lasted nearly a year. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Henrik St�hl of the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

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