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Parliamentary Ombudsman issues repeated formal criticism of health-and-social-care inspectorate IVO for unlawfully slow handling of public-records requests

Confidence: Confirmed · 3 sourcesSweden · Sep 22, 2026

Subject of this story

Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO)

Also named

Oversight

Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden (Justitieombudsmannen, JO)

What happened

Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman (Justitieombudsmannen, JO) issued renewed formal criticism of the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) after finding the agency again failed to process requests for public documents (allmänna handlingar) with the promptness required under the constitutional Freedom of the Press Act, with some requests taking two to six weeks. JO had already criticized IVO for the same problem in 2023; in the new decision JO stated IVO had not come close to meeting the speed requirement. A September 2025 follow-up inspection found the agency's newly adopted measures — having its registry route requests directly to caseworkers and pre-screening some cases — were having a positive effect.

Sources (3)

SourceIVO har inte varit i närheten av att leva upp till skyndsamhetskravet.

Dagens JuridikNy JO-kritik mot IVO: Inte ens nära leva upp till skyndsamhetskravet.

PubliktIvo får JO-kritik på nytt.

Response

Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO)

On-record admission

Contacted and made an on-record admission — exact wording not on record.

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