Svea Court of Appeal (), located in Stockholm, is one of six appellate courts in the Swedish legal system, as well as the oldest Swedish court currently in use (the Supreme Court being constituted only in 1789, over 150 years later). It is located in the Wrangel Palace, on Riddarholmen islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.

History The Svea Court of Appeal was founded in 1614 and was the highest court in Sweden until 1789, when the Supreme Court of Sweden was established.

Among people sentenced to death by the court was Nicolaus Olai Campanius, convicted of being a Catholic, and Jacob Johan Anckarström, convicted of the assassination of Gustaf III of Sweden.

Presidents The president of the Svea Court of Appeal is called the president ().

1614–1633: Magnus Brahe 1633–1640: Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna 1641–1661: Per Brahe 1661–1668: Seved Bååt 1668–1673: Johan Gyllenstierna af Lundholm 1674–1677: Bengt Horn af Åminne 1677–1680: Knut Kurck 1680–1682: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie 1682–1695: Gustaf Adolph De la Gardie 1695–1703: Lars Wallenstedt 1703–1714: Gabriel Falkenberg af Sandemar 1715–1716: Reinhold Johan von Fersen 1718–1723: Carl Gyllenstierna 1723: Gabriel Stierncrona 1723–1731: Pehr Scheffer 1731–1736: Hans Reinhold von Fersen 1736–1743: Otto Reinhold Strömfelt 1743–1750: Carl Frolich 1750–1751: Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm 1751–1753: Henrik Hammarberg 1753–1768: Johan Gerdesschöld 1768–1772: Adam Fredenstierna 1772–1787: Johan Rosir 1787–1810: Carl Axel Trolle-Wachtmeister 1810–1826: Henning Adolph von Strokirch 1826–1833: Joshua Sylvander 1833–1835: Jonas Evelius 1836–1845: Eric Gabriel von Rosen 1845–1856: Carl Eric Isberg 1856–1867: Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre 1867–1870: Ludvig Almqvist 1870–1880: Louis Gerhard De Geer 1880–1889: Carl Johan Berg 1889–1899: Nils Henrik Vult von Steyern 1899–1910: Johan Erik Elliot 1910–1918: Ivar Afzelius 1918–1920: Hjalmar Westring 1920–1931: Erik Marks von Würtemberg 1931–1946: Birger Ekeberg 1946–1950: Arthur Lindhagen 1950–1957: Harry Guldberg 1957–1963: Herman Zetterberg 1963–1967: Sture Petrén 1967–1983: Sten Rudholm 1983–1995: Birgitta Blom 1996–2007: Johan Hirschfeldt 2008–: Fredrik Wersäll

Buildings The Svea Court of Appeal is located in several buildings on Riddarholmen. Apart from the Wrangel Palace, which is the main building, it also has divisions in i.a. the Hessenstein Palace, the Stenbock Palace and the Schering-Rosenhane Palace.

See also Courts of appeal in Sweden

References

Literature Korpiola, Mia (ed.): The Svea Court of Appeal on the Early Modern Period: Historical Reinterpretations and New Perspectives. (Rättshistoriska studier, 26.) Stockholm: Institutet för Rättshistorisk Forskning, 2014. .

External links Svea Court of Appeal website Svea Court of Appeal — Website in English