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Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden (1991, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

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Instrument of Government, chapter 3, article 4 states:

Every Swedish citizen who is currently domiciled within the Realm or who has ever been domiciled within the Realm, and who has reached the age of eighteen, is entitled to vote in an election to the Riksdag.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden (1991, last amended 2012)

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Instrument of Government, chapter 4, article 11 states:

…Members or alternates may be deprived of their mandate in cases other than cases under paragraph two only if they have proved themselves manifestly unfit to hold a mandate by reason of a criminal act. A decision in such a case shall be taken by a court of law.

 

Instrument of Government, chapter 6, article 10 states:

The Prime Minister may appoint one of the other ministers to deputise for him or her in case of absence. If no such deputy has been appointed, or if he or she is also unable to perform the duties of Prime Minister, these duties are assumed by the minister among those currently in office who has been a minister longest. When two or more ministers have been ministers for an equal period of time, the minister who is senior in age has precedence.

 

Instrument of Government, chapter 11, article 7 states:

A person who has been appointed a permanent salaried judge may be removed from office only if: 1. he or she has shown himself or herself through a criminal act or through gross or repeated neglect of his or her official duties to be manifestly unfit to hold the office…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden (1991, last amended 2012)

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Instrument of Government, chapter 3, article 4 states:

Every Swedish citizen who is currently domiciled within the Realm or who has ever been domiciled within the Realm, and who has reached the age of eighteen, is entitled to vote in an election to the Riksdag.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden (1991, last amended 2012)