Monarchy of Sweden
The King of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden. The Office has held since September 15, 1973 King Carl XVI. Gustaf.
Position within the organizational structure
Sweden is a parliamentary monarchy. Real powers are not granted to the king. Rather, the legislature, the budget law and the control of the government and administration at the Reichstag, the executive in the government, the authorities and the local authorities and the judiciary lies with the courts.
The position of the king in the constitutional organization structure is regulated Regeringsformen 1974, especially in the main state organization law. Relevant provisions are:
Chapter 1 - Basics of State organization § 5 monarchical form of government, succession The King or Queen, or after the Act of Succession holds the Swedish throne, is the head of state of the Empire. The provisions of the Constitution concerning the King, with a Queen is head of state, to this application. Chapter 5 - The Head of State § 1 Relations with the government The Head of State is informed by the Prime Minister of the affairs of the kingdom. Where necessary, the government in the Council under the chairmanship of the Head of State. § 2 Official requirements, incompatibilities, trips abroad The head of state must be a Swedish citizen and have reached the age of eighteen years. He can not simultaneously be minister or president of the Reichstag or member of the Reichstag. The head of state has to put in full consultation with the Prime Minister before his trips abroad. § 3 substitution by temporary Regent Is the king prevented by illness, foreign travel or for other reasons at the fulfillment of his duties and takes over after the applicable succession a member of the royal family, which is not prevented in its place as a temporary regent the duties of head of state. § 4 Regent in vacancy and minority of the heir to the throne If the royal family goes out, the Reichstag appointed a regent, who takes over the duties of head of state until further notice. At the same time the parliament elects a vice- regent. The same applies if the king dies or abdicates and the heir to the throne is not yet eighteen years of age. § 5 loss of office If the king is prevented without interruption for six months in the performance of his duties or their fulfillment has failed, the Government shall notify the Reichstag. The Riksdag decides whether the king is to be deemed abdicated. § 6 Interim Regent in vacancy and temporary prevention If no one is available for the office that meets the requirements of § 3 or 4, the Reichstag may appoint another person as provisional regent due to a regulation of the Government. The President of the Reichstag or in case of his absence, the Vice- President of the Reichstag is due to a regulation of the Government as a temporary regent, if this, no other person is capable of. § 7 indemnity The king can not be held responsible for his actions. The Regent shall not be held responsible for his actions as head of state.
Succession
The office of king is hereditary. The throne is in the Act of Succession ( Successionsordningen, SO) of 1810 regulated the equal female succession was introduced by revision of this law in 1979.