Ministers are thus expressly prohibited to intervene in matters relating to the application of the law or the due exercise of an agency's authority, quite unlike the situation in many other countries.
If the government believes that an agency has not applied the law correctly, its only remedy is to change the relevant legislation.
[3][4][5] The reasoning behind this is to prevent government corruption and to ensure that laws and regulations are applied equally.
It also incentivises the Government and Riksdag to get rid of hard-to-interpret or problematic laws and regulations.
There are rare exceptions to this distinction, such as when a natural disaster or war occurs and there is a need for a shorter chain of command.