Sten Heckscher

Sten Heckscher (born 29 July 1942, in Stockholm) is a Swedish lawyer and Social Democratic politician. He is the son of the former right-wing politician Gunnar Heckscher and grandson of economist Eli Heckscher.

He graduated with a degree in law from Uppsala University. Even though his father was leader of what later became the Moderate Party, Heckscher himself engaged in Social Democratic politics. He served in numerous public positions in and out of government until Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson appointed him Minister of Industry and Employment on the eve of the Social Democrats' election victory in 1994. In 1996, he resigned to become National Police Commissioner. Heckscher served until 2005 when he was appointed chief judge of the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm. On 1 October 2007, he became the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden.