Carl Fredrik Bergström
Professor at Department of Law; Professors, Instructors, Researchers
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 07 31
- E-mail:
- Carl.Fredrik.Bergstrom@jur.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 1, Trädgårdsgatan 20
- Postal address:
- Box 512
751 20 UPPSALA
- CV:
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Short presentation
Carl Fredrik Bergström is Professor of European Law and Law Faculty Deputy Dean responsible for research. His main areas of expertise are EU law, constitutional theory and legal methods, and his current research covers the right to access documents in Europe and crises' influence on the EU and its member states with a focus on energy.
Biography
Carl Fredrik Bergström is Professor of European Law at Uppsala University since 2010. He has a background as researcher at the European University Institute in Florence (1995-2002), lecturer at Stockholm University (1996-2006) and Head of Legal Research at SIEPS, the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (2002-2009). Carl Fredrik Bergström is Law Faculty Deputy Dean responsible for research (2023-).
Research
Carl Fredrik Bergström has his main field of expertise in the law of the European Union, with a focus on inter-relationship to national constitutional law, fundamental principles and system of norms, regulatory behaviour and legal methods. His current research projects are the following:
EU Rulemaking in Response to Crisis (2): The Legal Governance of Energy
Den svenska offentlighetsprincipen i EU – konstitutionell särart och europeisk författningstradition
Title EN: The Swedish Principle of Open Government in the EU – National Identity and Common Tradition

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Grundläggande juridisk metod, p. 100-122, Iustus förlag, 2025
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Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 583-586, 2024
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EU:s rättsstatsprincip och domstolarnas oberoende
Norstedts Juridik AB, 2024
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EU Rulemaking in Response to Crisis: the Emergence of the Principle of Energy Solidarity and Its Use
Part of Nordic Journal of European Law, p. 100-112, 2023
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Part of Routes to a Resilient European Union, p. 169-193, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
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Legal Accountability in EU Markets for Financial Instruments: The Dual Role of Investment Firms
Oxford University Press, 2021
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Hedersledamoten: Några ögonblick från Europa
2021
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Den svenska offentlighetsprincipen i Europa: En särpräglad konstitutionell tradition?
Part of Vänbok till Sverker Scheutz, p. 55-70, Iustus förlag, 2020
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2018
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Oxford University Press, 2005
Recent publications
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Den svenska demokratin och det europeiska kravet på domstolarnas oberoende
Part of ELSA Uppsala Law Review, 2025
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Part of Grundläggande juridisk metod, p. 100-122, Iustus förlag, 2025
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KoF24 på den Juridiska fakulteten: Rapport
2024
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Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 583-586, 2024
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EU:s rättsstatsprincip och domstolarnas oberoende
Norstedts Juridik AB, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Den svenska demokratin och det europeiska kravet på domstolarnas oberoende
Part of ELSA Uppsala Law Review, 2025
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Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 583-586, 2024
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EU Rulemaking in Response to Crisis: the Emergence of the Principle of Energy Solidarity and Its Use
Part of Nordic Journal of European Law, p. 100-112, 2023
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Riksdag och regering bakom svagare offentlighetsprincip
Part of Dagens nyheter, 2018
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Part of Common market law review, p. 219-242, 2015
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Part of European Constitutional Law Review, p. 481-499, 2014
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Subsidiaritetsprövning: Riksdagen hittar en ny roll i EU:s lagstiftningsprocess
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 423-428, 2010
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Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 2008
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Lissabonfördraget: hur ändras EU?
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 2008
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Lissabonfördraget: hur ändras EU?
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 32-71, 2008
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Femton år senare: Lissabonfördraget och den svenska grundlagens reglering av EU
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 35-47, 2008
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Lissabonfördraget och ”det irländska problemet”: en snabbare lösning än väntat?
Part of European Policy Analysis, p. 1-6, 2008
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Part of West European Politics, 2007
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EU:s framtidskonvent och förslaget om införande av en formell normhierarki
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 2003
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De fristående myndigheternas ställning i EU:s konstitution
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 2003
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Fåfängans fyrverkeri? EU:s ordförandeskap och Sveriges chans till en plats i rampljuset
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 1999
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Presentation av det nya Europafördraget
Part of Juridisk Tidskrift, 1998
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Den nya gemenskapsrätten: Expertkommittéer, Europabyråer och EG-domstolens inaktivism
Part of Juridisk Tidskrift, 1998
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L’Europa oltre il mercato interno: commento al trattato di Amsterdam
Part of Rivista di diritto pubblico comunitario europeo, 1998
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Konstitutionell rätt och europeisk integration: En kommentar till de tyska bananfallen
Part of Juridisk Tidskrift, 1997
Books
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EU:s rättsstatsprincip och domstolarnas oberoende
Norstedts Juridik AB, 2024
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Legal Accountability in EU Markets for Financial Instruments: The Dual Role of Investment Firms
Oxford University Press, 2021
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Introduktion till EU-rätten: Studentlitteratur 2014
2014
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EU:s grundfördrag och annan primärrätt: Studentlitteratur 2014
Studentlitteratur AB, 2014
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Changing Rules of Delegation - a Contest for Power in Comitology: Oxford University Press 2013
Oxford University Press, 2013
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Europeiseringen av Sverige: SNS Förlag 2919
SNS förlag, 2010
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Lissabonfördraget – en grundlag för EU?: Norstedts Juridik 2010
Norstedts Juridik, 2010
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Lissabonfördraget – konsoliderad version av EU:s fördrag
SNS förlag, 2007
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Comitology: Delegation of Powers in the European Union and the Committee System
Oxford University Press, 2005
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Oxford University Press, 2005
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Comitology – Delegation of Powers in the European Union and the Committee System: Doctoral Thesis
Stockholm University, 2003
Chapters in book
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Part of Grundläggande juridisk metod, p. 100-122, Iustus förlag, 2025
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Part of Routes to a Resilient European Union, p. 169-193, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
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Una retrospettiva agli anni fiorentini: moderna mönster för regelskrivning om den inre marknaden
Part of Ulf Bernitz 85 - Då och nu, p. 10, Jure, 2021
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Part of Vägar till ett uthålligt EU, p. 23, Santérus Förlag, 2021
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Investment Firms, Accountability, and the Effective Rule of Law
Part of Legal Accountability in EU Markets for Financial Instruments, p. 305-326, Oxford University Press, 2021
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EU Rulemaking in the Internal Market after the Financial Crisis
Part of Legal Accountability in EU Markets for Financial Instruments, p. 3-30, Oxford University Press, 2021
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Den svenska offentlighetsprincipen i Europa: En särpräglad konstitutionell tradition?
