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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > institutions and checks and balances > ombudsman
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ombudsman  

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  • The ombudsman was created by the King of Sweden in 1806 in order to control the application of laws by the administration. By the second half of the nineteenth century, it became an institution by which the Swedish Parliament could exert more control over the executive branch of government. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Ombudsman]

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