Torkel Gregow
| Torkel Gregow | |
|---|---|
| President of the Supreme Court of Sweden | |
| In office 1998–2002 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf | 
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson | 
| Preceded by | Anders Knutson | 
| Succeeded by | Bo Svensson | 
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden | |
| In office 1981–1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1935 Trelleborg, Sweden | 
| Education | Lund University | 
Per Johan Torkel Gregow (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Swedish lawyer. Between 1981 and 1998 he served as a Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1998, he was appointed President of the Supreme Court, a role he kept until 2002.
Torkel graduated in law at Uppsala University in 1958 and did service as a law clerk at District Court between 1959 and 1962. He then served as a public prosecutor from 1963 to 1968 when he became a deputy judge. In 1975 he became a judge in a court of appeal. Torkel was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court in 1981 and later made its president in 1998, a post he kept until 2002. After retirements from active legal practice he became editor of the Swedish code of laws in 2003 until he retired in 2010.[1][2]
References
- ^ "392 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1997)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ url= https://www.nj.se/experter/torkel-gregow-0285