Part of Vänbok till Sverker Scheutz, p. 55-70, Iustus förlag, 2020
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Part of FIDE XXVII Congress in Budapest 2016, Wolters Kluwer, 2016
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Patterns and Findings: Five Central Themes
Part of Rulemaking by the Euroepan Commission: the New System for Delegation of Powers, p. 257-269, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Part of Rulemaking by the European Commission: the New System for Delegation of Powers, p. 1-17, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Use or Abuse of National Constitutional Requirements in the Dynamic Development of EU Treaties?
Part of Think Global Act European - Think Tanks Contribution to the Trio of Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian Presidencies of the Union, Notre Europe, 2010
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Use or abuse of National Constitutional Requirements in the Dynamic Development of EU Treaties?
Part of Think Global - Act European, p. 243-247, Notre Europe, 2010
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Part of Think Global Act European, p. 49-54, Notre Europe, 2008
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Part of Think Global Act European: European Think Tanks Contribution to the Trio of the French, Czech and Swedish Presidencies of the Union, Notre Europe, 2008
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Institutional Rule Five: Controlling the Implementation Powers of the Commission
Part of Explaining Institutional Change in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2007
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Kommittologi: Ett nära samarbete mellan kommissionen och den nationella förvaltningen
Part of Europaperspektiv 2002 – Årsbok för europaforskning, Santérus Förlag, 2002
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Part of Festskrift till Ulf Bernitz, Europarättslig tidskrift, 2001
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The Ioannina and Luxembourg Compromises
Part of Butterworths Expert Guide on the European Union, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997
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Part of Annual Report of The Nordic Council for Research in European Integration Law (NORFEIR), NORFEIR, 1996
Collections (editor)
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Legal Accountability in EU Markets for Financial Instruments: The Dual Role of Investment Firms
Oxford University Press, 2021
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EU:s grundfördrag och rättighetsstadga: Studentlitteratur 2019
Studentlitteratur AB, 2019
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Rulemaking by the European Commission: the New System for Delegation of Powers
Oxford University Press, 2016
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En konstitution för Europa? Reflektioner
Svenska institutet för europapolitiska studier, 2004
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
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KoF24 på den Juridiska fakulteten: Rapport
2024
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2023
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2018
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2008
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Lissabonfördraget: Report SIEPS 2008:11
2008
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Giving Globalisation a European Face: Report from European Parlaiment Expert Group L’Esprit de Sel
2008
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2008
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Vad hände(r) med den konstitutionella krisen i EU?
2006
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Governance and the EU Securities Sector: New Modes of Governance Project Final Report
2006
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EU:s lagstiftning i siffror 1995-2005
2005
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Simply Simplification? The Proposal for a Hierarchy of Legal Acts
2003
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Decentralized Agencies and the IGC: a Question of Accountability
2003
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2000
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1998
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1998
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Rättsligt skydd av grundläggande fri- och rättigheter i den Europeiska Unionen
1996
Other
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Hedersledamoten: Några ögonblick från Europa
2021
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Några ögonblick från Europa: Hedersledamoten
2021
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Review: Mendes, J (Ed), EU Executive Discretion and the Limits of Law, Oxford University Press 2019
Part of Common market law review, 2020
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The Swedish Principle of Open Government
2018
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2011
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Svensk grundlag måste anpassas bättre till EU: DN Debatt 6 Maj 2010
2010
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La Suède pour une Europe diverse et forte
2009
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2008
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2008
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Recension av Hegeland, H, Nationell EU-parlamentarism, Santérus Förlag 2006
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 2007
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Governance and the EU Securities Sector: NEWGOV Project Final Report
2006
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2006
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Governance and the EU Securities Sector: NEWGOV Project Working Paper
2004
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2002
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2001
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Recension av Nergelius, J, Amsterdamfördraget och EU:s institutionella maktbalans
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 1999
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Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, 1999
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1997
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Europe beyond the Internal Market: a Commentary on the Amsterdam Treaty
1997