Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden

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administrative court court of last resort supreme court

The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden is the highest court in the country for cases involving administrative law and disputes between individuals and public authorities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen 1
Regeringsrätten 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative court ⓘ
court of last resort ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appealFrom administrative courts of appeal ⓘ
appliesTo administrative law ⓘ
appointingAuthority Swedish government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Sweden
branch judicial branch of Sweden ⓘ
buildingUse court building ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
decisionsAre binding on lower administrative courts ⓘ
final ⓘ
distinctFrom Supreme Court of Sweden ⓘ
establishedAsCurrentForm 2011 ⓘ
establishedAsRegeringsrätten 1909 ⓘ
function develops precedent in administrative law ⓘ
ensures uniform application of administrative law ⓘ
reviews appeals in administrative cases ⓘ
governs interpretation of Swedish administrative legislation ⓘ
handles disputes between individuals and public authorities ⓘ
hasCounterpart Supreme Court of Sweden ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver decisions of administrative authorities ⓘ
decisions of lower administrative courts ⓘ
hears cases of importance for guidance of lower courts ⓘ
cases of significant precedential value ⓘ
higherThan administrative courts of appeal of Sweden ⓘ
jurisdiction Sweden ⓘ
language Swedish ⓘ
legalArea education administrative law ⓘ
environmental administrative law ⓘ
migration and asylum law ⓘ
public procurement law ⓘ
social security law ⓘ
tax law ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional body of Sweden ⓘ
legalSystem Swedish legal system ⓘ
legalTradition civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Stockholm ⓘ
nativeName Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen
oversees legality of decisions by administrative authorities ⓘ
partOf judiciary of Sweden ⓘ
previousName Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Regeringsrätten
role highest administrative court in Sweden ⓘ
seat Stockholm ⓘ
shortName HFD ⓘ
typeOfAppeals leave-to-appeal system ⓘ
websiteLanguage Swedish ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Supreme Court of Sweden → distinguishedFrom → Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden ⓘ
Supreme Court of Sweden → hasCounterpart → Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden ⓘ
Stockholm → isSeatOf → Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden ⓘ
Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden → nativeName → Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen
Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden → previousName → Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regeringsrätten