Sweden
| Legal system family | Civil law |
| How the law works | Scandinavian-North Germanic civil law. Like all Scandinavian legal systems, it is distinguished by its traditional character and by the fact that it did not adopt elements of Roman law. It assimilated very few elements of foreign laws whatsoever. The Napoleonic Code had no influence on the codification of law in Scandinavia. The historical basis of the law of Sweden, just as for all Nordic countries, is North Germanic law. Codification of the law started in Sweden during the 18th century, preceding the codifications of most other European countries. However, neither Sweden nor any other Nordic state created a civil code of the kind of the Code Civil or the BGB. |
| Form of government | representative democracy; constitutional monarchy |
| Constitution | – |
| Legislature | Parliament of Sweden |
| Highest court | Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden |
| Head of state | Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
| Head of government | Ulf Kristersson |
| Age of majority | 18 |
| Minimum marriage age | 18 |
| Retirement age | – |
| Official languages | Swedish |
| Capital | Stockholm |
| Continent | Europe |
| Population | 10,609,460 |
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