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Instrument of Government (1634)
Swedish constitution / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Instrument of Government (Swedish: regeringsform) of 1634 was a document describing the form and operation of the Swedish government, retrospectively regarded as the country's first constitution, although it was not intended to function as such.[1] It was composed by the Lord High Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna,[2] and was adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates (Swedish Parliament) on 29 July 1634.[3] It was rendered void when the Riksdag repudiated it in 1680.[4]
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