Editing Union and Security Act (section)

{{Short description|Swedish law from 1789}}
The '''Union and Security Act''' ({{langx|sv|Förenings- och säkerhetsakten}}, {{langx|fi|Yhdistys- ja vakuuskirja}}), alternatively '''Act of Union and Security''', was proposed by King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] to the assembled [[Estates of the Realm]] during the [[Riksdag_of_the_Estates|Riksdag]] of 1789. It was a document, adding to the [[Swedish Constitution of 1772]] new provisions. The King strengthened his grip on power while at the same time riding on a popular wave that also meant a decrease in aristocratic power. It has been described as "fundamentally conservative".<ref name="Nordstrom2000">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/scandinaviasince0000nord |url-access=registration |last=Nordstrom |first=Byron J. |title=Scandinavia since 1500 |year=2000 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |location=Minneapolis |isbn=0-8166-2098-9 |id={{LIBRIS|13561595}} |page=[https://archive.org/details/scandinaviasince0000nord/page/112 112] |access-date=21 December 2011}}</ref>