[3] Wickbom did his clerkship from 1955 and 1957 and worked as an extra legal clerk (fiskal) in Svea Court of Appeal in 1958.
Wickbom served as Director General of the National Swedish Land Survey Administration from 1974 to 1983.
[3] Wickbom also served as chairman, expert, and secretary in a number of government investigations.
[2] One year later, Wickbom left the government shortly after the escape of Stig Bergling, a former Swedish Security Service convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
[2] Wickbom served as Governor of Kronoberg County from 1988 to 1995 and was director general and chairman of the Administrative Policy Commission (Förvaltningspolitiska kommissionen) from 1995 to 1997.