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Legal history of Sweden
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The list Legal history of Sweden includes
King in Council (Sweden), Civil Code of 1734, Gutalagen, Västgötalagen and Stones of Mora.
The list consists of 9 members
and 2 sublists.
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Sweden
Country on the Scandinavian peninsula
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1.Overview: The Civil Code of 1734 (Swedish: 1734 års lag), was a code of law passed by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates in 1734, and put in effect after it had been ratified by Frederick I of Sweden 23 January ...
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Fallet Kevin
Swedish criminal caseOverview: Four-year-old Kevin Hjalmarsson was found dead in Arvika on 16 August 1998. Two brothers, then five and seven years old, were accused of murdering him and were claimed to have confessed. They were never ... 0
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Carl Johan Schlyter
Swedish jurist and publisher (1795–1888)
Overview: Carl Johan Schlyter (29 January 1795 – 29 December 1888) was a Swedish jurist and law publisher. He is known for publishing scholarly editions of the medieval Swedish laws in 13 volumes, a process which ... 0
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King in Council (Sweden)
former Swedish Privy Council
Overview: King in Council, or Royal Majesty, (most formally Konungen i Statsrådet, but a term for it most often used in legal documents was Kunglig Majestät or short form Kungl.Maj:t or K.M:t. in Swedish) was a ... 0
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Västgötalagen
Oldest (13th-c.) Swedish provincial law
Overview: Västgötalagen or the Västgöta (Westrogothic) law is the oldest Swedish text written in Latin script and the oldest of all Swedish provincial laws. It was compiled in the early 13th century, probably at ... 0
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Kaj Linna
Exonerated Finnish man
Overview: Kaj Johannes Linna, né Kaj Juhani Kaukosalo (born 12 May 1962), is a Finnish man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for a robbery-murder in Kalamark outside of Piteå, Sweden on 14 April 2004. He served ...Date of birth: 12 May 1962Age: 63 0
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Gutalagen
Medieval law of Gotland
Overview: Gutalagen (or Guta lag; "The law of the Gotlanders") is the earliest preserved law book for Gotland. The laws were likely first written down around 1220 CE but there is evidence for the laws being older ... 0
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Stones of Mora
place where ancient Swedish kings were elected
Overview: The Stones of Mora (Swedish: Mora stenar) is a historic location in Knivsta, Sweden. Several Medieval kings of Sweden were proclaimed at the assembly of Mora near modern Uppsala. It was moved in the 15th ... 0
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Instrument of Government (1772)
Swedish law
Overview: The 1772 Instrument of Government (Swedish: regeringsform) was the constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden from 1772 to 1809. It was promulgated in the wake of the Revolution of 1772, a self-coup mounted ... 0
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