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Eric Michael Runesson
Born (1960-09-26) 26 September 1960 (age 64)
NationalitySwedish
EducationStockholm University
Harvard Law School (LLM) [1]
Occupationlawyer
EmployerSupreme Court of Sweden
Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden
Assumed office
3 September 2018
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 1)
Assumed office
20 December 2018
Preceded byLotta Lotass

Eric Michael Runesson, born Andersson (born 26 September 1960),[2] is a Swedish lawyer, member of the Swedish Academy and Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden.

Biography

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Eric M. Runesson became a member of the Swedish Bar Association in 1993. He became a lawyer and partner in Sandart & Partners Law Office in 1996. Runesson became a Doctor of Law at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1996,[3] writing his thesis on the Reconstruction of incomplete contracts. He became a lecturer in 2000.

Runesson was appointed on 14 June 2018 as Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden, effective 3 September 2018.[4]

On 4 October 2018 Eric Runesson was elected to the Swedish Academy.[5] He formally entered the Academy on 20 December 2018 and succeeded Lotta Lotass on chair 1.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Eric M. Runesson".
  2. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1990 (in Swedish). Ramsele: Svensk arkivinformation (SVAR), Riksarkivet. 2011. ISBN 9789188366917.
  3. ^ "Eric M. Runesson" (in Swedish). Högsta domstolen. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Nytt justitieråd i Högsta domstolen". regeringen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy elects new members after rape scandal". Thomson Reuters. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Nya ledamöter i Svenska Akademien". www.svenskaakademien.se (in Swedish). Svenska Akademien. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
Cultural offices
Preceded by Swedish Academy,
Seat No.1

2018–
Incumbent