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Class Litigation in Sweden
- Authors: Sutormin N.A.1
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- Institute of Law and National Security, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
- Issue: No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 40-49
- Section: Private law (civil law) studies
- Submitted: 09.01.2026
- Published: 10.03.2025
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2072-909X/article/view/364360
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.37399/issn2072-909X.2025.3.40-49
- ID: 364360
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The article is dedicated to group action and group proceedings in Sweden. This country is rather unique in that it was among the first countries of continental law that introduced group action. As a result Sweden model of group litigation received traits of equally continental law and common law. The research begins with the history of enactment of law on group proceedings in Sweden, discusses the amendments to the law, circulating in Swedish society. Then the author touches the legal scope of current law on group proceedings and classification of group actions, provided in Swedish law. Also the author raises the following questions: special preconditions for group proceedings and Swedish approach to the formation of the group, characterized by choosing opt-in model, because it is very popular in Europe. In the article Swedish approach to fee agreements is analyzed, special attention is devoted to risk agreements as an example of successful achievement of Swedish law. The author concludes that this approach is useful to introduce into Russian law.
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Nikita A. Sutormin
Institute of Law and National Security, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Author for correspondence.
Email: nsutormin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1071-5029
Candidate of Science (Law), Associate Professor of the Civil Law and Procedure Department.
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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