Born 1960
Member of the Supreme Court since 2011
Master of Laws, Lund University, 1986
Law clerk, Trollhättan District Court, 1986–1989
Junior judge, West Sweden Court of Appeal, 1990; associate judge, West Sweden Court of Appeal, 1992
Legal expert, Ministry of Justice, 1996–1997
Sweden’s average adjuster, 1998–2011
Doctor of Laws, University of Gothenburg, 2001
Reader in civil law, University of Gothenburg, 2002
Torsten Pettersson professor of maritime law and other transport law, University of Gothenburg, 2005–2011
Adjunct professor, 2007–2011 (Professor II, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo)
Visiting professor, McGill University, Montreal (Quebec, Canada), the 2009/2010 academic year
Public assignments
Secretary, expert and special inquiry officer in several state inquiries (e.g. in respect of the “Elections Act” and legislation on transport and travels).
Chair of the Election Review Board
External chair of the National Board for Consumer Disputes (ARN)
Member of the board of Stockholm Centre for Commerical law, Stockholm University
Member of the Council of the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (Nordisk institutt for sjørett), Oslo University
Other assignments
Member of the Swedish editorial team for Nordiske domme i sjøfartsanliggender (“Scandinavian decisions in maritime cases”)
Member of the editorial council of MarIus (a maritime law periodical)
Member of the academic council for Juridisk Publikation (a journal that seeks to promote legal debate)
Member of the editorial council of Juridisk Tidskrift (a journal covering all areas of law)
Member of the board of the Law Library at the Swedish Bar Association
Published texts, etc.
A large number of articles and books, primarily on property law
Wide-ranging teaching and lecturing (primarily in civil law and procedural law)
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