PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 constituteproject.org Sweden's Constitution of 1974 with Amendments through 2012 This complete constitution has been generated from excerpts of texts from the repository of the Comparative Constitutions Project, and distributed on constituteproject.org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 Table of contents The Instrument of Government. 10 Chapter 1: Basic principles of the form of government. 10 Chapter 2: Fundamental rights and freedoms. 11 Part 1: Freedom of opinion.
11 Part 2: Physical integrity and freedom of movement. 12 Part 3: Rule of law. 13 Part 4: Protection against discrimination. 14 Part 5: Protection of property and the right of public access.
14 Part 7: Freedom of trade. 15 Part 8: Education and research. 15 Part 9: The European Convention. 15 Part 10: Conditions for limiting rights and freedoms.
15 Chapter 3: The Riksdag. 18 Part 1: Formation and composition of the Riksdag. 18 Part 2: Ordinary elections. 18 Part 3: Right to vote and eligibility to stand for election.
18 Part 5: Distribution of seats among constituencies. 18 Part 6: Distribution of seats among parties. 19 Part 7: Electoral period. 19 Part 8: Extraordinary elections.
20 Part 9: Appeals against election results. 20 Part 10: Further rules. 20 Chapter 4: The work of the Riksdag. 20 Part 1: Riksdag session.
20 Part 2: The Speaker. 21 Part 3: Riksdag committees. 21 Part 4: Right to introduce proposals. 21 Part 5: Preparation of matters.
21 Part 6: Settlement of matters. 21 Part 7: Follow-up and evaluation. 22 Part 8: Openness in the Chamber. 22 Part 9: Members' legal status.
22 Part 10: Further rules. 23 Chapter 5: The Head of State. 23 Chapter 6: The Government .org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 Part 1: Composition of the Government. 24 Part 2: Vote on the Prime Minister after an election.
24 Part 3: Formation of the Government. 25 Part 4: Discharge of the Prime Minister or a minister. 25 Part 5: Deputy for the Prime Minister. 26 Part 6: Caretaker government.
26 Part 7: Absence of the Speaker. 26 Chapter 7: The work of the Government. 26 Part 1: The Government Offices and their duties. 26 Part 2: Preparation of business.
26 Part 3: Records of meetings and dissenting opinions. 27 Chapter 8: Acts of law and other provisions. 27 Part 2: Provisions adopted by means of an act of law. 28 Part 3: Provisions adopted by the Government.
28 Part 4: Provisions adopted by bodies other than the Riksdag and the Government. 29 Part 5: Enactment of fundamental law and the Riksdag Act. 30 Part 6: Amendment or abrogation of a law. 31 Part 7: Promulgation and publication of provisions.
31 Part 8: Council on Legislation. 32 Chapter 9: Financial power. 33 Part 1: Decisions concerning State revenue and expenditure. 33 Part 2: Draft national budget.
33 Part 3: Decisions concerning the national budget. 33 Part 4: Guideline decisions. 34 Part 5: Use of appropriations and revenue. 34 Part 6: State assets and obligations.
34 Part 7: State annual report. 34 Part 8: Further provisions concerning the national budget. 35 Part 9: Currency policy. 35 Part 10: The Riksbank.
35 Chapter 10: International relations. 35 Part 1: Government's authority to conclude international agreements. 35 Part 2: Riksdag approval of international agreements. 36 Part 3: Other international obligations and denunciation.
36 Part 4: Transfer of decision-making authority within the framework of European Union cooperation. 37 Part 5: Transfer of decision-making authority outside the framework of European Union cooperation. 37 Part 6: Future amendment of international agreements .org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 Part 7: The Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. 38 Part 8: Obligation of State authorities to provide information.
38 Chapter 11: Administration of justice. 39 Part 1: Courts of law. 39 Part 2: Independent administration of justice. 39 Part 3: Appointment of permanent salaried judges.
40 Part 4: Legal status of permanent salaried judges. 40 Part 5: Citizenship requirement. 41 Part 6: Other employees at courts of law. 41 Part 7: Re-opening of closed cases and restoration of lapsed time.
41 Part 8: Judicial review. 42 Part 1: Organisation of State administration. 42 Part 2: Independence of administration. 42 Part 3: Delegation of administrative functions.
42 Part 4: Dispensation and clemency. 43 Part 5: Judicial review. 43 Chapter 13: Parliamentary control. 43 Part 1: Examination by the Committee on the Constitution.
43 Part 2: Prosecution of minister. 44 Part 3: Declaration of no confidence. 44 Part 4: Interpellations and questions. 44 Part 5: Parliamentary Ombudsmen.
44 Part 6: The National Audit Office. 45 Chapter 14: Local authorities. 45 Chapter 15: War and danger of war. 46 Part 1: Summoning the Riksdag.
46 Part 2: War Delegation. 46 Part 3: Forming a Government and determining its working procedures. 47 Part 4: Powers of the Government. 47 Part 5: Limitations of rights and freedoms.
47 Part 6: Powers of public authorities other than the Riksdag. 48 Part 7: Decision-making under occupation. 48 Part 8: Head of State. 48 Part 9: Elections to the Riksdag.
48 Part 10: Decision-making powers of local authorities. 49 Part 11: Defence of the Realm. 49 Part 12: Declaration of war. 49 Part 13: Cessation of hostilities .org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 Part 14: Deployment of armed forces.
