{{Short description|Swedish court of appeal}} {{Infobox high court |court_name = Svea Court of Appeal |native_name = ''Svea hovrätt'' |image = Svea hovrätt vapen.svg |imagesize = 120px |caption = Coat of arms |motto = |established = 1614 |dissolved = <!-- year --> |location = Stockholm |coordinates = {{coord|59.325|18.0625|display=inline}} |type = <!-- partisan election/non-partisan election/legislative selection/executive selection/co-option/etc --> |authority = <!-- constitution/statute/monarch--> |appealsto = Supreme Court of Sweden |terms = <!-- length of court term for judges --> |positions = <!-- number of positions/seats on court --> |budget = <!-- amount of annual budget --> |website = {{URL|https://www.domstol.se/svea-hovratt/}} |chiefjudgetitle = |chiefjudgename = |termstart = |termend = <!-- year term for current chief as chief ends, if applicable --> |termend2 = <!-- year term of current chief ends if applicable --> |chiefjudgetitle2 = <!-- title of the second top judge if applicable--> |chiefjudgename2 = <!-- current deputy chief's name --> |termstart2 = <!-- year current deputy chief became chief --> |termend3 = <!-- year term for current deputy chief as chief ends, if applicable --> |termend4 = <!-- year term of current deputy chief ends if applicable --> }} [[File:Wrangelska palatset 050701.jpg|thumb|The Wrangel Palace on Riddarholmen, the seat of the Svea Court of Appeal]]
'''Svea Court of Appeal''' ({{langx|sv|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.
==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.
==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.
==See also== * Courts of appeal in Sweden
==Literature== * Korpiola, Mia (ed.): ''The Svea Court of Appeal on the Early Modern Period: Historical Reinterpretations and New Perspectives.'' (Rättshistoriska studier, 26.) Stockholm: Institutet för Rättshistorisk Forskning, 2014. {{ISSN|0534-2724}}. {{ISBN|978-91-86645-08-3}}
==External links== *[http://www.dom.se/default____966.aspx Svea Court of Appeal website] {{in lang|sv}} *[http://www.dom.se/templates/DV_InfoPage____877.aspx Svea Court of Appeal — Website in English] {{in lang|en}}
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