Sweden
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1975
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law with influences from customary norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Riksdag)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Government)
RELIGIONS
87% Lutherans, 13% other
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2009SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JANUARY 1, 2008SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden voted in favour of the Resolution...
Sweden voted in favour of the Resolution...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JANUARY 1, 2006SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
HOLLAND-SWEDEN. GAY EXTRADITIONS TO IRAN BLOCKED
the Netherlands has become the second country to halt extraditions of gays to Iran in the wake of reports two gay teens were hanged after being found found "guilty of homosexuality".
- JULY 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NOBEL LAUREATE SLAMS TEEN HANGINGS
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in north-eastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.
- APRIL 20, 2005SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Sweden was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- APRIL 21, 2004SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Sweden was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
Sweden abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1921 and has been abolitionist for all crimes since 1972.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds told Swedish...
Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds told Swedish Radio that Vietnam would try to abolish the death penalty within 10 years but had problems convincing the public that capital punishment was not needed