Karl Schlyter

For the other Swedish politician, see Carl Schlyter.

Karl Schlyter
Minister of Justice
In office
1932–1936
Prime MinisterPer Albin Hansson
Succeeded byThorwald Bergquist
Personal details
Born
Karl Johan Schlyter

21 December 1879
Karlskrona, Sweden
Died25 December 1959(1959-12-25) (aged 80)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseSigrid Elisabeth Scholander
Parents
  • Gustaf Ragnar Schlyter (father)
  • Augusta Elisabeth Cederberg (mother)
Alma materLund University
OccupationLawyer

Karl Schlyter (21 December 1879 – 25 December 1959) was a Swedish lawyer. He also served as the minister of justice in the period 1932–1936. He is known for his contributions in the revisions of the procedural part of the Code of 1734 and in the formulation of a new penal law in replacement of the Penal Law of 1864.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Schlyter was born in Karlskrona on 21 December 1879. His parents were Gustaf Ragnar Schlyter [sv], a senior lecturer, and Augusta Elisabeth Cederberg.[2] His grandfather was Carl Johan Schlyter who was the first professor of legal history in the law faculty of Lund University.[1][3]

Schlyter studied Romance and Nordic languages and philosophy at Lund University.[2] He later changed his study subject and received a degree in law from the same university.[2]

Career[edit]

Following his graduation, Schlyter worked at different legal institutions.[2] He joined the Social Democratic Party in 1906.[1] In 1911 he was appointed secretary of the commission for the reform of procedural law and worked there for 15 years.[1] He served as the minister without portfolio in the periods 1921–1923 and 1925–1926 in the social democratic governments.[1] He was also a member of the upper house of the Parliament for the Social Democratic Party.[4] Between 1932 and 1936 Schlyter was minister of justice in a social democratic government led by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson.[1][5] Upon his appointment Schlyter began to involve in reform activities to radically alter the legal system of Sweden.[6]

Between 1937 and 1947 Schlyter headed the first legal committee of the parliament.[1] He also served as the chairman of the court of appeals.[7] Schlyter was the editor of a Swedish legal journal entitled Svensk Juristtidning from its start in 1916 to the late 1940s.[7]

Personal life and death[edit]

Schlyter married Sigrid Elisabeth Scholander in Lund on 6 June 1905.[2] He was the cousin of Johan Thyrén who also served as the minister of justice.[8]

Schlyter died on 25 December 1959.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Jan-Olof Sundell (2000). "Karl Schlyter: A Swedish Lawyer and Politician" (PDF). Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law. 40: 505–514.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Jan-Olof Sundell. "Karl J D Schlyter" (in Swedish). Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kjell Å. Modéer (2020). "Christian Legal Historian and Intermediary of Henrik Schartau's Religious Heritage. Carl Johan Schlyter (1795–1888)". In Kjell Å. Modéer; Helle Vogt (eds.). Law and The Christian Tradition in Scandinavia: The Writings of Great Nordic Jurists. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-000-20159-8.
  4. ^ Robert Andersson (2017). "The Downfall of the Rehabilitative Ideal and the Establishing of a New Political Legitimacy in Swedish Crime Policy: 1965 to 1989". Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. 5 (2): 112. doi:10.15845/bjclcj.v5i2.1460.
  5. ^ Johan Karlsson Schaffer (2022). "The Legal Complex in Struggles for Political Liberalism in Sweden". In Malcolm Feeley; Malcolm Langford (eds.). The Limits of the Legal Complex: Nordic Lawyers and Political Liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-284841-3.
  6. ^ Roddy Nilsson (2009). "Creating the Swedish Juvenile Delinquent: criminal policy, science and institutionalization c. 1930–1970". Scandinavian Journal of History. 34 (4): 356. doi:10.1080/03468750903126596. S2CID 143293772.
  7. ^ a b Kurt Schwerin (January–February 1950). "Book review". The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science. 42 (5): 659–660. doi:10.2307/1139958. JSTOR 1139958.
  8. ^ Nicholas Adams (2014). Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg: The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-271-06523-6.

External links[edit]

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