Anne-Christine Ramberg (born 26 August 1952) is a Swedish lawyer and since 2000 the general secretary for the

Swedish Bar Association The Swedish Bar Association () is an organisation for Swedish lawyers, including members of the Bar practicing law, under the title of '' advokat'', a title which is protected by Swedish law and reserved for the exclusive use by the members of t ...

(''Sveriges advokatsamfund''). She is the first woman to hold this position.

Biography

Ramberg is the daughter of Agne Christenson and his wife Elise, a lawyer. She grew up in

Östermalm Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of Sweden's most populous and exclusive districts. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest ho ...

in Stockholm, where she lived at Grev Magnigatan and studied at

Norra Real Norra Real ("Northern Real") is an upper-secondary school, located on Roslagsgatan 1 in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is the oldest upper-secondary school in Stockholm and one of the most difficult to get accepted into. A number of prominent re ...

. She worked as a secretary between 1974 and 1975.Ramberg, Anne C, advokat, generalsekreterare, verkställande direktör, i Vem Är Det 2007 p. 486. She studied law at

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

, and became a candidate in 1976. She has been a practicing lawyer since 1981. Besides her work as the general secretary for the Swedish Bar Association, she also has other positions both in Sweden and internationally. She has been a member of the Swedish Judges Proposals Board, has worked for the European Court of Justice, and has been a member of the economic crime units board. She has also worked for and been a member of th
International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC)
the

International Bar Association The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA in 2018 had a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associati ...

(IBA), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (BAHRI) and IBA Human Rights Trust,

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is an association gathering together bar associations of 32 countries in Europe (those of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and of Switzerland), The United Kingdom, and an add ...

(CCBE) and CEELI Institute. She has previously been a member of Press opinion board for six years, chairman of the board at Juristföreningen (Lawyers Association) in Stockholm. as well as chairman of the board at Stockholm University, and for many years a member of the ethical council at the national Police board, and general director at the security police reference group. In 2006, Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size with a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system. In 2016, Ramberg became the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree from the judicial faculty at

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

. Ramberg was chosen to give the 12th annual Anna Lindh Lecture in

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in 2016 where she addressed the challenge to businesses of upholding human rights.Anne Ramburg
, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Retrieved 13 October 2016

Positions

In her role as a general secretary and lawyer, Ramberg has often been involved in judicial matters in the social debate in Sweden, which has often caused controversy. Ramberg has been critical towards several propositions by justice minister

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about giving the police more room for surveillance and interception, which she thought compromised personal integrity. She has also criticized the Swedish Tax Office for its tax revisions against law firms and its way to review others by the so-called third man revisions. She has also directed criticism towards justice minister

Beatrice Ask Eva Carin Beatrice Ask (born 20 April 1956) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Governor of Södermanland County from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2025. Ask served as a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Sto ...

, who expressed the opinion that suspected sex buyers should be exposed by media; Ramberg said that it was a "scary opinion".

Personal life

Between 1977 and 2002, Ramberg was married to lawyer Fredrik Ramberg (born 1949), who is the son of lawyer Johan Ramberg. The couple have a son together, who was born in 1984. She has since been in a relationship with lawyer Claes Lundblad (born 1946).

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