Anne Ramberg
Anne-Christine Ramberg is a Swedish lawyer and since 2000 the general secretary for the Swedish Bar Association. She is the first woman to hold this position.
Biography
Ramberg is the daughter of Agne Christenson and his wife Elise, a lawyer. She grew up in Östermalm in Stockholm, where she lived at Grev Magnigatan and studied at Norra Real. She worked as a secretary between 1974 and 1975. She studied law at Stockholm University, and became a candidate in 1976. She has been a practicing lawyer since 1981. Besides her work as the general secretary for the Swedish Bar Association, she also has other positions both in Sweden and internationally. She has been a member of the Swedish Judges Proposals Board, has worked for the European Court of Justice, and has been a member of the economic crime units board. She has also worked for and been a member of the , the International Bar Association, the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute and IBA Human Rights Trust, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe and CEELI Institute.She has previously been a member of Press opinion board for six years, chairman of the board at Juristföreningen in Stockholm. as well as chairman of the board at Stockholm University, and for many years a member of the ethical council at the national Police board, and general director at the security police reference group.
In 2006, Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size with a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system. In 2016, Ramberg became the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree from the judicial faculty at Uppsala University. Ramberg was chosen to give the 12th annual Anna Lindh Lecture in Lund in 2016 where she addressed the challenge to businesses of upholding human rights.