The Freedom of the Press Act protects this freedom in various ways from interventions by society. All pre-examination of print media is forbidden, and so in principle is any other act which prevents the printing, publication or circulation of a document and which is due to the document s content. No one may intervene afterwards against utterances made in a print medium unless the Freedom of the Press Act so permits. Only one person is held accountable for the content of a print medium. In principle, no other persons are responsible, and they have the right to be anonymous.
Special rules apply for legal actions in freedom of the press cases.
If the jury decides to acquit the defendant, no appeal may be lodged. Back to top Right of access to official documents Swedish citizens and foreign nationals both have the right to partake and avail themselves of official documents. The Freedom of the Press Act contains a number of provisions which explain what is meant by the concept of official documents. The word document also includes such things as tape recordings and recordings for automatic data processing. Not all official documents are available to the general public.