Sven-Eric Liedman (born 1 June 1939 in Karlskrona) is a Swedish author and Professor Emeritus of history of ideas at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Liedman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in theoretical philosophy at Lund University in 1959.

In 1979 he was appointed Professor of history of ideas at the University of Gothenburg, where he remained until his retirement in 2006.

[1] Sven-Eric Liedman is the author of a well-known Swedish textbook on the history of political ideas, with the prefix "Från Platon till..." in its title.

The last edition is called "Från Platon till demokratins kris" (from Plato to democracy's crisis).