Public administration

Aliens legislation, citizenship, church, government grants, official statistics, security, minorities, local government, administrative procedure etc.

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• Translations (Swedish Code of Statutes)

• 2009:724 Act on National Minorities and National Minority Languages

  Fact Sheet and information material only
  SFS 2009:724 Lag om nationella minoriteter och minoritetsspråk
  

• 2009:600 Language Act

  SFS 2009:600 Språklag

• 2009:400 Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act

  Brochure and information material only.
  SFS 2009:400 Offentlighets- och sekretesslag
  No translation is planned

• 2007:1141 Ordinance containing instructions for the Swedish Commission on Security and Integrity Protection (external link)

  SFS 2007:1141 Förordning med instruktion för Säkerhets- och integritetsskyddsnämnden
  Link to The Commission on Security and Integrity Protection's website
  

• 2006:97 Aliens Ordinance

  SFS 2006:97 Utlänningsförordning

• 2005:1089 Ordinance on Government Grants for Women's Organisations

  SFS 2005:1089 Förordning om statsbidrag för kvinnors organisering

• 2005:716 Aliens Act

  SFS 2005:716 Utlänningslag

• 2001:99 Official Statistics Act (external link)

  SFS 2001:99 Lag om den officiella statistiken
  provided by Statistics Sweden
  Link to The United Nations Statistic Division's website

• 2001:82 The Swedish Citizenship Act

  SFS 2001:82 Lag om svenskt medborgarskap

• 1999:974 Ordinance on Government Grants to Religious Communities

  SFS 1999:974 Förordning om statsbidrag till trossamfund

• 1999:932 Act on Support to Religious Communities

  SFS 1999:932 Lag om stöd till trossamfund

• 1999:731 Ordinance on Registration of Religious Communities

  SFS 1999:731 Förordning om registrering av trossamfund

• 1999:291 Act on Fees to Registered Religious Communities

  SFS 1999:291 Lag om avgift till registrerat trossamfund

• 1998:1593 Act on Religious Communities

  SFS 1998:1593 Lag om trossamfund

• 1998:1591 Church of Sweden Act

  SFS 1998:1591 Lag om Svenska kyrkan
  

• 1997:691 Ordinance concerning Fees at Swedish Missions Abroad

  SFS Förordning (1997:691) om avgifter vid utlandsmyndigheterna

• 1991:900 The Swedish Local Government Act

  SFS 1991:900 Kommunallag
  Ministry publications series
  Ds 2004:31

• 1986:765 The Act with Instructions for the Parliamentary Ombudsmen (external link)

  SFS 1986:765 Lag med instruktion för Riksdagens ombudsmän
  Link to the The Parliamentary Ombudsmen's (JO) website

• 1986:223 Administrative Procedure Act

  SFS 1986:223 Förvaltningslag
  

• 1984:1042 Ordinance concerning Pension Conditions for Non-Swedish Citizens who are Members of the locally engaged Staff at Swedish Missions abroad

  SFS 1984:1042 Förordning om pensionsvillkor för icke-svenska medborgare som är lokalanställda vid svenska utlandsmyndigheter

• Background reading

• Minority rights are strengthened

  Fact Sheet, Ministry for Integration and Gender Equality, 2009

• Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act

  Brochure, Ministry of Justice, 2009

• National minorities and minority languages

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, 2007

• Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 2004

• Changed relations between the State and the Church of Sweden

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Culture, 2000

• The Swedish approach to public access to documents

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2000

• The Administrative Procedure Act - a foundation for legal security and service

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 1999
  Booklet

• The right of access to official documents in Sweden

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 1996