• Judiciary
  Judiciary
  The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes...
  
  
  1. Supreme Court
     Supreme Court of Sweden
     The Supreme Court of Sweden is the supreme court and the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in Sweden. Before a case can be decided by the Supreme Court, leave to appeal must be obtained, and with few exceptions, leave to appeal can be granted only when the case is of...
     
      (Högsta Domstolen), Supreme Administrative Court
     Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
     The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden is the supreme court and the third and final tier for administrative court cases in Sweden, and is located in Stockholm...
     
      (Regeringsrätten)
  2. Courts of appeal
     Hovrätt
     The Hovrätt was the highest judicial body in Sweden until Gustav III of Sweden founded the Supreme Court of Sweden in 1789. The first hovrätt, Svea hovrätt, was founded in 1614...
     
      (hovrätter), administrative courts of appeal (kammarrätter) (and historically: lagsagor)
  3. District courts
     Tingsrätt
     Tingsrätt , käräjäoikeus or tingrett is a term used for district courts in Sweden, Finland and Norway...
     
      (tingsrätter), county administrative courts (länsrätter)

• Central executive
  Executive (government)
  Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...
  
  
  1. Cabinet of Sweden, Government agencies in Sweden
     Government agencies in Sweden
     The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions but not by direct...
     
     
  2. Counties of Sweden
     Counties of Sweden
     The Counties of Sweden are the first level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is divided into 21 counties. The counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the historical provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration...
     
      (län
     Län
     Län and lääni refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010....
     
     )

• Local government
  Local government
  Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...
  
  
  1. County Councils of Sweden
     County Councils of Sweden
     A county council, or landsting, is an elected assembly of a county in Sweden. A county council is a political entity, elected by the county electorate and typically its main responsibilities lie within the public health care system. In each county there is also a county administrative board which...
     
      (landsting)
  2. Municipalities of Sweden
     Municipalities of Sweden
     The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
     
      (kommuner)
  3. City Districts of Sweden
     City Districts of Sweden
     City Districts are subdivisions of the municipalities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. In Swedish, they are known as stadsdelsnämndsområden in Stockholm and stadsdelar in Gothenburg and Malmö. Occasionally, they are incorrectly referred to as boroughs in English...
     
      (stadsdelar or stadsdelsnämndsområden)

• Ecclesiastically
  1. Church of Sweden
     Church of Sweden
     The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...
     
     
  2. Dioceses (stift)
  3. Kontrakt
  4. Pastorat
  5. Parishes (församlingar)

• Historically
  1. Lands of Sweden
     Lands of Sweden
     The lands of Sweden are three traditional parts, essentially three collectives of provinces, in Sweden. These "lands" have no administrative function, and there is no official designation for this subdivision level...
     
     
  2. Provinces of Sweden
     Provinces of Sweden
     The provinces of Sweden, landskap, are historical, geographical and cultural regions. Sweden has 25 provinces and they have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification....
     
     
  3. Hundreds of Sweden
  4. Socknar (both parishes and rural municipalities)

• Proposed
  1. Regions of Sweden

See also

• Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
  Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
  The countries and autonomous islands in the Nordic region have some similarly named country subdivisions, although their translations into English may differ.-Subdivisions of Denmark:*Mainland Denmark...
  
  
• Riksområden