CV Gunnar Strömmer

Published

Minister for Justice

Ministry of Justice

Party

Moderate Party

Areas of responsibility

  • Public order and safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Issues relating to victims of crime
  • Civil law
  • Courts and prisons
  • The Swedish Constitution
  • International judicial cooperation
  • Police
  • Procedural law
  • The judicial system
  • Criminal law
  • Prosecutors

Education

  • 1998
    LL.M., Uppsala University
  • 1996-1997
    Courses on EU law and constitutional law at Universität Trier, Germany
  • 1993-1994
    National military service in the Swedish Navy
  • 1988-1991
    Social Sciences Programme at Nolaskolan in Örnsköldsvik

Positions and assignments

  • 2022-
    Minister for Justice
  • 2017-2022
    Party Secretary of the Moderate Party
  • 2020-2022
    Member of the 2020 Committee of Inquiry on the Constitution
  • 2011-2017
    Lawyer at Gernandt & Danielsson
  • 2012-2013
    Inquiry Chair of the 2012 Inquiry on Citizenship
  • 2002-2011
    Founder and Head of Centrum för rättvisa (Centre for Justice)
  • 2001
    Intern at the Institute for Justice, the United States
  • 1998-2000
    Chair of the Moderate Youth (MUF)
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Gunnar Strömmer, Minister for Justice
Gunnar Strömmer, Minister for Justice Photo: Kristian Pohl/Government Offices of Sweden

The Government will pursue an aggressive crime policy so as to bring order to Sweden. Serious violence and organised crime must be fought. At the same time, the focus will shift from perpetrator to victim and to protecting society.

Personal

Gunnar Strömmer was born in 1972. He lives in Stockholm and is married with three children.

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