Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sweden's bloodless coup d'état of 1772 was legitimized by the Riksdag of the Estates in new versions of the Instrument of Government, Swedish Constitution of 1772 and the Union and Security Act from 1789, making the king a "constitutional autocrat".
The 1809 Instrument of Government (Swedish: 1809 års regeringsform), adopted on 6 June 1809 by the Riksdag of the Estates and King Charles XIII, was the constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden from 1809 to the end of 1974. It came about as a result of the Coup of 1809, in which King Gustav IV Adolf was deposed.
Gustav III of Sweden. 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 by King Gustav III, and replaced the 1720 Instrument of Government, which had been in force for most of the Age of Liberty (1719-72).
Frederick I of Sweden, in whose name the Instrument of Government was promulgated.. The 1720 Instrument of Government (Swedish: 1720 års regeringsform) adopted on 2 May 1720 by the Riksdag of the Estates (Swedish parliament), was the constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden from 1720 to 1772, and was thus in force for almost the entirety of the period of constitutional monarchy known as the Age ...
Sweden is preparing to change the constitution to be able to take away the passports of people who obtained citizenship by fraudulent means, or who are a threat to the state, the government said ...
Only a year after its promulgation, the 1719 Instrument of Government was replaced by a new constitution, the Instrument of Government (1720), although the two were largely identical in content. [5] The 1720 Instrument subsequently remained in force for the rest of the Age of Liberty, until absolutism was restored by King Gustav III 's self ...
Sweden has a written constitution consisting of four fundamental laws.A distinction is made between fundamental laws and other laws; the difference being that any amendment of fundamental laws requires two identical decisions to be made by the Riksdag (Sweden's national legislature), separated by an election.
The written Constitution regulates the Riksdag – the Swedish Parliament, the appointing of Government officials and it sets out the key ways in which Sweden's authorities shall function. [11] The Swedish Code of Statutes is Sweden's official compilation of all laws enacted by the Riksdag and regulations issued by the Government. [12]