Katrin Nyman-Metcalf (born 7 May 1963) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n-Swedish legal scholar. From 1990 to 1992 she was the

State Secretary of Estonia State Secretary or Secretary of State () is a higher official, who leads Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west ...

of the

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. She was born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

to Estonian-Swedish engineer Einar Nyman and Estonian textbook author and drawing teacher . In 1987, she graduated from

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 ...

's Faculty of Law. She defended her doctoral thesis in 1999 also in Uppsala. She was the State Secretary of the Estonian government-in-exile from 1990 to 1992. Since 2010, she teaches at

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; ) is the only Institute of technology, technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administration a ...

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Living people 1963 births Estonian legal scholars Swedish legal scholars Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology People from Stockholm Women legal scholars {{Sweden-law-bio-stub