BackOn Monday 9 September, two new Parliamentary Ombudsmen, Katarina Påhlsson and Per Lennerbrant, took up their positions as Ombudsmen of the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen, replacing Cecilia Renfors and Lars Lindström.
Katarina Påhlsson has been a Senior Judge of Appeal at Svea Court of Appeal since 2015. Prior to this, she was a Senior Judge of Appeal at at the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden. Katarina Påhlsson has also served as a judge and later Senior Judge at Gothenburg District Court. She has also participated as secretary and expert in a number of government investigations. Since 2017, Katarina Påhlsson has been the third deputy chair of the Press Council and since 2015 she has been a member of the Courts of Sweden’s international expert panel.
Per Lennerbrant has been a Senior Judge at Stockholm District Court since 2018. Before this, he was Chief Judge at Eskilstuna District Court. Prior to this he worked at the Ministry of Justice for some 14 years, including as permanent secretary for the unit for procedural code and court issues, as well as senior advisor at the penal law unit. Per Lennerbrant has investigated provisions regarding new trials in criminal cases and has also served as acting senior lecturer in procedural code at Stockholm University.
Source: The Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen
