Chancellor of Justice (Sweden)
| Justitiekanslern (JK) | |
 Seal of the Chancellor of Justice | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1713 |
| Headquarters | Stockholm |
| Employees | 30 |
| Annual budget | SEK 34,488,000 (2012)[1] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Justice |
| Website | jk.se |
The Chancellor of Justice (Swedish: Justitiekanslern [jɵsˈtîːtsɪɛˌkanslɛɳ] (
listen); JK) is a Swedish government agency (with the agency head holding the same title as the agency name) charged with representing the Government of Sweden in various legal matters as the government's ombudsman. The office was originally created through a decree issued by King Charles XII in 1713.
The Chancellor is appointed by the Government and serves at its pleasure, though without belonging to the spoils system; the longest term in office this far having been 22 years. The present Chancellor of Justice is , who entered office on September 1, 2018.
List[]
- (1714–1718)
Chancellor of Justice:
- (1719–1723)
- (1723–1728)
- (1728–1736)
- (1737–1739)
- (1739–1741)
- (1742–1747)
- Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm (1747–1750)
- (1750–1753)
- (1753–1755)
- (1755–1758)
- (1758–1769)
- (1770–1772)
- (1772–1779).
- (1779–1793)
- (1793–1796)
- K.A. Trolle Wachtmeister (1796–1809; acting: Fredrik Gyllenborg)
- (1809–1817, acting: )
- (1817–1819)
- (1819–1835)
- (1835, acting)
- (1836–1837)
- (1837–1840)
- (1840–1844)
- , tjf (1844–1848)
- Nils Samuel von Koch (1848–1866; 1854, 1855 Carl Johan Thyselius acting)
- (1866–1867)
- (1867–69)
- (1869–1886)
- (1886–1899)
- (1899–1919)
- (1919–1933)
- (1933–1937)
- (1937–1961)
- Sten Rudholm (1962–1967)
- 1967–1973
- 1973–1980
- 1980–1987
- 1987–1992
- 1992–1996
- 1996–2001
- Göran Lambertz 2001–2009
- 2009–2018
- 2018–
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Om Justitiekanslern" (in Swedish). JK. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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