Stefan Johansson

Born 1965

Member of the Supreme Court since 2016

Master of Laws, Lund University, 1991
Law clerk, Lund District Court, 1991–1993
Associate judge, Svea Court of Appeal, 1996
Master of Laws, European Law, the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1996–1997
Served in the Ministry of Finance as legal expert, 1997
Served in the Ministry of Justice: legal expert, 1998–2000; deputy director, 2000–2002; senior adviser, 2003–2005
Head of the “Central office” of the Swedish Prosecution Authority, 2005–2009
Judge of appeal and divisional senior judge, Svea Court of Appeal, 2009–2010
Director general for legal affairs, Ministry of Justice, 2010–2011
Director general for administrative affairs, Ministry of Justice, 2012–2016

Public assignments

Special inquiry officer and expert in various state inquiries (e.g. the “Drugs Commission”, the “Inquiry into the criminalisation of participation in terrorist organisations” and the “Inquiry into reinforcing of legal processes and increased taking of legal action”)
Chair of the parliamentary committee investigating criminalisation of denial of the Holocaust and certain other crimes.

Other assignments

Chair of the Media Council
Member of the Plain Swedish Office
Member of the Spotlight Stock Market disciplinary committee

Published texts, etc.

Co-author of commentaries on the Penal Code

 

 

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Updated
2022-08-25