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of the Press Act</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression</div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Monarchy</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Sweden" title="Monarchy of Sweden">King</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Swedish_monarchs" title="List of Swedish monarchs">list</a>): <a href="/wiki/Carl_XVI_Gustaf" title="Carl XVI Gustaf">Carl XVI Gustaf</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heirs_to_the_Swedish_throne" title="List of heirs to the Swedish throne">Crown Princess</a>: <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden" title="Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_royal_family" title="Swedish royal family">Royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Court_of_Sweden" title="Royal Court of Sweden">Royal Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Realm_(Sweden)" title="Marshal of the Realm (Sweden)">Marshal of the Realm</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fredrik_Wers%C3%A4ll" title="Fredrik Wersäll">Fredrik Wersäll</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sweden#Executive_branch" title="Politics of Sweden">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sweden" title="Government of Sweden">Government</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kristersson_cabinet" title="Kristersson cabinet">Kristersson cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sweden" title="Prime Minister of Sweden">Prime Minister</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Sweden">list</a>): <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Kristersson" title="Ulf Kristersson">Ulf Kristersson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Sweden" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden">Deputy Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ebba_Busch" title="Ebba Busch">Ebba Busch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenbad" title="Rosenbad">Government offices</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swedish_ministries" title="List of Swedish ministries">Ministries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_agencies_in_Sweden" title="Government agencies in Sweden">Government agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Riksdag,_2018%E2%80%932022" title="List of members of the Riksdag, 2018–2022">Current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_apportionment_of_MP_seats_in_the_Riksdag" title="National apportionment of MP seats in the Riksdag">National apportionment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_committees_in_the_Riksdag" title="Parliamentary committees in the Riksdag">Committees</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/War_Delegation" title="War Delegation">War Delegation</a></dd></dl></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Court of Sweden">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bondeska_palatset_H%C3%B6gsta_domstolen_s%C3%B6derut.jpg/390px-Bondeska_palatset_H%C3%B6gsta_domstolen_s%C3%B6derut.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bondeska_palatset_H%C3%B6gsta_domstolen_s%C3%B6derut.jpg/520px-Bondeska_palatset_H%C3%B6gsta_domstolen_s%C3%B6derut.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bonde_Palace" title="Bonde Palace">Bonde Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, housing the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Court of Sweden">Supreme Court</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>judicial system of Sweden</b> consists of the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Sweden" title="Law of Sweden">law of Sweden</a> and a number of <a href="/wiki/Government_agencies_in_Sweden" title="Government agencies in Sweden">government agencies</a> tasked with upholding security and rule of law within the country.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The activities of these agencies include <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> and <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency" title="Law enforcement agency">law enforcement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prosecution" class="mw-redirect" title="Prosecution">prosecution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Court" title="Court">courts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prisons</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Corrections" title="Corrections">correctional services</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Courts">Courts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The courts are divided into two parallel and separate systems: The general courts (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">allmänna domstolar</i>) for criminal and civil cases, and general administrative courts (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">allmänna förvaltningsdomstolar</i>) for cases relating to disputes between private persons and the authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of these systems has three levels. <a href="/wiki/Leave_to_appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="Leave to appeal">Leave to appeal</a> can be required for a review at the second and third level.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also special courts and tribunals that hear specific cases.<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceMSwe_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceMSwe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceSweSpecial_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceSweSpecial-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_courts">General courts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: General courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_Sweden" title="District courts of Sweden">District courts of Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Courts_of_appeal_in_Sweden" title="Courts of appeal in Sweden">Courts of appeal in Sweden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Court of Sweden">Supreme Court of Sweden</a></div> <p>The general courts deal with criminal cases, like an act defined in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Swedish_Penal_Code&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swedish Penal Code (page does not exist)">Swedish Penal Code</a> or in another law, for which a sanction is prescribed (e.g. theft or robbery). The general courts also handle some civil law disputes, for example, disputes over the contents of a business agreement or cases relating to <a href="/wiki/Family_law" title="Family law">family law</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-snca-en_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snca-en-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-law-sv_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law-sv-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-system-desc-en_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-system-desc-en-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a number of other non-contentious matters; such as adoption and appointment of <a href="/wiki/Legal_guardian" title="Legal guardian">legal guardians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Proceedings are generally open to the public, but access can be restricted for example in cases about sexual offences.