ABSTRACT
Civil servants in Sweden are characterised above all by two things: so-called duality and their non-specific status. Their duality refers to the fact that the public administration is independent of the government. Non-specific status means that virtually no civil servants have a regulated status. The chapter is structured as follows. Section II explains the meaning of duality and the separate status of the government and the agencies. Section III provides an overview of the constitutional provisions governing the civil service. Section IV explores the differences between labour law regulation for civil servants and for private employees, as well as its implications. In Section V, the specific mechanisms aimed at ensuring that civil servants act in accordance with the law are introduced, and Section VI discusses the extent to which the fundamental rights in the Swedish constitution also apply to civil servants. In Section VII, issues currently under debate are highlighted; the chapter ends with some conclusions.
