Garis Suksesi untuk Takhta Swedia ditentukan oleh Undang-Undang Suksesi (bahasa Swedia: Successionsordningen), awalnya disetujui bersama oleh Parlemen di Örebro oleh Raja Charles XIII pada 1810.[1][2]
Pada tahun 1979, Parlemen memperkenalkan anak sulung mutlak yang berarti anak sulung Raja, terlepas dari jenis kelamin adalah yang pertama di garis suksesi. Perubahan mulai berlaku pada 1 Januari 1980 yang membuat negara Swedia mengadopsi anak sulung mutlak.
Mahkota Swedia sebelumnya (sejak 1810) turun sebagai anak sulung agnatic yang berarti hanya laki-laki yang mewarisi takhta.[butuh rujukan]
Sesuai dengan UU Suksesi, keturunan Carl XVI Gustaf dari Swedia yang beragama Lutheran dan dibesarkan di Swedia yang berhak naik takhta. Seseorang kehilangan hak suksesi dan menghilangkan hak suksesi keturunan mereka jika ia:
^"H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2010-06-23. Diakses tanggal 22 December 2013. King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia have three children: Crown Princess Victoria, born on 14 July 1977, Prince Carl Philip, born on 13 May 1979 and Princess Madeleine, born on 10 June 1982. Under the Order of Succession introduced in 1980 by the Swedish Parliament, the throne passes to the eldest child.
^"H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2010-03-15. Diakses tanggal 22 December 2013. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, Crown Princess Victoria is heir to the Swedish throne.
^"H.R.H. Princess Estelle - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-11-04. Diakses tanggal 22 December 2013. Princess Estelle is second in the line of succession, following Crown Princess Victoria.
^"H.R.H. Prince Oscar - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2016-05-30. Diakses tanggal 19 June 2016. Princess Oscar is third in the line of succession, following Princess Estelle.
^"H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2010-09-20. Diakses tanggal 22 December 2013. Prince Carl Philip is fourth in line of succession, after Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Estelle, and Prince Oscar.
^"HRH Prince Alexander - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2018-03-22. Diakses tanggal 14 March 2018. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, Prince Alexander is fifth in line of succession, after Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Estelle, Prince Oscar and Prince Carl Philip.
^"HRH Prince Gabriel - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2018-03-14. Diakses tanggal 14 March 2018. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, Prince Gabriel is sixth in line of succession, after Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Estelle, Prince Oscar, Prince Carl Philip and Prince Alexander.
^"H.R.H. Princess Madeleine - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-12-24. Diakses tanggal 22 December 2013. Princess Madeleine is fifth in the line of succession, following Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Estelle, Prince Oscar, and Prince Carl Philip.
^"H.R.H. Princess Leonore - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2014-07-14. Diakses tanggal 13 June 2014. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, Princess Leonore is sixth in the line of succession, following Princess Madeleine.
^"H.R.H. Prince Nicolas - Biography". www.kungahuset.se. Swedish Royal Court. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2015-12-30. Diakses tanggal 11 December 2015. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, Prince Nicolas is seventh in the line of succession, following Princess Leonore.