Olof Forssberg

Erik Olof Forssberg (28 July 1937 – 11 March 2023) was a Swedish jurist and civil servant. He served as Director General of the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority from 1987 to 1997.

Early life Forssberg was born on 28 July 1937 in in Hudiksvall, Sweden, the son of Ragnar Forssberg, a lawyer, and his wife Gunborg (née Genberg). He received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1961.

Career Forssberg carried out court service from 1961 to 1964, before becoming an extra legal clerk (fiskal) in the Court of Appeal for Northern Norrland in 1964. He served as court secretary in 1966, as assessor in 1970, and became Hovrättsråd in 1979. Forssberg was an adviser in the Ministry of Defence 1971 and served as director-general for legal affairs there in 1979. He was Director General of the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority from 1987 to 1997.

Forssberg then served as director general in the Ministry of Communications from 1997 to 1998 and as chief judge in the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm from 1998 to 2004 when he retired.

Forssberg had investigation and legislative assignments from 1971. He was chairman of the Överklagandenämnden för totalförsvaret ("Board of Appeal for the Total Defence") from 1992 and chairman of the National Swedish Claims Adjustment Board (Statens skaderegleringsnämnd) from 1998.

Personal life In 1964, Forssberg married the primary school teacher Inger Larsson (born 1940), the daughter of the district court judge and Fanny (née Pettersson).

Death Forssberg died on 11 March 2023 in in Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm County.