ABSTRACT
The property relations and the intimate relations between the spouses in a marriage have always made it necessary to specifically regulate and restrict transactions between spouses and transactions between spouses and third parties. Gifts or donations may of course be given by third parties to a married person or to the spouses as a couple. All the Nordic marriage acts state that the beneficiary may not alter the conditions imposed by the donor or testator unless this has been specially authorized by the donor or testator. Gifts between spouses have always been subject to specific regulations. Even if a gift is fulfilled and it satisfies the form requirements of a marriage contract or other form requirements, there are some measures given in the interest of the donor's creditors. Gifts to, between, and from spouses are surrounded by a wide range of regulations that are not found to the same extent in relation to gifts to, between, and from other parties.
