The language experts
Since 1980, there is a team of language experts in the Government Offices who revise texts and encourage all government officials in the ten ministries and the committees to use a style and a language that can quickly be read and understood.
The language experts
- give advice on all kinds of language questions
- revise all draft statutes and government bills submitted to the Riksdag, as well as committee terms of reference
- offer general courses on how to write effectively, mostly within the Government Offices
- write handbooks and guidelines designed to coordinate and facilitate the work of the ministries
- give lectures on the Swedish plain language work.
The language experts are placed in the Ministry of Justice, where they work together with legal advisors at the Division for Legal and Linguistic Draft Revision. The language expert working for the committees is placed in the committee service section of the Office for Administrative Affairs.
You can reach them at the following address and telephone number:
Språkexperterna, granskningsenheten, Justitiedepartementet,
103 33 STOCKHOLM, + 46 8 405 10 00.
