Karl Gustaf Magnus Sjöberg (26 September 1927 – 29 December 2024) was a Swedish jurist. He served as the

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from 1978 to 1989, and as President of the

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from 1990 to 1994.

Early life

Sjöberg was born in Klinte, Sweden on 26 September 1927, the son of the Gustaf Sjöberg, a provost, and his wife Elsa (born Kloetzen). He received a

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degree from

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in 1953.

Career

Sjöberg did his clerkship from 1953 to 1956. Sjöberg served as an extra legal clerk (''fiskal'') in the

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in 1956 and '' tingsrätt'' secretary in the Nedansiljan Judicial District from 1957 to 1959. Sjöberg was then a judge (''rådman'') in

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from 1959 to 1961 and a co-opted member of the Svea Court of Appeal from 1961 to 1962, and became an associate judge there in 1963. He became a '' hovrättsråd'' in 1969. He was deputy secretary of the 1st Committee on Civil Law (''Första lagutskottet'') from 1963 to 1964, and secretary there from 1964 to 1965. Sjöberg was an expert at the

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from 1965 to 1967, and served as acting deputy director-general (''departementsråd'') in the Prime Minister's Office (''Statsrådsberedningen'') in 1967. He was then director-general for legal affairs (''rättschef'') there from 1967 to 1972, Justice of the

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from 1972 to 1978, and

from 1978 to 1989. Sjöberg served as President of the

from 1990 to 1994. Sjöberg was chairman of a number of boards and associations: Swedish Association of Criminalists (''Svenska kriminalistföreningen'') from 1980 to 1989, the Swedish department of the AIDP from 1981 to 1989, the BONUS association from 1973, the Board of Prison Terms (''Kriminalvårdsnämnden'') from 1995, the Disciplinary Committee of the Authorized Public Accountants' Association (''Föreningen Auktoriserade Revisorers disciplinnämnd'') from 1994 and of the Institute for Research in Law History (''Stiftelsen Institutet för rättshistorisk forskning'') from 1996. Sjöberg became an honorary member of the Gotlands nation at Uppsala University in 1988.

Personal life and death

In 1953, he married Ragnhild Ljunggren (born 1931), a pharmacist, the daughter of Bengt Ljunggren and Elisabeth (née Wistrand). Sjöberg died on 29 December 2024, at the age of 97.

Awards and decorations

H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal worn around the neck on a chain of gold (silver-gilt) (1993) * Commander of the

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(18 November 1971)Kungl. Hovstaterna: Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv, Matriklar (D 1), vol. 14 (1970–1979), p. 225
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sjoberg, Magnus 1927 births 2024 deaths Swedish jurists Justices of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden Uppsala University alumni People from Gotland County 20th-century Swedish judges Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star