Marianne Lundius
{{short description|Swedish lawyer and judge (born 1949)}}
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| office1 = President of the Supreme Court of Sweden
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2016
| monarch1 = Carl XVI Gustaf
| primeminister1 = Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stefan Löfven
| predecessor1 = Johan Munck
| successor1 = Stefan Lindskog
| office2 = Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 =2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|04|28|df=y}}
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| education = Lund University
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Eva Marianne Gernandt Lundius (born 28 April 1949) is a Swedish lawyer and judge, who served as Chairwoman of the Supreme Court of Sweden from 2010 to 2016. She was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in 1998 and was the first female President of the Supreme Court of Sweden.{{cite news |url=http://www.dagensjuridik.se/sv/Artiklar/2010/01/Ny-ordforande-i-Hogsta-domstolen/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525153902/http://www.dagensjuridik.se/sv/Artiklar/2010/01/Ny-ordforande-i-Hogsta-domstolen/ |url-status=dead |newspaper=Dagens Juridik |title=Ny ordförande i Högsta domstolen |date=14 January 2010 |accessdate=2010-02-06 |archive-date=25 May 2012 |language=Swedish}}
Biography
Lundius comes from a family of lawyers; both her mother and grandmother worked in the legal profession, making her third-generation lawyer on her mother's side. She graduated from Lund University with a Candidate of Law degree in 1976 and served as a district court clerk for two years after graduating. In 1978 she joined the Lagerlöf och Leman law firm and worked there for 20 years, mainly on tax law and business law cases, before being appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden in 1998. In 2010 she succeeded Johan Munck as President of the Supreme Court.{{cite news |url=http://www.dagensjuridik.se/2012/06/hds-ordforande-innan-jag-blev-justitierad-hade-jag-ingen-erfarenhet-fran-domande-verksamhet |newspaper=Dagens Juridik |title=HD:s ordförande: "Innan jag blev justitieråd hade jag ingen erfarenhet från dömande verksamhet" |date=18 June 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2016 |language=Swedish}}
She is married to Johan Gernandt, lawyer and Moderate Party politician.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100505032947/http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/templates/DV_InfoPage____4287.aspx Marianne Lundius]
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Category:Presidents of the Supreme Court of Sweden
Category:Lund University alumni
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