Torkel Gregow

Torkel Gregow
President of the Supreme Court of Sweden
In office 1998–2002
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Anders Knutson
Succeeded by	Bo Svensson
Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden
In office 1981–1998
Personal details
Born	(1935-11-15) 15 November 1935 Trelleborg, Sweden
Education	Lund University

Per Johan Torkel Gregow (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Swedish lawyer. Between 1981 and 1998 he served as a Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1998, he was appointed President of the Supreme Court, a role he kept until 2002.

Torkel graduated in law at Uppsala University in 1958 and did service as a law clerk at District Court between 1959 and 1962. He then served as a public prosecutor from 1963 to 1968 when he became a deputy judge. In 1975 he became a judge in a court of appeal. Torkel was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court in 1981 and later made its president in 1998, a post he kept until 2002. After retirements from active legal practice he became editor of the Swedish code of laws in 2003 until he retired in 2010.