The Swedish Arbitration Act in General

Abstract

Abstract Since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, which was ratified by Sweden in 1972, a significant internationalisation of arbitration law has taken place. During the 1970s and 1980s, arbitration issues were addressed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, UNCITRAL. Following extensive preparation, this work resulted in arbitration regulations, namely the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, and in the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, commonly referred to as the Model Law. The intention with the Model Law was that it should form the basis for uniform domestic legislation. In certain cases the authors’ ambitions have been achieved; subject only to minor modifications, the Model Law has been implemented in a number of countries.1 However, the greatest role played by the Model Law has been as a source of inspiration for the enactment of many of the new national arbitration laws that have been adopted around the world in recent years.