Statens offentliga utredningar

Statens offentliga utredningar (SOU), "Swedish Government Official Reports", is the name of an official series of reports of committees appointed and convened by the Government of Sweden for the analysis of issues in anticipation of a proposed legislation before the Riksdag or the issuance of ordinances. The National Library of Sweden has digitized all SOU published between 1922 and 1999, numbering 6129 in total.

Statens offentliga utredningar

Front cover of SOU 1967:28 "Freedom of the press and Copyright".
Country	Sweden
Website	www.sou.gov.se
ISSN	0375-250X
OCLC	18998807

Reports from committees conducted within a Swedish government ministry are published in another series, called "Departementsserien" (Ds, "Ministry Publications Series").

See also

• Public inquiry
• Royal Commission
• White paper
• Norwegian Official Report

Further reading

• Government Offices of Sweden, Information Department (29 July 2009) [2004]. "How laws are made". Stockholm: Government Offices of Sweden. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06.
• Government Offices of Sweden, Information Department (3 June 2004). "SOU, Ds och remissförfarandet" [SOU, Ministry Publications Series, and the referral procedure] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Government Offices of Sweden. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
• Government Offices of Sweden, Information Department (24 April 2013). "Utredningens förslag presenteras" [The presentation of the inquiry's proposal] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Government Offices of Sweden. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

External links

• http://www.sou.gov.se/ (in Swedish)
• https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/statens-offentliga-utredningar/ (in Swedish)
• Recent SOUs in English
• SOUs at the National Library of Sweden