Henning Sjöström

Henning Elof Sjöström (13 May 1922 – 16 October 2011) was a Swedish defense attorney, and regarded as Sweden's first celebrity lawyer due to his high-profile cases. Sjöström was the attorney for Kurt Haijby during the Haijby affair, in which Haijby was accused of blackmailing Swedish King Gustav V. He was also known through the trial of the "neurosedyn children" 1964–1968 and for having defended Gunnar Bengtsson after the Söderhamn courthouse murders in 1971 and Carl-Eric Björkegren.

Early life Sjöström was born on 13 May 1922 in Burträsk, Sweden, the son of farmer and landowner Johan Sjöström and his wife Carolina (née Lindmark). He belonged to the elite in athletics where he competed in javelin throw for Skellefteå AIK Friidrott and set his personal record of 66.72 meters in 1944.

Personal life In 1959, Sjöström married Karin Werner (born 1936), the daughter of the lawyer Einar Werner and Annemarie Hardt.