Information & Ethics committee  The issue of culture is very important, and I believe we have a strong culture when it comes to openness and disclosure of public documents. There are several reasons for that. First, we have a long tradition of access to public documents dating from 1766, and the law has not bee

Information & Ethics committee  The Freedom of the Press Act refers to printed media. The printed media needs a responsible editor, and the editor will be in charge. The same goes for the author of a book, for example. It's not those who have given the information that is in the book to the author, it's the aut

Information & Ethics committee  I'll just briefly say that I would imagine it could lead to an increase in workload for that administration. I'll refer to our experience of openness as a basis for handling cases when it comes to public documents. If we have a strong culture of openness and act promptly when we

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe so, but I will also have to come back on that and confirm it.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I wouldn't say so. I don't have exact figures, but it's rare, I must say.

Information & Ethics committee  If we get the request from a foreign government?

Information & Ethics committee  It would certainly be dealt with at the ministerial level. It would not be dealt by an individual, so it will be raised at that level. I'm quite certain about that, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I don't have the exact number. First, if it's not the government's issue or it's in the Parliament, it is dealt with by the courts. You can appeal to the court. There are not so many cases per year, but I can come back with the exact number to the committee.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have that, actually. I will have to come back on these issues about how many. We have an open system, and the principle is that we should release documents immediately—the same day, in principle. That has been stated in many examples from our ombudsman, who on a regular

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  When it comes to the government, which then would be a decision by a minister or ministers, the issue is referred to a government decision on appeal on that. That would be the procedure. When it comes to the constitutional committee in our Parliament that scrutinizes and review

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the committee members for inviting me to give an overview of the Swedish legislation when it comes to freedom of expression and access to information. Allow me first to say that one of the core values in Sweden is openness. One of the corne