CV Gunnar Strömmer

Published 02 November 2022

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 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.