Svensk författningssamling (SFS)
Swedish Code of Laws
Published by: Regeringskansliet (Government Offices of Sweden)
Granskningskansliet, Statsrådsberedningen (Secretariat for Legal and Linguistic Draft Revision, Prime Minister´s Office)
Herkulesgatan 17 — SE-111 52 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel. +46 84051000
E-mail: statsradsberedningen.registrator@regeringskansliet.se
Website: http://www.regeringen.se
Official journal / legal gazette
The Svensk författningssamling (SFS) contains primary and secondary legislation. Legal notices and other legal announcements are published in a separate official gazette; see point 1.2 for details.
First edition
First edition of Svensk författningssamling in 1825
First online edition
1. The legally binding version of Svensk författningssamling (2018-):
1 april 2018
2. The non-legally binding version of Svensk författningssamling (1998-2018):
1 July 2000
Paper edition
Svensk författningssamling
Statutes issued prior to 1 april 2018 Legally binding
Online edition
1. The legally binding version of Svensk författningssamling http://www.svenskforfattningssamling.se
Statutes issued from 1 april 2018 Available texts
PDF Access and price
Free Legally binding
2.The non-legally binding version of Svensk författningssamling http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/sfspdf/ Available texts
ASCII
PDF
Complete legislation as of 1998, No 306 Access and price
Free No legally binding
The Svensk författningssamling contains laws and regulations. It is categorised according to the year and publication number
Legal basis
Law on the publication of laws and other statutes, lagen 1976:633 om kungörande av lagar och andra författningar and Ordinance on legal gazettes, författningssamlingsförordningen (1976:725)
Legally binding
The paper edition of statutes issued prior to 1 april 2018 (to SFS 2018:159)
The online edition at http://www.svenskforfattningssamling.se of statutes issued from 1 april 2018 (from SFS 2018:160)
Financing
The paper edition was financed through a combination of sales revenue and the state budget.
The online edition is financed over the state budget.
Other gazettes
Official notices and other legal announcements are published in a separate official gazette, the Post- och Inrikes tidningar — PoIT (Post and Domestic Newspapers).
This is the oldest currently published newspaper in the world, although no paper edition has been published since 1 January 2007 (online edition: http://www.poit.org).
A PDF file with an electronic stamp secures the authenticity
Archiving
A digital copy in the pdf/A format is saved to the Government Offices registration system with the file of the legislation in question
The website, including the pdf/A files, is also kept in digital form in the archives of the Government Offices
Regeringskansliet (Government Offices of Sweden ) Granskningskansliet, Statsrådsberedningen (Secretariat for Legal and Linguistic Draft Revision, Prime Minister´s Office) For contact details, please refer to point 1.1
Form and nature
The Secretariat for Legal and Linguistic Draft Revision is a part of the Prime Minister´s Office
Microsoft Word templates are used, both for primary and secondary legislation
Workflow
For the electronic legislative procedure a special workflow and document processing system called E-SFS is used. The same system applies to primary and secondary legislation. Texts are converted into PDF for on line publishing
Publishing
A statute is normally published on the website within a week from the date it was issued.
The Secretariat for Legal and Linguistic Draft Revision is responsible for the consolidation of laws and ordinances. All legislation in force is available in a consolidated version
Deadline for consolidation
The consolidated version usually appears the day after the published version
Domstolsverket (Swedish National Courts Administration) is responsible for the publication of lagrummet.se. Lagrummet.se is a portal for Swedish public administration legal information. Lagrummet.se contains legal information from the Government, the Swedish Parliament, Higher courts and Government agencies. Each agency is responsible for the content of legal information they provide, and how it is published on the Internet.
