National
Justice of the Supreme Court
- Swedish: Justitieråd
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Government of Sweden
- Exact method
- Appointed by the Government on a proposal from the Judicial Appointments Board (Domarnämnden). By law the court has fourteen justices or the higher number needed, one of whom is the Chief Justice (Code of Judicial Procedure ch. 3 § 4), so this office, which excludes the Chief Justice, has at least 13 seats; 15 justices besides the Chief Justice at 2026-10-12.
- Chosen by
- Government of Sweden
- Seats
- At least 13
Who holds these seats now
- Agneta Bäcklund Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Anders Perklev Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Cecilia Renfors Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Christine Lager Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Erik Lindberg Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Erik Sjöman Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Johan Danelius Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Jonas Malmberg Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Katrin Hollunger Wågnert Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Malin Bonthron Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Margareta Brattström Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Petter Asp Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Stefan Johansson Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Stefan Reimer Report Source: domstol.se, checked
- Tobias Eriksson Report Source: domstol.se, checked
Sources
- riksdagen.se · checked seats 15 open -> 13 minimum (legal baseline; current size kept in selection_detail): Rättegångsbalken 3 kap. 4 §: "I Högsta domstolen ska det finnas fjorton justitieråd eller det högre antal som behövs ... Ett av justitieråden ska vara domstolens ordförande". Read 2026-10-12; CONVENTIONS section 3 Legislatures, ticket 1057 For: Justice of the Supreme Court
- domstol.se · checked Source for office row added by verifier (first load gave none): Sveriges Domstolar, Högsta domstolen: Justitieråd, read 2026-10-12: Chief Justice and justices. For: Justice of the Supreme Court
- domstol.se · checked Sveriges domstolar, Högsta domstolen: Justitieråd, read 2026-10-12: 16 justices, president (ordförande) and year each joined. For: Justice of the Supreme Court in Swedish, Agneta Bäcklund, current term, Anders Perklev, current term, Cecilia Renfors, current term, Christine Lager, current term and 11 more