The Prosecutor-General of Sweden ( sv, Riksåklagaren) is the department head for the
Swedish Prosecution Authority responsible for the daily operations, the highest-ranked prosecutor in the country, and the only public prosecutor in the
Supreme Court. The Office of the Prosecutor-General ( sv, Riksåklagarens kansli) is responsible for legal development, the agency's operations in the Supreme Court, and administrative tasks. The Legal Department of the Prosecutor-General ( sv, rättsavdelningen) has an overall responsibility for the operations in the Supreme Court and key international issues.
The office was established in 1948, when the
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History
In 1713, the Swedish King Charles XII, preoccupied with fighting the ...
's task as chief prosecutor was transferred to the Prosecutor-General.
The Prosecutor-General is organized under the
Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry.
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Named "Ministry"
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* Ministry of Just ...
and appointed by the
Government
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, though without belonging to the
spoils system
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, and can only be dismissed under special circumstances described in the Letters Patent Act,
with support from the
Swedish National Disciplinary Offence Board ( sv, Statens ansvarsnämnd).
List of Prosecutors-General
There have been eight Prosecutors-General in Sweden, since the office was created in 1948.
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Maths Heuman, 1948–1960
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Emanuel Walberg, 1960–1966
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Holger Romander, 1966–1978
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Magnus Sjöberg
Karl Gustaf Magnus Sjöberg (born 26 September 1927) is a Swedish jurist. He served as the Prosecutor-General of Sweden from 1978 to 1989 and as President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden from 1990 to 1994.
Early life
Sjöberg was b ...
, 1978–1989
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Torsten Jonsson, 1989–1994
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Klas Bergenstrand, 1994–2004
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Fredrik Wersäll
Claes Fredrik Richardson Wersäll (born 30 April 1951) is a Swedish jurist and civil servant who has been the Marshal of the Realm of Sweden and chief of the Royal Court of Sweden since 1 September 2018.
Wersäll was educated at Uppsala Unive ...
, 2004–2008
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Anders Perklev, 2008–2018
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Petra Lundh, 2018–
See also
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Supreme Court of Sweden
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Crime in Sweden
References
Heads of Swedish State agencies
1948 establishments in Sweden
Legal professions
Law enforcement agencies of Sweden