Among almost 2,200 employees within the Swedish Prosecution Authority, 1,350 are prosecutors while the remainder work with various support functions.
The Prosecutor General
The Prosecutor General is Sweden’s highest-ranking prosecutor and the only public prosecutor who is authorised to take a case to the Supreme Court. The Prosecutor General is also the head of the Swedish Prosecution Authority.
The Prosecution Development Centre is tasked with methodological and legal development in various criminal fields and for accumulating knowledge within the authority’s areas of responsibility.
The Head Office of the Swedish Prosecution Authority is responsible for cases heard by the Supreme Court, for legal governance and for central international matters.
