Royal Right of Disposal (Sweden)
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The Royal Right of Disposal (Sweden) is an agreement between the Government of Sweden and its monarch which places at the disposal of the latter the Swedish Crown palaces and also the large Stockholm island of Djurgården. This right of disposal (dispositionsrätt), still in effect, was enacted during the period when the Swedish Constitution of 1809 was worked out, where the king lost income and other powers.[1][2]
Properties thus placed at the disposal of the monarch are owned by the State of Sweden, administered by the Office of the Steward (Ståthållarämbetet) of the Royal Court of Sweden and managed by the National Property Board of Sweden, with the exception of Djurgården with Rosendal Palace which is under special royal management (Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltning). It has been asserted that, through the Royal Right of Disposal, a part of the old absolute monarchy from before 1809 is still intact and that this is contrary to Swedish democracy in general.[3][4][5]