Eric M. Runesson
{{Short description|Swedish lawyer}}
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Harvard Law School (LLM){{cite web | url=https://www.domstol.se/en/supreme-court/justices/eric-m.-runesson/ | title=Eric M. Runesson }}
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| office1 = Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden
| term_start1 = 3 September 2018
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| office2 = Member of the Swedish Academy
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Eric Michael Runesson, born Andersson (born 26 September 1960),{{cite book|title=Sveriges befolkning 1990|year=2011|publisher=Svensk arkivinformation (SVAR), Riksarkivet|place=Ramsele|language=Swedish|isbn=9789188366917}} is a Swedish lawyer, member of the Swedish Academy and Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden.
Biography
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,{{cite web|url=http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Justitierad/Eric-M-Runesson/|title=Eric M. Runesson|publisher=Högsta domstolen|accessdate=5 October 2018|language=Swedish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005195117/http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Justitierad/Eric-M-Runesson/|archive-date=5 October 2018|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2018/06/nytt-justitierad-i-hogsta-domstolen/|title=Nytt justitieråd i Högsta domstolen|website=regeringen.se|date=14 June 2018 |accessdate=5 October 2018|language=Swedish}}
On 4 October 2018 Eric Runesson was elected to the Swedish Academy.{{cite web|url=http://news.trust.org//item/20181005130055-xby4c/|title=Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy elects new members after rape scandal|date=5 October 2018|accessdate=5 October 2018|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006001456/http://news.trust.org//item/20181005130055-xby4c/|url-status=dead}} He formally entered the Academy on 20 December 2018 and succeeded Lotta Lotass on chair 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/press/nya-ledamoter-i-svenska-akademien-0|title=Nya ledamöter i Svenska Akademien|website=svenskaakademien.se|publisher=Svenska Akademien|accessdate=5 October 2018|language=Swedish}}
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Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Sweden
Category:20th-century Swedish lawyers
Category:Members of the Swedish Academy
Category:21st-century Swedish judges
Category:Stockholm University alumni
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Stockholm School of Economics alumni
Category:People from Stockholm
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