Henrik Jermsten

Born 1961
Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court since 2006
President of division
since 2012

Degree of Master of Laws (LL.M) from Stockholm University, 1991
Law Clerk at Norrköping District Court, 1991-1993
Associate Judge at Svea Court of Appeal, 1996
Legal Advisor and Deputy Director at the Ministry of Justice, 1996-1998
Deputy Director-General and Head of the Ministry of Justice’s Division for Constitutional Law (L6), 1998-2006

Public appointments
Expert in a number of legislative committees and inquiries
Expert in the Commission on the Constitution, 2004-2008
Chair of the Committee on Official Documents in Electronic Form, 2008-2010
Inquiry Chair, Information Management Inquiry, 2011-2015
Chair of the Swedish Broadcasting Commission, 2012-2018 (Deputy Chair, 2007-2012)
Chair of the Board of the Swedish Election Authority, 2015-2016 (Deputy Chair, 2011-2015)
Inquiry Chair, Feasibility Inquiry, 2015-2016
Chair of the 2018 All-Party Committee of Inquiry on Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression, 2018-2020
Inquiry Chair, Inquiry into Intervention Against Satellite Broadcasts with Regard to the Security of Sweden 2022-2023
Chair of the 2023 Committee on Rights and Freedoms

Other appointments
Chair of the Swedish Board of the Nordic Federation of Public Administration, 2009-2016
Member of the Swedish Board of the Nordic Lawyers’ Meetings, 2008-2022 (secretary, 1997-2008)

Publications, etc.
Co-author of legal comments on the Instrument of Government of Sweden

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Henrik Jermsten
Photo by Micke Lundström
Updated
2023-11-08