Ministry of Justice (Sweden)

The Ministry of Justice (Swedish: Justitiedepartementet) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to combating terrorism, democracy and human rights, family law, the judicial system, migration and asylum and the Constitution of Sweden.

The ministry is currently headed by the Minister for Justice, Gunnar Strömmer of the Moderate Party.

Maria Malmer Stenergard,[3] Minister for Migration, is the only other cabinet minister besides the head of the ministry since October 2022.

The Ministry of Justice is principal for 18 government agencies:[4] Source:[5] The ministry is also closely involved in European Union-related issues.

Four areas in particular stand out; judicial and domestic issues (police and judicial cooperation in penal law, judicial cooperation in civil law), internal market issues (e.g. patents, copyright and company law), openness (public access to official documents), and discrimination (equal treatment).