Håkan Winberg

Sven Håkan Winberg (30 July 1931 – 22 April 2022) was a Swedish politician. He served as a member of the Riksdag from 1971 to 1982 for the Moderate Party. He was also Minister of Justice from 1979 to 1981.

Career Winberg worked as a secretary in the Chancellery of the conservative parties in the Riksdag from 1959 to 1960. Winberg did his clerkship from 1960 to 1962 and worked as an extra legal clerk (fiskal) at the Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland in 1963. He became assessor in 1970 and a judge (rådman) in Härnösand in 1972. In 1976, Winberg was appointed Hovrättsråd in the Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland. He then served as Minister for Justice and head of the Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1981 and as President of the Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland from 1982 to 1998.

Death Winberg was treated at Mellannorrlands Hospice in Sundsvall and died there on 22 April 2022. The funeral service was held at Gustav Adolf's grave chapel in Sundsvall.