Organisation

The Department of Law is led by the head of department in close collaboration with the deputy head of department, a deputy director, the head of administration, and several directors of studies.

The Faculty of Law has a single department – the Department of Law. Together, the faculty and the department are often called Juridicum in Swedish, or SULaw in English.

It is at the Department of Law that the operational activities – research and education – are conducted within the framework specified by the Faculty. The faculty decides, among other things, on study plans, course plans and the recruitment of permanent teachers, as well as responses to referrals.

The department is headed by a head of department, a deputy head of department, and a deputy director. The head of department leads and allocates the department’s work and plays an active role in the Faculty Board’s decision-making, particularly in matters concerning the department’s budget, organisation, and staffing. The department also has a head of administration, who is responsible for all administrative staff and for the department’s administrative processes.

The department has eleven institutes and centers as well as eight foundations.

Department management

Head of Department: Gustaf Sjöberg

Deputy Head of Department: Björn Lundqvist

Deputy Director of Department: Annika Suominen

Head of Administration: Vladimir Vesovic

Academic Director of Undergraduate Studies: Per Ahlin

Administrative Director of Undergraduate Studies: Viktoria Petterson

Academic Director of Doctoral Studies: Agnes Hellner

Academic Director of International Affairs: Laura Carlson

Faculty Board

The Faculty of Law is part of the Human and Social Sciences academic area at Stockholm University and is governed by a Faculty Board. Its principal representative is the Dean.

Under the Faculty Board, there are two committees: one for research and one for education. Each committee is led by a Vice Dean. The Faculty's governing bodies have overall responsibility for education and research and make decisions on strategic issues.

More information about the organisation of the Faculty of Law can be found of the Faculty's own web page:

Organisation at the Faculty of Law

Working groups and other offices

At the Department of Law, several functions and councils work together to ensure that our education and research maintain a high standard of quality.

Below, you can learn more about how the department’s programmes are organised, the units that provide support to students and staff, and the councils that address issues related to the work environment, equal opportunities, and doctoral representation.

Courses and programmes

Courses within the law program are led by course directors, and the planning for all courses and degree projects within a specific law area are further coordinated by a single subject-specific supervisor. The master's programmes are led by programme directors and have course directors for each of the courses in the programmes.

Registrar's Office

The Registrar's Office consists of the director of studies, study guidance councellors and the student office. The Registrar's Offce is responsible for providing general information and guidance on courses and programmes in Swedish at the Department of Law.

Office of International Affairs

The Office of International Affairs is responsible for the administration of the department's student exchange activities and the administration of the international master's programmes.

Doctoral Student Council

SULaw's doctoral student council monitors doctoral student issues at its own faculty/department and represents the doctoral students in the faculty/department's committees and boards. The council consists of doctoral students at the department who are elected in May and take office in September each year.

Staff and economy

The department has an administrative manager who is the head of the administrative staff and is responsible for the department's administrative processes. The handling of financial and personnel matters for the entire department is handled by the administrative manager, together with the department's financial and personnel officers.

Institutes, centres and foundations

Fru Justitia intill lagböcker och domarklubba

Photo: Andrey Popov

One of the strengths of the Faculty of Law is its many institutes and centers, which gather some of the leading researchers in their respective fields of law.

Juridicum also has several foundations, several of which publish renowned journals and publications.

See our institutes, centres and foundations

Last updated: 2025-10-17

Source: Department of Law