50 Part 1: Transitional provisions 1974. 50 Part 2: Transitional provisions relating to 1976 amendments. 50 Part 3: Transitional provisions relating to 1979 amendments. 51 Part 4: Transitional provisions relating to 2010 amendments.
51 The Act of Succession. 52 The Freedom of the Press Act. 54 Chapter 1: On the freedom of the press. 54 Chapter 2: On the public nature of official documents.
56 Chapter 3: On the right to anonymity. 62 Chapter 4: On the production of printed matter. 63 Chapter 5: On the publication of periodicals. 64 Chapter 6: On the dissemination of printed matter.
68 Chapter 7: On offences against the freedom of the press. 69 Chapter 8: Liability rules. 73 Part 1: On liability for periodicals. 73 Part 2: On liability for non-periodical printed matter.
74 Part 3: Provisions applying to all printed matter. 75 Chapter 9: On supervision and prosecution. 75 Chapter 10: On special coercive measures. 76 Chapter 11: On private claims for damages.
78 Chapter 12: On court proceedings in freedom of the press cases. 79 Chapter 13: On matter printed abroad etc. 82 Chapter 14: General provisions. 84 Part 1: Transitional provisions relating to 1976 amendments.
84 Part 2: Transitional provisions relating to 1998 amendments. 85 The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression. 85 Chapter 1: Basic provisions. 85 Chapter 2: On the right to anonymity.
89 Chapter 3: On transmission, production and dissemination. 91 Part 1: Radio programmes. 91 Part 2: Technical recordings. 93 Part 3: Pre-ordered copies of recordings, written documents and pictures.
94 Chapter 4: On responsible editors. 95 Chapter 5: On freedom of expression offences. 96 Chapter 6: Liability rules. 97 Chapter 7: On supervision, prosecution and special coercive measures.
98 Chapter 8: On damages .org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 Chapter 9: On court proceedings in freedom of expression cases. 101 Chapter 10: On radio programmes and technical recordings emanating from abroad etc. 101 Chapter 11: General provisions. 102 Part 1: Transitional provisions 1991.
102 Part 2: Transitional provisions relating to 1998 amendments. 103 Part 3: Transitional provisions relating to 2002 amendments. 104 The Riksdag Act. 104 Part 1: Time of elections to the Riksdag.
104 Part 2: Start of sessions. 104 Part 3: Opening of the Riksdag session. 105 Part 4: Direction of the work of the Riksdag by the Speaker and the Riksdag Board. 105 Part 5: Leave of absence from the duties of a member of the Riksdag.
106 Part 6: Summons to an alternate to attend. 107 Part 7: The Chairmen's Conference. 107 Chapter 2: Meetings of the Chamber. 107 Part 1: Duties of the Speaker.
107 Part 2: Replacement for the Speaker. 108 Part 3: Seating of members in the Chamber. 108 Part 4: Meetings open to the public and meetings behind closed doors. 108 Part 5: Summons to meetings.
109 Part 6: Breaks in the work of the Chamber. 109 Part 7: Order paper. 110 Part 8: Termination and adjournment of a meeting. 111 Part 9: Putting questions for decision.
111 Part 10: Right to speak. 112 Part 12: Restrictions on the freedom to speak. 112 Part 13: Arrangement of debates. 112 Part 14: Limitation of the right to speak.
112 Part 15: Order of speakers. 114 Chapter 3: Introduction of business. 114 Part 1: Government bills. 114 Part 2: The Budget Bill.
115 Part 3: Times for submission of bills. 115 Part 4: Written and oral information from the Government. 116 Part 5: Committee initiatives .org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:35 Part 6: Submissions and reports from Riksdag bodies. 117 Part 7: Audit reports from the Auditors General.
118 Part 8: Private members' motions. 118 Part 9: General period for the introduction of private members' motions. 118 Part 10: Private members' motions arising out of a Government bill etc. 119 Part 11: Private members' motions arising out of a deferral.
119 Part 12: Private members' motions arising out of an occurrence of major significance. 119 Part 13: Notification of decisions held in abeyance and exceptions from a respite. 120 Part 14: Documents from the EU. 120 Part 15: Motions calling for a referendum on a matter of fundamental law or for a declaration of no confidence.
120 Part 16: Application for consent to prosecution or deprivation of liberty. 121 Part 18: Calculation of statutory time limits. 122 Chapter 4: Preparation of business. 122 Part 1: Mandatory preparation of business.
122 Part 2: Riksdag committees. 122 Part 3: Number of members of a committee. 123 Part 4: Responsibilities of the Committee on the Constitution. 124 Part 5: Responsibilities of the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Taxation.
124 Part 6: Allocation of matters among committees. 124 Part 7: Sharing of matters between two or more committees. 132 Part 8: Cooperation between committees. 132 Part 9: Mandatory consideration in committee.
132 Part 10: Referral back and referral to another committee. 133 Part 11: Obligation of a State authority to furnish information and deliver opinions to a committee. 133 Part 12: Times of committee meetings. 133 Part 13: Meetings behind closed doors and meetings open to the public.
134 Part 14: Disqualification at committee meetings. 135 Part 15: Voting at a committee meeting and the right to append a reservation. 135 Part 16: Separate statements. 135 Part 17: Committees' duty of confidentiality.
135 Part 18: Follow-up and evaluation by committees. 136 Part 19: Preparation of audit reports from the National Audit Office. 136 Part 20: Foreign travel by committees .
