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The 2019 Changes in the SwedishArbitration Act

Abstract

On 1 March 2019, several changes in the Swedish Arbitration Act of 1999 (henceforth
‘the Act’) became operative. The purpose of this chapter is to present briefly some
major changes. For each change the problem that the change aims to cure is first
described and then the cure, followed by a comment.
Not all changes are covered. Changes that in particular might interest a practice
oriented non-Swedish readership have been chosen.
The presentation is based on the Government Bill to the Swedish Parliament
concerning the changes (henceforth ‘the Bill’).1 The parliamentary process did not
produce any further or different changes.
Finally, a few changes contemplated in the legislative process, but eventually not
proposed in the Bill, are briefly discussed.