Regeringsformen

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Regeringsformen is the Swedish constitution’s core fundamental law that defines the structure of government, the powers of public authorities, and the protection of citizens’ rights and freedoms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Instrument of Government 3
Regeringsformen canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
part of the Constitution of Sweden ⓘ
adoptedVersion 1974 års regeringsform ⓘ
amendmentProcedure requires two decisions by the Riksdag with an election in between ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
bindingOn central government ⓘ
municipalities and regions ⓘ
public authorities in Sweden ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
defines basic rules for the exercise of public power ⓘ
form of government in Sweden ⓘ
relationship between the Riksdag and the Government ⓘ
structure of public authorities in Sweden ⓘ
effectiveDate 1975-01-01 ⓘ
establishes local self-government ⓘ
parliamentary system in Sweden ⓘ
role of the Government as the executive power ⓘ
role of the Riksdag as the central representative body ⓘ
role of the courts as independent ⓘ
guarantees freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
protection against arbitrary deprivation of liberty ⓘ
protection against discrimination ⓘ
protection of personal integrity ⓘ
language Swedish ⓘ
legalHierarchy higher than ordinary law ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law ⓘ
officialName Regeringsformen ⓘ
officialNameInEnglish Instrument of Government ⓘ
linked to: Regeringsformen
partOf Sveriges grundlagar ⓘ
Swedish Constitution ⓘ
promulgatedBy Riksdagen ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag
regulates budget process ⓘ
formation of the Government ⓘ
judicial review of public power ⓘ
legislative process ⓘ
state of emergency rules ⓘ
vote of no confidence procedures ⓘ
replaced 1809 års regeringsform ⓘ
requires objectivity and impartiality of public authorities ⓘ
public power to be exercised under the law ⓘ
respect for human rights ⓘ
togetherWith Successionsordningen ⓘ
Tryckfrihetsförordningen ⓘ
Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen ⓘ
yearAdopted 1974 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee on the Constitution (Konstitutionsutskottet) → legalBasis → Instrument of Government ⓘ
linked to: Regeringsformen
Constitution of Sweden → composedOf → Instrument of Government ⓘ
linked to: Regeringsformen
Regeringsformen → officialName → Regeringsformen ⓘ
Regeringsformen → officialNameInEnglish → Instrument of Government ⓘ
linked to: Regeringsformen