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Gustaf Almkvist is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden. Born in 1985, he combines an active academic career with ongoing service as an appellate court assessor at the Svea Court of Appeal, bringing practical judicial insight to his scholarly work.
Education:
- LL.B., Uppsala University (2011)
- LL.D., Uppsala University (2021)
- Associate Professor, Uppsala University (2023)
Research interests centre on the theoretical and doctrinal core of Swedish criminal law. He explores the general prerequisites of criminal liability (legality, causation, imputation), the substantive rules governing property and economic crimes, and the design and justification of sanctions—especially confiscation and other special legal effects of crime. A parallel line of work investigates the borderland between criminal and civil law, while his current projects extend to money-laundering liability and the modern intellectual history of punishment.
Across more than thirty peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, monographs and reviews since 2009, Almkvist has examined topics ranging from corporate criminal liability and insolvency offences to the evidentiary value of criminal precedents and the philosophical foundations of personal culpability. His publications reveal a consistent effort to integrate doctrinal precision with policy-oriented analysis.
Scientific awards:
- Benzelius Award 2021 – Royal Swedish Society of Science in Uppsala, for outstanding doctoral thesis.
- Emil Heijne Foundation Award 2022 – for valuable contributions to legal research.
Advising & grants: Almkvist is main supervisor to one doctoral student (Miriam Ingeson) and teaches criminal law, property law and judicial training programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is regularly engaged as an expert by Swedish government inquiries on penal and confiscation reform, most recently the 2025 confiscation inquiry, roles that bring external research funding and policy impact.
Labs & teams: He is a member of the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law research department for public and criminal law, and serves as substitute member of the Church of Sweden Appeals Board, platforms that connect his criminal-law scholarship with interdisciplinary and societal stakeholders.
