title: Eric M. Runesson
text: # Eric M. Runesson
  
  Eric Michael Runesson, born Andersson (born 26 September 1960), is a Swedish lawyer, member of the Swedish Academy and Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Eric M. Runesson became a member of the Swedish Bar Association in 1993. He became a lawyer and partner in Sandart & Partners Law Office in 1996. Runesson became a Doctor of Law at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1996, writing his thesis on the Reconstruction of incomplete contracts. He became a lecturer in 2000.
  
  Runesson was appointed on 14 June 2018 as Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden, effective 3 September 2018.
  
  On 4 October 2018 Eric Runesson was elected to the Swedish Academy. He formally entered the Academy on 20 December 2018 and succeeded Lotta Lotass on chair 1.
  
  