Instrument of Government (1634)

The Instrument of Government (Swedish: regeringsform) of 1634 was a document describing the form and operation of the Swedish government, retrospectively regarded as the country's first constitution, although it was not intended to function as such.^[1] It was composed by the Lord High Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna,^[2] and was adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates (Swedish Parliament) on 29 July 1634.^[3] It was rendered void when the Riksdag repudiated it in 1680.^[4]