[Regulations for autopsy and organ removal in Sweden]

In Sweden clinical autopsies are controlled by the autopsy law, which prescribes information to the relatives about the planned autopsy. Permission by the patient before death or by the relatives after information is mandatory. The performance of the autopsy is not regulated. For forensic autopsies no information or permission is prescribed. The performance and the documentation of the autopsy is strictly regulated and no partial autopsies are permitted. Forensic autopsies must be performed by forensic pathologists. A comparison is made of the legislation in the scandinavian countries and the Federal Republik of Germany.