Court (Regeringsrätten) and the Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) were created to assume certain tasks that had been handled by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Administrative Court assumed responsibility for ruling on administrative cases and the Legal Council received the responsibility for judicial review (strictly speaking legal preview). At the same time the monarch lost voting power in the court. The right to appeal cases to the Supreme Court was limited for the first time in 1915. A special dispensation was required before trying a minor civil or criminal case. Dispensation was to be given when there was a ruling that could become a precedent, and in 1945 this requirement was extended to all cases. In 1948, the legal procedure was supplemented with oral proceedings and to satisfy the need for additional space the Supreme Court was moved in 1949 from the Royal Palace to the Bonde Palace on Stadsholmen. By the Instrument of Government of 1974 the Supreme Court discontinued the practice to award sentencing in the name of the Swedish monarch (Kungl Maj:t), as well as announcing them at the Royal Palace where they were adorned with the royal seal. Current composition The current Councillors of Justice () of the Supreme Court of Sweden, followed by year of appointment: Anders Eka, Chairman (2013, Chairman since 2018) Gudmund Toijer, Chairman of Chamber (2007, Chairman of Chamber since 2016) Ann-Christine Lindeblad (2002) Kerstin Calissendorff (2003) Johnny Herre (2010) Agneta Bäcklund (2010) Svante O. Johansson (2011) Dag Mattsson (2012) Sten Andersson (2016) Stefan Johansson (2016) Petter Asp (2017) Malin Bonthron (2017) Eric M. Runesson (2018) Stefan Reimer (2019) Cecilia Renfors (2019) Johan Danelius (2020) Presidents of the Supreme Court of Sweden 1948–1952: Axel Afzelius 1952–1958: Ragnar Gyllenswärd 1958–1963: Carl Gustaf Hellquist 1963–1969: Nils Beckman 1969–1973: Sven Romanus 1973–1976: Sven Edling 1977–1979: Otto Petrén 1979–1984: Bengt Hult 1984–1986: Carl Holmberg 1986–1990: Olle Höglund 1990–1992: Sven Nyman 1992–1998: Anders Knutsson 1998–2002: Torkel Gregow 2002–2007: Bo Svensson 2007–2010: Johan Munck 2010–2016: Marianne Lundius 2016–2018: Stefan Lindskog 2018–present: Anders Eka References External links Courts in Sweden Sweden 1789 establishments in Sweden Courts and tribunals established in 1789