Svea Court of Appeal (Swedish: Svea hovrätt, lit. 'Svea Royal Court'), located in Stockholm, is one of six appellate courts in the Swedish legal system, as well as the oldest Swedish court currently in use (the Supreme Court being constituted only in 1789, over 150 years later). It is located in the Wrangel Palace, on Riddarholmen islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.
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History
The Svea Court of Appeal was founded in 1614 and was the highest court in Sweden until 1789, when the Supreme Court of Sweden was established.
Among people sentenced to death by the court was Nicolaus Olai Campanius, convicted of being a Catholic, and Jacob Johan Anckarström, convicted of the assassination of Gustaf III of Sweden.
Presidents
The president of the Svea Court of Appeal is called the president (Swedish: hovrättspresident).
1614–1633: Magnus Brahe
1633–1640: Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna
1641–1661: Per Brahe
1661–1668: Seved Bååt
1668–1673: Johan Gyllenstierna af Lundholm
1674–1677: Bengt Horn af Åminne
1677–1680: Knut Kurck
1680–1682: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
1682–1695: Gustaf Adolph De la Gardie
1695–1703: Lars Wallenstedt
1703–1714: Gabriel Falkenberg af Sandemar
1715–1716: Reinhold Johan von Fersen
1718–1723: Carl Gyllenstierna
1723: Gabriel Stierncrona
1723–1731: Pehr Scheffer
1731–1736: Hans Reinhold von Fersen
1736–1743: Otto Reinhold Strömfelt
1743–1750: Carl Frolich
1750–1751: Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm
1751–1753: Henrik Hammarberg
1753–1768: Johan Gerdesschöld
1768–1772: Adam Fredenstierna
1772–1787: Johan Rosir
1787–1810: Carl Axel Trolle-Wachtmeister
1810–1826: Henning Adolph von Strokirch
1826–1833: Joshua Sylvander
1833–1835: Jonas Evelius
1836–1845: Eric Gabriel von Rosen
1845–1856: Carl Eric Isberg
1856–1867: Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre
1867–1870: Ludvig Almqvist
1870–1880: Louis Gerhard De Geer
1880–1889: Carl Johan Berg
1889–1899: Nils Henrik Vult von Steyern
1899–1910: Johan Erik Elliot
1910–1918: Ivar Afzelius
1918–1920: Hjalmar Westring
1920–1931: Erik Marks von Würtemberg
1931–1946: Birger Ekeberg
1946–1950: Arthur Lindhagen
1950–1957: Harry Guldberg
1957–1963: Herman Zetterberg
1963–1967: Sture Petrén
1967–1983: Sten Rudholm
1983–1995: Birgitta Blom
1996–2007: Johan Hirschfeldt
2008–: Fredrik Wersäll
Buildings
The Svea Court of Appeal is located in several buildings on Riddarholmen. Apart from the Wrangel Palace, which is the main building, it also has divisions in i.a. the Hessenstein Palace, the Stenbock Palace and the Schering-Rosenhane Palace.