Supreme Court of Sweden in the context of Judiciary of Sweden

The courts of appeal in Sweden and in Finland, also known as hovrätt in Swedish and hovioikeus in Finnish (literally 'Royal Court'), deal with appeals against decisions of the district courts. They also are responsible for supervising the operations of the district courts in their judicial district.

The courts of appeal in Sweden were the highest judicial body until King Gustav III founded the Supreme Court of Sweden in 1789. Today, these courts function mostly as appellate courts. They are the second highest general courts in both Sweden and Finland. There are six courts of appeal in Sweden, and five in Finland.

There are several series of subdivisions of Sweden.

• Judiciary
  1. Supreme Court (Högsta Domstolen), Supreme Administrative Court (Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen)
  2. Courts of appeal (hovrätter), administrative courts of appeal (kammarrätter) (and historically: lagsagor)
  3. District courts (tingsrätter), county administrative courts (länsrätter)
• Central executive
  1. Cabinet of Sweden, Government agencies in Sweden
  2. County administrative boards of Sweden
• Local government
  1. Regions of Sweden (regioner) - there are 21
  2. Municipalities of Sweden (kommuner) - there are 290
  3. City districts of Sweden (stadsdelar or stadsdelsnämndsområden)
• Ecclesiastically
  1. Church of Sweden
  2. Dioceses (stift)
  3. Kontrakt
  4. Pastorat
  5. Parishes (församlingar)
• Historically
  1. Lands of Sweden
  2. Provinces of Sweden
  3. Hundreds of Sweden
  4. Socknar (both parishes and rural municipalities)
• Proposed
  1. Regions of Sweden