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1228772891">.mw-parser-output .glossary dt{margin-top:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .glossary dt+dt{margin-top:-0.2em}.mw-parser-output .glossary .templatequote{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:-0.5em}</style> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="district_courts"><dfn>District courts</dfn></dt> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg/260px-Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg/390px-Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg/520px-Attunda_tingsr%C3%A4tt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="276" /></a><figcaption>Attunda <a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_Sweden" title="District courts of Sweden">district court</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tureberg" title="Tureberg">Tureberg</a></figcaption></figure> <dd>There are 48 <a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_Sweden" title="District courts of Sweden">district courts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/Tingsr%C3%A4tt" class="mw-redirect" title="Tingsrätt">tingsrätt</a></i>). The district courts are the court of first instance for the general courts.<sup id="cite_ref-snca-en_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snca-en-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, the <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">tingsrätt</i></span> became the district court all over Sweden, replacing the previous distinction between <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">rådhusrätt</i></span> in larger cities and <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">häradsrätt</i></span> for the <a href="/wiki/Assize_courts_of_Sweden" title="Assize courts of Sweden">assize courts of Sweden</a> in other parts of the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dt id="courts_of_appeal"><dfn>Courts of appeal</dfn></dt> <dd>There are six <a href="/wiki/Courts_of_appeal_in_Sweden" title="Courts of appeal in Sweden">appellate courts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/Hovr%C3%A4tt" title="Hovrätt">hovrätt</a></i>). The courts of appeal are the second instance on issues relating to criminal cases, contentious cases and other judicial issues that have already been dealt with by a district court. The <a href="/wiki/Appellate_court" title="Appellate court">appellate court</a> may in some circumstances require a leave to appeal, meaning they will only proceed with a case if there is reason to believe they would arrive at a conclusion different to that of the district court.<sup id="cite_ref-coa-en_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coa-en-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coa-sv_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coa-sv-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt id="supreme_court"><dfn>Supreme Court</dfn></dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Court of Sweden">supreme court</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Högsta domstolen</i>) is the final instance of the general courts. A leave to appeal is required. This is granted by the court itself and basically only done when it is deemed important to establish a <a href="/wiki/Precedent" title="Precedent">precedent</a> for the lower courts.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_administrative_courts">General administrative courts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: General administrative courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_courts_in_Sweden" title="Administrative courts in Sweden">Administrative courts in Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_courts_of_appeal_in_Sweden" title="Administrative courts of appeal in Sweden">Administrative courts of appeal in Sweden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Administrative_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden">Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden</a></div> <p>The general administrative courts handle numerous types of cases relating to disputes between private persons and the authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-general-en_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-general-en-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-law-ga-sv_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law-ga-sv-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 500 different kinds of cases are assigned to the general administrative courts, like appeals against decisions made by the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Tax_Agency" title="Swedish Tax Agency">Swedish Tax Agency</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Social_Insurance_Agency" title="Swedish Social Insurance Agency">Swedish Social Insurance Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-admin-en_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admin-en-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-about-sv_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-sv-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891"> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="administrative_courts"><dfn>Administrative courts</dfn></dt> <dd>There are 12 <a href="/wiki/Administrative_courts_in_Sweden" title="Administrative courts in Sweden">administrative courts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">förvaltningsrätt</i>). They are the court of first instance for the general administrative courts.<sup id="cite_ref-general-en_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-general-en-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt id="administrative_courts_of_appeal"><dfn>Administrative courts of appeal</dfn></dt> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg/260px-Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg/390px-Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg/520px-Gamla_Riksdagshuset_Sthlm_gatsida.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2192" data-file-height="1434" /></a><figcaption>The Administrative Court of Appeal <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></figcaption></figure> <dd>There are four <a href="/wiki/Administrative_courts_of_appeal_in_Sweden" title="Administrative courts of appeal in Sweden">administrative courts of appeal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">kammarrätt</i>). They mostly handle cases and other judicial issues that have already been dealt with by the lower administrative courts, but also act as court of first instance in cases related to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sweden#Public_access_to_governmental_documents" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Sweden">principle of public access</a> to official records. The court needs to grant a leave to appeal to hear a case; with the exception of tax cases, cases concerning the compulsory care for young people or adults with substance misuse problems, and people who are mentally ill. A leave of appeal is only granted if there's reason to believe a decision might be overturned, or set an important precedent in a higher court.