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Sweden Legal Documents for Sweden

Create free legal documents tailored to Sweden law. All templates comply with local legislation.

Legal System

Swedish civil law system based on the Contracts Act (avtalslagen, 1915:218), Sale of Goods Act (köplagen, 1990:931), Consumer Sales Act (konsumentköplagen, 2022:260), Tenancy Act (hyreslagen, Chapter 12 of the Land Code 1970:994), the Land Code (jordabalken, 1970:994), Companies Act (aktiebolagslagen, 2005:551), Employment Protection Act (LAS, 1982:80), Annual Leave Act (1977:480), Co-Determination at Work Act (MBL, 1976:580) and the Work Environment Act (1977:1160). Family law under the Marriage Code (1987:230), Cohabitees Act (sambolagen, 2003:376) and Children and Parents Code (1949:381); succession under the Inheritance Code (ärvdabalken, 1958:637). Civil procedure under the Code of Judicial Procedure (1942:740); summary proceedings via the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogdemyndigheten). Standard VAT 25%. Supervision by Finansinspektionen (FSA), IMY (data protection / GDPR), the Swedish Consumer Agency and the Swedish Competition Authority. EU law applies directly (GDPR, eIDAS, Brussels I bis).

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