Nils Arvid Teodor Beckman (30 October 1902 – 22 January 1972) was a Swedish jurist and civil servant.
However, for more than two decades, until his retirement in 1969, he devoted the majority of his efforts to judicial work at the highest level, serving as the President of the Supreme Court from 1963.
[4] As a young Court of Appeal assessor, he was given the responsible task of, as specially appointed chairman of Västmanland Eastern Judicial District Assize Court (Västmanlands östra domsagas häradsrätt) lead the investigation in perhaps the most noted criminal case of the 1930s, the trial against the so-called Sala gang from 1936 to 1937.
[1] He was the secretary in the criminal law committee (straffrättskommittén) from 1937 to 1940, focusing on legislation related to crime against property.
[3] Beckman also served as the vice-chairman of the National Swedish Association against Tuberculosis (Svenska nationalföreningen mot tuberkulos) from 1952 to 1966[3] and the National Swedish Association against Pulmonary Heart Disease (Svenska Nationalföreningen mot Hjärt- och Lungsjukdomar) from 1952 onwards.