<sup id="cite_ref-about-official-sv_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-official-sv-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-about-official-en_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-official-en-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-public-access_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-public-access-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt id="supreme_administrative_court"><dfn>Supreme Administrative Court</dfn></dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Administrative_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden">Supreme Administrative Court</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen</i>) is the final instance of the general administrative courts. A permission to appeal will only be granted by the Supreme Administrative Court if there is reason to believe the case may be of importance as a precedent. Simple erroneous judicial decision-making by the lower courts is usually not sufficient for the court to consider a case.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_courts">Special courts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Special courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are also a number of special courts, which will hear a narrower set of cases, as set down by legislation. These special courts has a narrow jurisdiction as defined by special laws.<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceSweSpecial_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceSweSpecial-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, the law about Land and Environmental courts (2010:921), the law Plan and Building act (2010:900) or the Foreign law or the Law of Foreigners (2005:716). Some of these courts are operated as divisions within courts of the general or general administrative courts. The special courts usually determine cases at the lowest level of the court system or at the first appeal level of the court system. </p> <ul><li>Land and environmental courts (<i>mark- och miljödomstolar</i>): five district courts and one court of appeals, <a href="/wiki/Svea_hovr%C3%A4tt" class="mw-redirect" title="Svea hovrätt">Svea hovrätt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migration_courts_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Migration courts of Sweden">Migration courts</a> (<i>migrationsdomstolar</i>): three county administrative courts and one administrative court of appeals, in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_courts" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime courts">Maritime courts</a>: seven district courts</li> <li>The Labour Court (<i>Arbetsdomstolen</i>)</li> <li>The Market Court (<i>Marknadsdomstolen</i>)</li> <li>The Court of Patent Appeals (<i>Patentbesvärsrätten</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceSweSpecial_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceSweSpecial-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Defence_Intelligence_Court_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Defence Intelligence Court (Sweden)">The Defence Intelligence Court</a> (<i>Försvarsunderrättelsedomstolen</i>)</li></ul> <p>A number of authorities are also very similar to special courts in the way they operate: </p> <ul><li>Regional rent tribunals (<i>hyresnämnder</i>), of which there are eight, within district courts.</li> <li>Regional tenancy tribunals (<i>arrendenämnder</i>), of which there are eight, in the same locations as regional rent tribunals.<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceSweSpecial_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceSweSpecial-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The tribunal for traffic injuries (<i>Trafikskadenämnden</i>) in Stockholm. If the parties don't want to accept its recommendation, the case is appealed in the district court (tingsrätt). Other insurance matters have their own tribunals: <i>Ansvarsförsäkringens Personskadenämnd</i>, <i>Ombudskostnadsnämnden</i>, <i>Personförsäkringsnämnden</i> and <i>Nämnden för rättsskyddsfrågor</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Board_for_Consumer_Complaints_(Sweden)" title="National Board for Consumer Complaints (Sweden)">The National Board for Consumer Complaints</a> (<i>Allmänna reklamationsnämnden</i>) provides guidance, but without imposing sanctions or any penalties, but are often honoured.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law">Law</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Sweden" title="Law of Sweden">Law of Sweden</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-Sveriges_Rikes_Lag_2013_001.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1790" data-file-height="1181" /></a><figcaption><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Sveriges rikes lag</i></span>, the <i>de facto</i> statute book</figcaption></figure> <p>Sweden has a <a href="/wiki/Criminal_law" title="Criminal law">penal law system</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)" title="Civil law (legal system)">civil law</a> <a href="/wiki/Legal_systems_of_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal systems of the world">system</a> and an extensive system of <a href="/wiki/Administrative_law" title="Administrative law">administrative law</a>, all with laws created by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Sweden">Parliament of Sweden</a>. The Swedish internal law is by law subject to EU-law, international law and the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (September 2019)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Sweden allows for the court's free evaluation of evidence, including <a href="/wiki/Hearsay" title="Hearsay">hearsay</a> evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009258_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009258-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The role of <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> of legislation is generally not practiced by the courts; instead, the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Legislation_(Sweden)" title="Council on Legislation (Sweden)">Council on Legislation</a> gives non-binding opinions on legality.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009243_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009243-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Source is before 2010 Consitution update. Web source https://lagen.nu/1974:152#K11R8 has several cases, but using them as source is OR. (September 2019)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> Courts are not bound by <a href="/wiki/Precedent" title="Precedent">precedent</a>, although it can be influential.