Editing Freedom of the press (section)

====Sweden====
One of the world's first freedom of the press acts was introduced in Sweden in 1766 ([[Swedish Freedom of the Press Act]]), due in part to [[classical liberal]] member of parliament, [[Ostrobothnia (historical province)|Ostrobothnia]]n priest, [[Anders Chydenius]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>[http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_Page____8908.aspx "The Freedom of the Press Act", Sveriges Riksdag] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182530/http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_Page____8908.aspx |date=2007-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fecl.org/circular/1507.htm|title=FECL 15 (May 1993): The Swedish Tradition of Freedom of Press|author=Fortress Europe? – Circular Letter|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308002445/http://fecl.org/circular/1507.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/5885744/The-Worlds-First-Freedom-of-Information-Act-SwedenFinland-1766|title=The World's First Freedom of Information Act (Sweden/Finland 1766)|work=Scribd|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215184308/http://www.scribd.com/doc/5885744/The-Worlds-First-Freedom-of-Information-Act-SwedenFinland-1766|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freedominfo.org/regions/europe/sweden/ |title=freedominfo.org, "Sweden" |access-date=2011-09-26 |archive-date=2019-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406212230/http://www.freedominfo.org/regions/europe/sweden/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Excepted and liable to prosecution was only vocal opposition to the [[king]] and the [[Church of Sweden]]. The act was largely rolled back after [[Gustav III of Sweden|King Gustav]]'s coup d'état in 1772, restored after the overthrowing of his son, [[Gustav IV of Sweden]] in 1809, and fully recognized with the abolition of the king's prerogative to cancel licenses in the 1840s.