Prosecutor-General of Sweden

The Prosecutor-General of Sweden (Swedish: 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 (Swedish: 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 (Swedish: rättsavdelningen) has an overall responsibility for the operations in the Supreme Court and key international issues.^[1][2][3] The office was established in 1948, when the Chancellor of Justice's task as chief prosecutor was transferred to the Prosecutor-General.^[4][5][6]

The Prosecutor-General is organized under the Ministry of Justice and appointed by the Government, though without belonging to the spoils system, and can only be dismissed under special circumstances described in the Letters Patent Act,^[7] with support from the Swedish National Disciplinary Offence Board (Swedish: Statens ansvarsnämnd).^[8]

List of Prosecutors-General

There have been eight Prosecutors-General in Sweden, since the office was created in 1948.^[6]

• Maths Heuman, 1948–1960
• Emanuel Walberg, 1960–1966
• Holger Romander, 1966–1978
• Magnus Sjöberg, 1978–1989
• Torsten Jonsson, 1989–1994
• Klas Bergenstrand, 1994–2004
• Fredrik Wersäll, 2004–2008
• Anders Perklev, 2008–2018
• Petra Lundh, 2018–2023
• Katarina Johansson Welin, 2024–

See also

• Supreme Court of Sweden
• Crime in Sweden

References

1. "The Prosecutor-General". Prosecutor-General of Sweden. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
2. "Riksåklagaren" (in Swedish). Prosecutor-General of Sweden. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
3. "Rättegångsbalk (SFS 1942:740)" (in Swedish). The Swedish Government. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
4. Statskontoret (1975). Statliga myndigheter 1975. Statskontoret. OCLC 470178921. Riksåklagarämbetet inrättades 1948 då justitiekanslerns uppgifter som högste åklagare överflyttades till en riksåklagare
5. "Förslag till omorganisation av Justitiekanslersämbetet och inrättande av ett Riksåklagarämbete (SOU 1946:92)" (PDF). The Swedish Government/National Library of Sweden. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
6. "Åklagarmyndighetens Arkivbeskrivning" (PDF) (in Swedish). Prosecutor-General of Sweden. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
7. "Lag (1994:261) om fullmaktsanställning". The Riksdag. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
8. "Åklagarmyndigheten och åklagare" (in Swedish). Lag24.se. Retrieved 27 July 2014.