Bengt Hult


Bengt Vilhelm Hult was a Swedish civil servant. He served as President of the Labour Court of Sweden from 1964 to 1973 and as President of the Supreme Court of Sweden from 1979 to 1984.

Early life

Hult was born on 28 August 1917 in Västerås, Sweden, the son of Reinhold Hult and his wife Hanna. He passed studentexamen in Västerås in 1939. He received a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1941.

Career

Hult carried out court service in Västmanland central judicial district from 1941 to 1944. He worked as an extra legal clerk in the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm in 1945, secretary in the Labour Court from 1948 to 1950, assessor in the Svea Court of Appeal in 1952. Hult was a substitute in the Labour Court from 1953 to 1961, member and secretary in the Penal Code Commission from 1953 to 1956. He was also vice chairman of the Swedish Press Council from 1961.
He became hovrättsråd in 1961, worked as acting director in the National Board of Health and Welfare from 1952 to 1953, and as director for law matters in the Ministry of Justice from 1957 to 1961. He was state secretary there from 1961 to 1963. Hult became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden on 1 October 1963 but already on 30 December 1963, the King in Council granted Hult leave at the end of 1963 to instead become President of the Labor Court of Sweden from 1 January 1964. On 21 September 1973, the King in Council appointed Hult, as Justice from 1 November 1973. On 28 June 1979, the Swedish government appointed Hult to be President of the Supreme Court of Sweden from 1 November 1979. He served in this position until 1984.

Personal life

In 1945, Hult married Anna-Greta Öhrström, the daughter of Valdemar Öhrström and Gunborg. In 1984, he married Sylvia Björkdahl, the daughter of Axel Björkdahl and Signe.

Death

Hult died on 29 October 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was interred at Solna Cemetery in Solna Municipality near Stockholm.

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