Stig Strömholm

Stig Fredrik Strömholm is a Swedish former legal scholar, university leader, and academic administrator. After earning multiple law degrees in Sweden, the UK, and Germany, he began his career as a judicial clerk before moving into academia. Strömholm became professor of jurisprudence at Uppsala University in 1969, later holding the chair of civil law with international private law. He served as dean of the Faculty of Law (1973–1979), and after international appointments in London and Minnesota, he rose to vice chancellor of Uppsala University (1978–1989) and then chancellor (1989–1997). During his leadership, he also chaired the Swedish Academy's Vice-Chancellors' Conference (1992–1997) and the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (1995–1997).