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Links to Swedish government executive, legislative, and judicial sites; law and political party sites. For a Library of Congress resource on Swedish law, consult the Sweden section of the Guide to Law Online, at the Global Legal Information Network site.
General Resources
Governments on the WWW: Sweden (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/se.html)
Links to national, regional and municipal institutions, diplomatic representations abroad, and political parties; with many links to additional resources.
Kungahuset (http://www.royalcourt.se)
The Royal Court of Sweden provides information on the responsibilities of the monarchy, biographies of the royal family, royal engagements diary, speeches, locations and visiting hours of the royal palaces, and links to other divisions of the royal court. In Swedish and English.
Political Resources
on the Net: Kingdom of Sweden (http://www.politicalresources.net/sweden.htm)
Links to political parties of Sweden as well as the constitution and various Swedish Web sites.
Politics of Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Sweden)
Includes links to the constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; political parties and elections; politicians; administrative divisions; foreign relations, and more. Former electionworld.com site; now redirects to Wikipedia.
Regeringskansliet (http://www.sweden.gov.se)
The Swedish Government Web site--the Government and the Government Offices of Sweden-- provides an overview of the government structure, ministry missions, and a gateway to Swedish government web sites. The 'Legislation' section provides Swedish statutes in English translation. Provides an archive of press releases for several government ministries; glossary for terms pertaining to government, offices, education, and research. News is updated daily on legislative issues and EU policies. Searchable. In Swedish; partially in English.
Executive, Legislative, Judiciary
Högsta Domstolen (http://www.domstol.se/default____4185.aspx)
The Supreme Court of Sweden. Provides an introduction to its structure and functions within the Swedish judicial system in Swedish, Finnish, English, and other languages. Links and other information in Swedish only.
Sveriges regering och regeringskansli (http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/576)
The Government Offices including Ministries.Describes and links to the offices of the executive branch. Searchable. In Swedish and English.
Sveriges Riksdag (http://www.riksdagen.se/default____56.aspx)
The Swedish Parliament. Includes links to information about the chamber--its seats, parties, and committees; decisions in brief; legislation; documents; press releases; and more. Searchable. In Swedish, English, and other languages.
U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-s/sweden.html)
Online directory of key leaders of Sweden. Follows transliteration systems generally agreed upon by U.S. Government agencies, except in cases in which officials have stated a preference for alternate spellings of their names.
Local Government
Nordisk Lokalstyre (http://www.perjol.net/kommuner/komsve.html)
Swedish local government sites (counties, municipalities, and county councils). The home page is in Swedish and English. Many of the local county sites are multilingual, including English.
Constitution and Law
Constitution Finder (http://confinder.richmond.edu)
Select Sweden from the drop down menu. From the University of Richmond. In English and Spanish.
FindLaw.
International Resources: Sweden (http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/se.html)
Links to many resources (both free and fee-based) on legislation as well as news and related case summaries. Includes annotations in English. Maintained by Findlaw, a commercial Web site of legal resources.
New York
University School of Law. Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign%5Fintl/index.html)
Select from a list including foreign and international search engines and links to constitutions, international law databases, and international treaties.
Riksdagen (http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_Page____5562.aspx)
Consitution. Information on and texts of the four fundamental laws that comprise the Swedish Constitution. Also links to information on elections, referendums, forming a government, women in the Riksdag, emergence of Swedish democracy, and more. In Swedish and English.
UNESCO Culture: Copyright (http://www.unesco.org/culture/copyright/)
UNESCO provides translations into English of copyright laws in most countries.
U.S.
Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006: Sweden (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78841.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
WorldLII: Kingdom of Sweden (http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2121.html)
Based in Austria, the World Law web site links to information on courts and case-law, education, government, legislation, other indexes, parliament, alternative dispute resolution, elections, infrastructure, intellectual property, military law, poverty reduction, privatization, secured transactions, and more. Searchable.
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