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Stig Fredrik Strömholm (born 16 September 1931 in Boden, Sweden), Swedish, former rector magnificus of Uppsala University.
Strömholm received his education in Uppsala (B.A. 1952; LL.B. 1957, Licentiate 1957). He completed a doctorate in Law in Uppsala in 1966. He was Professor in Jurisprudence in Uppsala from 1969, and Professor in Private Law and Conflict of Laws there 1982-1997. After an appointment as prorector (deputy vice-chancellor) of Uppsala University 1978-1989, he was rector magnificus (vice-chancellor) of the university 1989-1997. On June 5, 1992 Strömholm received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden.
On his retirement from the rectorial chair in 1997, he received a festschrift, Festskrift till Stig Strömholm (Uppsala 1997), in two volumes and 925 pages, including a partial bibliography (ISBN 91-7678-341-3).
He holds the Gunnerus Medal. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
