Tryckfrihetsförordningen
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tryckfrihetsförordningen |
| Scope: | Kingdom of Sweden |
| SFS : | 1949: 105 |
| Date of law: | April 5, 1949 |
| Last revision: | 2002 (SFS 2002: 908) |
| Last change by: | SFS 2002: 1049 |
| Please note the information on the applicable legal version ! | |
Tryckfrihetsförordningen (Freedom of the Press Act) from 1949 is part of the Swedish constitution . The law circumscribes and guarantees the freedom of the press and the public administration.
Anders Chydenius already introduced the first law on freedom of the press, valid until 1949, in 1766, which stopped censorship and - as the first country in the world - introduced the principle of public access (Swedish: offentlighetsprincipen ) in the administration.
As part of the constitutional reform in 1976 and 1979, the provisions of the Freedom of the Press Act to other media, such as in the years film and television extended
See also: Freedom of Information Act
literature
- Gustaf Petrén: The public records in Sweden , in: VerwArch 1958, pp. 323–333.