Ordinary courts – introduction

General courts deal with criminal and civil cases. They are organised in a three-tier system:

District courts (tingsrätt)
Courts of appeal (hovrätt) and
The Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen).

The general administrative courts deal with cases relating to public administration They are organised in a three-tier system:

County administrative courts (länsrätt)
Administrative courts of appeal (kammarrätt) and
Supreme Administrative Court (Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen).

In addition, a number of special courts and tribunals have been established to hear specific kinds of cases and matters, such as the Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) and the Market Court (Marknadsdomstolen).

Last update: 09/11/2020

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Ordinary courts – introduction