Who can I complain about?

The Ombudsmen’s supervision cover

• Government agencies (including courts of law and administrative courts)
• Local government agencies
• Officials employed by the state or by local government
• Others who are entrusted to exercise public authority (exercising public authority involves the use of official powers to decide about a benefit, a right, an obligation, disciplinary punishment or some other comparable situation)

Who can I not complain about?

• The government or an individual minister
• Members of the Riksdag (parliament)
• Members of local councils or county councils
• Parliamentary Ombudsmen
• The Chancellor of Justice
• State-owned companies and foundations (unless the complaint concerns exercising public authority [see above], or the treatment of a request for a document in the public domain from the company or foundation)
• Local government owned companies and foundations (same as state-owned companies, see above)
• Newspapers, radio and television companies
• Banks, insurance companies
• Lawyers and doctors in private practice
• Private companies