Sweden fans kiss prior to the start of a Euro 2016 group match | Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images More sex please, we’re Swedish The country’s government will investigate if people are having less sex.

The Swedish government is to launch a three-year survey into its citizens' sex lives as it investigates reports of a decrease in sexual activity.

Health Minister Gabriel Wikström said in the 20 years since the last survey into the country's sexual habits, newspapers have been reporting that Swedes are having less sex, he told Dagens Nyheter. The aim of the new survey is to find out if that is true — and if so, why.

Wikström said stress could be a factor.

He said that "while our whole society seems permeated by sex, in everything from advertising and social media to much of daily life, the topic is still shrouded by shame ... and absent from the political debate."

"How can we change attitudes," he asked, "when so many people, from parents and teachers to senior officials, are so obviously uncomfortable when talking about sex?"

He added that "sex is not, and never has been, a purely private matter. Sex is also a matter of human health, and from that perspective, a political issue."

The study will be carried out by Sweden's Public Health Agency, with a final report expected in June 2019.

The last study of sexual habits in Sweden was carried out in 1996, with the results published in 2000.

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