Sweden has voted to keep a controversial law that bans unlicensed dancing in public - and even includes 'illegally moving your feet to music'.

Owners of bars, clubs or restaurants that lack a dance permit can still be fined if customers 'dance spontaneously and without permission', MPs have ruled.

Police have backed the law arguing that permits are needed because dancing creates chaos, which can lead to disorder and fighting.

Owners of bars, clubs or restaurants in Sweden that lack a dance permit can be fined if customers 'dance spontaneously'. File phot

But opponents have branded the rule an 'embarrassing bureaucratic relic' which should be scrapped.

Nightclub owner Anders Varveus said he is planning a street-dance march in August similar to a protest organised in 2012.

He said: 'I expect to have around 10,000 people dance in protest to this ridiculous law.

'How you want to move your own body is not a matter for regulation.

'What is the definition of dancing? Once you start moving, how do you know when you've crossed a line? It's ludicrous to think stuffy politicians are really the right people to decide this.'