Stockholm District Court is looking for an acting judge

Stockholm District Court is Sweden's largest district court with approximately 300 employees. Our organization consists of a diversity of competencies, where each employee plays a crucial role in maintaining legal security and high quality at all levels. We often handle extensive and high-profile cases.

The court is divided into five adjudicating departments and one administrative department. Department 14 is the general department that handles criminal cases, civil cases, and matters. Department 5 is the Patent and Market Court, which is responsible for the areas of intellectual property law, marketing law, and competition law. The adjudicating departments employ judges, patent advisors, court clerks, prosecutors, preparation lawyers, and court administrators. The court also has a special unit to handle civil cases, a so-called fast track for civil cases. The administrative department is responsible for finance, IT, HR, registration, archives, library, communication, security, service, and cleaning.

Your Role

We are looking for someone who wants a stimulating and varied job in an environment where you can develop and thrive. Stockholm District Court is the country's largest district court and is divided into five adjudicating departments, one of which includes the Patent and Market Court. Each department has primary responsibility for a legal area, which means you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in specific legal fields.

This recruitment concerns a fixed-term employment as an acting judge during the year 2026. 

The district court decides many extensive and high-profile cases, including large commercial disputes. Therefore, you will work in a professional and well-functioning organization where you play an important role in providing access to legal review in a legally secure and efficient manner.

The workplace is characterized by competent and committed employees who take great responsibility for making the district court an attractive workplace. An important part of the daily collaboration at the court is the judges' work in mentoring prosecutors, clerks, and other staff categories.

The district court actively works to develop operations in collaboration between all staff categories and allocates time for such work every month. A guiding principle in the development work is to create a cohesive court with a high degree of accessibility and a good reception.

Qualifications

The work as an acting judge places high demands on legal skills, judgment, ability to collaborate, work capacity, and independence. As an acting judge, you are, together with the regular judges in the department, a role model for other employees. Through dialogue and cooperation, you have a significant responsibility for ensuring that the work is carried out in a legally secure and efficient manner.

You will come to a workplace with competent and committed employees.

You who apply should have experience and qualifications in the areas described in the Judicial Appointments Board's requirement profile for regular judges. The requirement profile can be found at the link here: Judicial Appointments Board requirement profile (https://www.domstol.se/domarnamnden/ansokan-om-domaranstallning/).

To be considered for employment, you must meet high standards regarding judgment, security awareness, and suitability. This means that you stand up for democratic values and the state values that govern the operations of Sweden's courts. We also require that you comply with Swedish laws.

Benefits

We offer a secure employment with good benefits according to collective agreements. With us, you receive 3,000 SEK in wellness allowance per year and the opportunity to use a wellness hour each week. The building has its own gym, and our wellness representatives regularly arrange activities that promote health and community.

You have between 28–35 vacation days and occupational pension. You also have the opportunity for reimbursement of costs for medications and doctor visits according to applicable conditions.