Gun Hellsvik

Gun Birgitta Hellsvik (née Blomgren; 27 September 1942 – 14 November 2016) was a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party, who served as Minister for Justice from 1991-1994.

A lawyer by training, she worked as a civil law lecturer at Lund University before becoming a full-time politician.

She served as Municipal commissioner of Lund 1983-1991, Minister for Justice 1991-1994, member of the Riksdag, chairman of the Riksdag Committee on Justice 1994-2001, President of the Nordic Council 1999, Director General of the Swedish Patent and Registration Office 2001-2007, and chairman of the board of the University of Borås 2004-2007.

She opposed dispensing clean needles to drug addicts, arguing that it would undermine people's confidence in the legal system.

She lauded the American war on drugs, claiming that "as so many times before, the United States, is showing us the right path".