The highest court in civil and criminal matters, hearing cases chiefly by leave to establish precedent. Sweden has a separate Supreme Administrative Court for public-law disputes.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court for civil and criminal matters
- Jurisdiction
- National — final appeal by leave
- Seat
- Stockholm
- Composition
- Sixteen justices sitting in panels.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the Government following an independent proposal procedure.
- Languages
- Swedish
Where an appeal goes next
None domestically; the European Court of Human Rights may follow.
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