Preferred Citation: T Mattsson, A Nordberg, M Axmin, ‘Sweden: Legal Response to Covid-19’, in Jeff King and Octávio LM Ferraz et al (eds), The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 (OUP 2021). doi: 10.1093/law-occ19/e12.013.12
Except where the text indicates the contrary, the law is as it stood on: 14 January 2021
Footnotes:
10 Communicable Diseases Act (2004:168) has been revised 22 times with small updates, in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The last revision is dated 4 June 2020.
18 Act (2021:4) of 8 January 2021 on special restrictions for preventing the spread of the covid-19 disease.
37 See for example Sporrong and Lönnroth v Sweden (judgment of 23 September 1982, No 52); Pudas v Sweden (judgment of 27 October 1987, No 10426/83); Tre Traktörer v Sweden (judgment of 7 July 1989, No 10873/84); and Fredin v Sverige (judgment of 18 February 1991, No 12033/86).