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009246_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009246-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Sweden)" title="Ministry of Justice (Sweden)">Ministry of Justice</a>, a cabinet-level department in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sweden" title="Government of Sweden">government of Sweden</a> headed by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Sweden)">Minister of Justice</a>. It is primarily concerned with legislation concerning the judiciary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The actual day-to-day administration of the courts is the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_National_Courts_Administration" title="Swedish National Courts Administration">National Courts Administration</a> (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Domstolsverket</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After completing their legal education, graduates may become judges, prosecutors, or private attorneys.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009245_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009245-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government is the principal employer of <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law school</a> graduates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009249_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009249-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judges">Judges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Judges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Judges start their career by applying to the Ministry of Justice, who accepts about 30% of applicants.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009245_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009245-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They begin their training as assistants and court clerks for about 2 years, and after candidates pass the appropriate test, are assigned to a district court.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009245–246_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009245–246-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a broad range of assignments that may last up to 8 years, the government determines appointments and promotion of judges to permanent positions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009246_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009246-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceLegalPro_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceLegalPro-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Appellate judges sometimes must wait until they have 20 years of experience before they are appointed. To be appointed as an appellate judge, a judge must have the correct balance of good academic scores, solid research papers, several years of 'notable' litigating practice at both district and appellate courts, and voluntary service as providing legal aid as well as guest faculty providing lectures at Law Schools.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009246_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009246-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prosecutors">Prosecutors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Prosecutors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Prosecution_Authority" title="Swedish Prosecution Authority">Swedish Prosecution Authority</a></div> <p>Swedish prosecutors are lawyers who are employed by the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Prosecution_Authority" title="Swedish Prosecution Authority">Swedish Prosecution Authority</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Åklagarmyndigheten</i>) and who direct the work of the police in cases concerning criminality. The prosecutor decides on whether to bring charges in a case, and appears in court.<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceLegalPro_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceLegalPro-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In all criminal cases, the prosecutors make decisions concerning arrests and charges on behalf of the public, and are the only public officials who can make such decisions - there is a possibility, rarely used, for private individuals to present a <a href="/wiki/Private_prosecution" title="Private prosecution">private prosecution</a> (<i>enskilt åtal</i>) as well. (The exception is cases concerning crimes against the freedom of the press, for which the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Justice" title="Chancellor of Justice">Chancellor of Justice</a> acts as prosecutor.) In court, the prosecutor is not necessarily in an adversarial relationship to the defendant, but is under an obligation to investigate and present information which is to the advantage of the defendant as well as to his or her disadvantage.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is not a member of the bench, nor does he participate in the private deliberations of the court. </p><p>The prosecutor is also the only public official who can decide to appeal public prosecution cases to courts of appeal. (As well as the defence, victims, their representatives and other parties to the case (<i>målsäganden</i>) can also appeal.) When a case has been decided by a court of appeal, the right to appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden" title="Supreme Court of Sweden">Supreme Court</a> passes from the prosecutor of the individual case to the <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor-General_of_Sweden" title="Prosecutor-General of Sweden">Prosecutor-General of Sweden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">riksåklagaren</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceLegalPro_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceLegalPro-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chancellor_of_Justice">Chancellor of Justice</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chancellor of Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Justice_(Sweden)" title="Chancellor of Justice (Sweden)">Chancellor of Justice</a> (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">justitiekanslern</i></span>) is by law a direct subject of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sweden" title="Government of Sweden">Government of Sweden</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the chief legal advisor to the government and the Minister, represents Sweden in civil litigation, and also has oversight responsibility similar to that of an <a href="/wiki/Ombudsman" title="Ombudsman">ombudsman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chancellor also has duties with respect to the Freedom of the Press Act and the Fundamental Laws on Freedom of Expression, two of the four constituent pieces of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Sweden">Constitution of Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009242-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chancellor is the sole prosecutor in cases concerning offences against the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press" title="Freedom of the press">freedom of the press</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_expression" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom of expression">freedom of expression</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocates">Advocates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Advocates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Haijby_affair,_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Haijby_affair%2C_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg/200px-Haijby_affair%2C_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Haijby_affair%2C_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg/300px-Haijby_affair%2C_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Haijby_affair%2C_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg/400px-Haijby_affair%2C_Kurt_Haijby_and_Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.jpg 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Henning_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m" title="Henning Sjöström">Henning Sjöström</a> (right), regarded as Sweden's first celebrity lawyer due to his high-profile cases.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Advokat" title="Advokat">Advokat</a></div> <p>A lawyer becomes an <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">advokat</i></span> or advocate when they are admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Bar_Association" title="Swedish Bar Association">Swedish Bar Association</a> after they graduate from <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law school</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Candidate_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Candidate of Law">Candidate of Law</a> and have practiced law for at least 3 years.<sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceLegalPro_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceLegalPro-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A board of the Swedish Bar Association supervises members and may disqualify an advokat from practicing law.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor-General_of_Sweden" title="Prosecutor-General of Sweden">Prosecutor General</a> may request the board take action pursuant to the Code on Judicial Procedure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247–248_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247–248-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compared with other countries, the number of attorneys (advocates) in private practice is small.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In principle, only an <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">advokat</i></span> are appointed as a public defender, though the advocate title is not a hardened requirement. The person assigned a "public defender" may however reject the defender and has a legal right to represent himself or herself, and may also choose their own defender, who may or may not be a member of the Swedish Bar Association. <sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lay_judges">Lay judges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Lay judges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Lay_judge" title="Lay judge">Lay judge</a></div> <p>In Sweden, <a href="/wiki/Lay_judge" title="Lay judge">lay judges</a> (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">nämndemän</i></span>, also known as lay assessors) sit alongside professional judges in district and appellate general and administrative courts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lay judges are always in the majority in district courts, whereas the professional judges are in the majority in the appellate courts. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Municipal_assembly_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal assembly (Sweden)">Municipal assemblies</a> appoint lay judges for the district courts and the <a href="/wiki/County_Councils_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="County Councils of Sweden">county councils</a> appoint lay judges for the appellate and county administrative courts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-e-justiceLegalPro_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e-justiceLegalPro-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are appointed for a period of 4 years, and may not refuse appointment without valid excuse such as an age of 60 years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typically, a lay judge will serve one day per month in court during his or her tenure. </p><p>In principle, any adult can become a lay judge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMalsch200948_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMalsch200948-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lay judges must be Swedish citizens and under 70 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People that cannot be lay judges are judges, <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_court" title="Officer of the court">court officers</a>, prosecutors, police, attorneys, and professionals engaged in judicial proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In practice, lay judges in Sweden are more elderly, wealthier, and better educated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMalsch200948_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMalsch200948-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lay judges are usually <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politicians</a> from the local authority from which they are appointed, appointed in proportion to political party representation at the last local elections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBell2004299–300_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBell2004299–300-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBell2004306_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBell2004306-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDiesen_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDiesen-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The use of lay judges in Sweden goes back to medieval times, for instance the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Uppland" title="Law of Uppland">Law of Uppland</a> (1296).