Tingsrätt

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The tingsrätt is the lowest instance of ordinary jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters in Sweden and käräjäoikeus in Finland . In this respect, it is comparable to a German district or regional court . The next highest instance is the hovrätt , the last instance of the Högsta domstolen in Sweden and the korkein oikeus / Högsta domstolen in Finland. The councils were set up uniformly throughout Sweden in 1971 and in Finland in 1993. Previously existed in the larger cities in Sweden a rådhusrätt and elsewhere a häradsrätt . The number of councilors in Sweden fell from initially 100 to 53 (2009) to 42 (2017).

Tingsrats in Sweden

The following councilors currently exist in Sweden: (with the higher-level councilors and their seat):

Hovratsten for Övre Norrland ( Umeå )
Hovratsten for Nedre Norrland ( Sundsvall )
Svea hovrätt ( Stockholm )
Hovratsten för Västra Sverige ( Gothenburg )
Göta hovrätt ( Jönköping )
Hovrats över Skåne and Blekinge ( Malmö )

See also

  • Tingrett , the lowest level of ordinary jurisdiction in Norway.

Individual evidence

  1. Tingsrätt. In: Sveriges Domstolar. March 10, 2017, accessed October 1, 2018 .