Leif Silbersky



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)
 * Meysam Mohammadyeh, sentenced for participating in arson killing 63 people, Gothenburg discothèque fire (1999)
 * 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)

Other works

 * Att skiljas på svenska, (1966) (with Henning Sjöström)
 * Älska i lagens namn: en debattbok om familjerättskommitténs förslag till äktenskapsrätt, (1967)
 * Såra tukt och sedlighet: en debattbok om pornografin, Carlösten Nordmark, RFSU-debatt 1, (1969)
 * Vad säger lagen om barnet? tillsammans med Karin von Schenck, (1969)
 * Jag - en advokat, (1974)
 * Det kunde gällt dig : vardagsfall från en advokatbyrå, (1975)
 * Hundbiten; [teckningar och omslag av Ingrid af Sandeberg], (1975)
 * Porträtt av terrorister: intervjuer med terrorister i israeliska fängelser, (1977)
 * I skuggan av skampålen (1980)
 * Att leva tillsammans med eller utan ring? (1986) (with Richard Schönmeyr, Sven Severin)