Foundations at the Department of Law
On this page, you will find a list of the department's eight foundations. Further information is available on the foundations' own websites where available.
The Edvard Cassel Foundation
The Edvard Cassels Foundation comanages the The Edvard Cassels Foundation, the Hans Thornstedt Memorial Foundation and the Lars Hjerner Foundation for Legal Activities. The foundations provide grants in the form of service grants and grants for special purposes.
The Edvard Cassel Foundation (in Swedish only)
The Folke Schmidt Memorial Fund Foundation for Labour Law Research
The Foundation was established by the decision of the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University on 9 February 1981. The Foundation aims at stimulating research and advanced studies in Scandinavian Law and Comparative Labour Law, especially at the Law Department at Stockholm University.
The foundation provides a yearly allowance in order to sustain the supply of books in Nordic & European Labour & Employment Law in the Labour Law Library at the Department of Law
Board of Directors:
Professor Laura Carlson, Senior lecturer Petra Herzfeld Olsson, Chief Justice of the Swedish Labour Court Sören Öman
Auditors: Senior lecturer Petra Herzfeld Olsson
The Foundation for Law Publications
The Faculty’s Foundation for Law Publications reflects the diverse aspects of juridical research conducted at the Faculty in the course of its scholarly activities.
The Foundation for Law Publications
The Foundation of 28 October 1982
The Foundation seeks to stimulate the legal scientific research of the Faculty of Law, especially by supporting younger researchers in their international and interdisciplinary contacts.
Board of Directors: University Lecturer Pernilla Leviner (Chairperson), University Lecturer Elisabeth Ahlinder, Doctoral Student Alexander Unnersjö.
Deputy Members: Professor Peter Melz, Professor Jori Munukka and Doctoral Student Emelie Kankaanpää Thell
Juridisk Tidskrift, the Faculty's Law Journal
Juridisk Tidskrift (JT - Law Journal in English) is based at the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University and intends to reflect all areas of law with contributions that may interest lawyers, judges, prosecutors, in-house lawyers and other practicing lawyers, as well as researchers with a legal specialization. The journal is divided into five different sections: Articles, Cases, Arbitration, Reviews and Debate.
Juridisk Tidskrift (in Swedish only)
The Juristernas Hus Foundation
The goal of the The Juristernas Hus Foundation, or Law Students' Association Foundation, is to build and provide suitable premises for the Law Students' Association and promote events suitable for increasing international exchanges in research and education.
The Law Faculty's Trust Fund for Publications
The aim of the Law Faculty's Trust Fund for Publications (SJF) is to promote legal research and education. This is done, among other things, by the foundation publishing or participating inthe publication of legal literature. To this end, SJF distributes regular grants and scholarships, aimed primarily at researchers and teachers working at the Department of Law at Stockholm University.
The Law Faculty's Trust Fund for Publications (in Swedish only)
The Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law
The Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law was established in 1956 with the objective to disseminate knowledge about Scandinavian law and legal theory abroad.
Last updated: June 7, 2021
Source: Department of Law