Leif Silbersky - Biography

Leif Silbersky (born 8 March 1938 in Malmö, Skåne) is a well-known Swedish lawyer and author, living in Stockholm.

He is notable for taking many high-profile cases which have enjoyed large media attention, making him one of the most noted lawyers in Sweden.

Clients that have been represented by Silbersky as reported in media

• Sigvard Marjasin, Former county governor of Örebro (1996)
• Thomas Jisander, Member of the board of directors in Trustor (2001)
• Daniel Wallén, "Järnrörs-Daniel" in the reality TV show Baren (2001)
• Marie Fredriksson, Singer and songwriter. Member of pop group Roxette. She sued a newspaper for libel (2003)
• Calle Jonsson, a young Swede accused of having stabbed a man in Greece (2005)
• Anna Sjödin, Former president of Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (2006)
• Niklas Lindgren, Hagamannen (2006)
• Janne Karlsson, Coach for Linköping ice hockey (2007)
• Anders Eklund, found guilty of two murders, one of them a 10 year old girl (2008)
• A murder on a 78 year old woman, in connection with an argument about a parking spot (2010).
• Julian Assange, editor in chief of Wikileaks, accused of rape and molestation (2010)

Works

Aside from being a lawyer he has also co-written many crime books with his friend Olov Svedelid including.

• Mord bäste broder (1974)
• Anbud från döden (1975)
• Döden skriver brev (1976)
• Sista vittnet (1977), also in English: The last witness.
• Straffspark (1978)
• Bländverk (1979)
• Målbrott (1980)
• Dödens barn (1981)
• Dina dagar är räknade (1982)
• Ont blod (1983)
• Villfarelsen (1984)
• Villebrådet (1985)
• Bilden av ett mord (1986)
• Narrspel (1988)
• Sprängstoff (1989)
• En röst för döden (1990)
• Döden tar inga mutor (1992)
• Och tiden den stod stilla (1992)
• Svart är dödens färg (1993)
• Skrivet i blod (1994)
• Den stora tystnaden (1995)
• Gå i döden (1996)
• Mördaren har inga vänner (1998)
• Den sista lögnen (2000)
• Upplösningen (2002)

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