According to local media, this is the first case where the state's responsibility for incorrect guardianships is being tried in court.
Appointing someone as a guardian is among the most intrusive measures the state can take against its citizens, says the man's representative at the Center for Justice to ÖA.
It was in December 2018 that the pensioner's bank accounts and cards were suddenly blocked. About a week later, he received a letter from Ångermanland District Court stating that he had been appointed a guardian – an unknown person in Västerås.
The pensioner had not received any information about the matter, and there was no medical investigation assessing the need for a guardian.
The man lived under guardianship for a year before it ceased.
The Court of Appeal has previously awarded him damages of 80,000 kronor. Now that the case is being taken up in the Supreme Court, he and his representative are claiming 250,000 kronor.