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009248–249-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDiesen_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDiesen-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Juries">Juries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Juries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Jury#Sweden" title="Jury">Jury § Sweden</a></div> <p>Jurors (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">jurymän</i></span>) who decide cases outside the presence of judges are only used in <a href="/wiki/News_media" title="News media">press</a> <a href="/wiki/Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a> cases and other cases concerning offenses against <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press" title="Freedom of the press">freedom of the press</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TF_K12P2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF_K12P2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ginsburg_p23_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginsburg_p23-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unless the parties agree to waive a jury trial, the question of whether or not the printed material falls outside permissible limits is submitted to a jury of nine members.<sup id="cite_ref-TF_K12P2_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF_K12P2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ginsburg_p23_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginsburg_p23-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these cases, six of the nine jurors must find against the defendant, and may not be overruled in cases of acquittal.<sup id="cite_ref-Ginsburg_p23_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginsburg_p23-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most frequently prosecuted offence under this act is <a href="/wiki/Defamation" title="Defamation">defamation</a>, although in total eighteen offences, including high treason and espionage, are covered.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Sentencing is the sole prerogative of judges.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Jurors are appointed for each county by the county or municipal council for four-year terms, divided into two groups of sixteen and eight jurors, or twenty-four and twelve jurors for <a href="/wiki/Stockholm_County" title="Stockholm County">Stockholm County</a>, where jurors in the second group should be or have been lay judges in the ordinary or administrative courts.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jury members must be Swedish citizens and resident in the county in which the case is being heard, they must be of sound judgement and known for their independence and integrity, and combined, they should represent a range of social groups and opinions, as well as all parts of the county.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From this pool of available jurymen the court hears and excludes those with conflicts of interest in the case, after which the defendants and plaintiffs have the right to exclude a number of members, varying by county and group.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final jury is then randomly selected by drawing of lots.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> has in a few cases determined that the outcome of such "random" selections of juries or court members may cause violations of the convention of human rights if the resulting selection of jury does not appear to be impartial or independent from the parties of the case or the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (September 2019)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_education">Legal education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Legal education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Sweden" title="Education in Sweden">Education in Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_law_schools_in_Sweden" title="List of law schools in Sweden">List of law schools in Sweden</a></div> <p>Legal education in Sweden results in a master of law degree after about 4–5 years of study.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009249_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009249-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sweden has several law schools: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uppsala_University" title="Uppsala University">Uppsala University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lund_University" title="Lund University">Lund University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockholm_University" title="Stockholm University">Stockholm University</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Gothenburg" title="University of Gothenburg">Gothenburg University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ume%C3%A5_University" title="Umeå University">Umeå University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_University" title="Örebro University">Örebro University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karlstad_University" title="Karlstad University">Karlstad University</a></li></ul> <p>The government is the principal employer of <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law school</a> graduates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009249_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009249-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compared with other countries, the number of attorneys in private practice is small.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009247-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are about 100 law professors in Sweden.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009250_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009250-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg/220px-Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg/330px-Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg/440px-Swedish_police_vans_in_Stockholm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Two Swedish police vans</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Sweden" title="Law enforcement in Sweden">Law enforcement in Sweden</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Sweden)" title="Ministry of Justice (Sweden)">Ministry of Justice</a>, a cabinet-level department in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sweden" title="Government of Sweden">government of Sweden</a> headed by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Sweden)">Minister of Justice</a>, is primarily concerned with legislation concerning law enforcement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETerrill2009229_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETerrill2009229-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main body for law enforcement in Sweden is the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Police_Authority" title="Swedish Police Authority">Swedish Police Authority</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Prison_and_Probation_Service_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prison and Probation Service (Sweden)">Prison and Probation Service</a> is the government agency handling prisons in Sweden. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4ktning" class="mw-redirect" title="Häktning">Häktning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Sweden" title="Law of Sweden">Law of Sweden</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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