Sweden

 
Applicable Law
Bankruptcy Act - PDF version available here.
Reorganisation act - PDF version available here.
 
English version
Not available


 
Act implementing the Directive (EU) 2019/1023 in Sweden (published on 23 June 2022)
En ny lag om företagsrekonstruktion - PDF version available here.


Additional resources
Previous Reorganisation Act - PDF version available here

How Sweden has implemented Directive (EU) 2019/1023 (as part of the Joint Project between INSOL Europe and LexisPSL on the implementation analysis of the Directive (EU) 2019/1023 in the EU Member States - as at 06/09/2022)


 
We are grateful to Niklas Alvestrand Körling from Wistrand Advokatbyrå (Stockholm, Sweden) and INSOL Europe Country Coordinator for sharing this information.
Update: January 2023
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