Svea Court of Appeal

Svea Court of Appeal (Swedish: Svea hovrätt, lit. 'Svea Royal Court'), located in Stockholm, is one of six appellate courts in the Swedish legal system, as well as the oldest Swedish court currently in use (the Supreme Court being constituted only in 1789, over 150 years later). It is located in the Wrangel Palace, on Riddarholmen islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.

Svea Court of Appeal
Svea hovrätt
Coat of arms
59.325°N 18.0625°E / 59.325; 18.0625
Established	1614
Location	Stockholm
Coordinates	59.325°N 18.0625°E / 59.325; 18.0625
Appeals to	Supreme Court of Sweden
Website	www.domstol.se/svea-hovratt/

The Wrangel Palace on Riddarholmen, the seat of the Svea Court of Appeal

History

The Svea Court of Appeal was founded in 1614 and was the highest court in Sweden until 1789, when the Supreme Court of Sweden was established.

Among people sentenced to death by the court was Nicolaus Olai Campanius, convicted of being a Catholic, and Jacob Johan Anckarström, convicted of the assassination of Gustaf III of Sweden.

Buildings

The Svea Court of Appeal is located in several buildings on Riddarholmen. Apart from the Wrangel Palace, which is the main building, it also has divisions in i.a. the Hessenstein Palace, the Stenbock Palace and the Schering-Rosenhane Palace.

See also

• Courts of appeal in Sweden

Literature

• Korpiola, Mia (ed.): The Svea Court of Appeal on the Early Modern Period: Historical Reinterpretations and New Perspectives. (Rättshistoriska studier, 26.) Stockholm: Institutet för Rättshistorisk Forskning, 2014. ISSN 0534-2724. ISBN 978-91-86645-08-3

External links

• Svea Court of Appeal website (in Swedish)
• Svea Court of Appeal — Website in English (in English)