Stig Strömholm

Stig Fredrik Strömholm (born 16 September 1931 in Boden, Sweden), Swedish, former rector magnificus of Uppsala University and past president of Academia Europaea.

Stig Strömholm
Strömholm in 2014 wearing the Pour le Mérite
Born	(1931-09-16) 16 September 1931 (age 93) Boden, Sweden
Alma mater	Uppsala University University of Munich University of Cambridge
Spouse	Gunilla Strömholm ​ ​ (m. 1958; died 2013)​
Parents	Major Fredrik Strömholm[1] (father) Gerda Janson[1] (mother)
Awards	Pour le Mérite (1988)[2] Grand Prix de la Francophonie (1992)[3] Illis quorum (1997) Gunnerus Medal (1997) De Nio's Special prizes (2005)[4] De Nio's Special prizes (2011)[5] Seraphim Medal (2012)
Scientific career
Fields	Law
Institutions	Uppsala University
Thesis	Le droit moral de l'auteur  (1966)

Strömholm received his education in Uppsala (B.A. 1952; LL.B. 1957, Licentiate 1957). He completed a doctorate in Law in Uppsala in 1966. He was Professor in Jurisprudence in Uppsala from 1969, and Professor in Private Law and Conflict of Laws there 1982–1997. After an appointment as prorector (deputy vice-chancellor) of Uppsala University 1978–1989, he was rector magnificus (vice-chancellor) of the university 1989–1997. On 5 June 1992 Strömholm received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden.^[6]

On his retirement from the rectorial chair in 1997, he received a Festschrift, Festskrift till Stig Strömholm (Uppsala 1997), in two volumes and 925 pages, including a partial bibliography (ISBN 91-7678-341-3).

Strömholm was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1997.^[7] He holds the Gunnerus Medal.^[8] He was elected foreign member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters in 1981 and an honorary member of the Society in 1988.^[9] In 1990 he was awarded the title of Foreign Academician of Science of the Academy of Finland.^[10] Strömholm is also a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[11] Strömholm was elected member of Academia Europaea in 1989; he served as its president from 1997 to 2002.^[12]

References

1. Davidsson, Åke (1968). Vem är Vem [Who's Who] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Vem är Vem AB.
2. "Stig Fredrik Strömholm" (PDF). Orden Pour le Mérite. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
3. "Stig STRÖMHOLM". Académie Française. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
4. "lista över samtliga pristagare sedan Samfundet grundades" (PDF). Samfundet De Nio. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
5. "lista över samtliga pristagare sedan Samfundet grundades" (PDF). Samfundet De Nio. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
6. "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden". 9 June 2023.
7. "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
8. "Priser og utmerkelser" (in Norwegian). Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
9. "The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters Honorary Members".
10. "Academicians of Science - Academy of Finland".
11. "Gruppe 6: Rettsvitenskap" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
12. "Stig Strömholm". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

• Stig Strömholm, detailed curriculum vitae

Academic offices
Preceded by Martin H:son Holmdahl	Rector of Uppsala University 1 July 1989 – 30 June 1997	Succeeded by Bo Sundqvist