Hovrättsråd

{{Short description|Swedish and Finnish judicial title}}

A hovrättsråd (Swedish) or hovioikeudenneuvos (Finnish) is a judge of the Swedish or Finnish Court of Appeal (hovrätt or hovioikeus). Until 1789 hovrätt was the highest judicial body in Sweden.{{lagref|1942|740|kapitel=2|paragraf=3|text=rättegångsbalken}} Today the courts are the second highest general courts in both countries.{{cite web|access-date=2 April 2017 |language=sv |publisher=Finlex |title=5 § Domare |url=http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/2016/20160673?search%5Btype%5D=pika&search%5Bpika%5D=Hovr%C3%A4tt |work=Domstolslag, 25.8.2016/673}}