Johan C Bärlund

Johan C Bärlund

Professor of Nordic Law

  • PL 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3)

    00014

    Finland

1987 …2024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Johan Bärlund is from February 1st 2015 Professor in Nordic Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki. From August 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2022, he was rector at the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki.

Johan Bärlund's main areas of interest in research are consumer protection, contract law, market law, tort law and personality law from a Nordic perspective. The most recent research articles have a focus on Nordic contract law and advertising law. 

Johan Bärlund's main areas of teaching are consumer law, contract law, market law and tort law. In the 1990's he also taught matrimonial law. 

Personal homapge: http://www.helsinki.fi/~barlund

Founding member of the Teachers' Academy at the University of Helsinki.

Education/Academic qualification

Juris doktor honoris causa vid Uppsala universitet

Award Date: 31 Jan 2025

Kandidat i humanistiska vetenskaper, Faculty of Arts

1 Sept 199114 Oct 2020

Award Date: 14 Oct 2020

Teacher's pedagogical training, University of Helsinki

22 Jan 200022 Jan 2010

Award Date: 22 Jan 2010

Title of Docent of Commercial Law, Hanken School of Economics

1 May 2003 → …

Award Date: 1 May 2003

Title of Docent of Civil and Commercial Law, University of Helsinki

9 Feb 2003 → …

Award Date: 9 Feb 2003

Doctor of Laws, University of Helsinki

2 Feb 199031 May 2002

Award Date: 31 May 2002

Master of Science (Business), Hanken School of Economics

1 Sept 19851 Oct 1991

Award Date: 1 Oct 1991

Licentiate in Laws, University of Helsinki

13 Nov 19871 Feb 1990

Award Date: 1 Feb 1990

Master of Laws, University of Helsinki

1 Sept 198312 Nov 1987

Award Date: 12 Nov 1987

Fields of Science

  • 513 Law
  • contract law
  • consumer law
  • market law
  • tort law
  • 516 Educational sciences