On 23–24 October, the third Nordic Symposium on Pledge Law was held in Stockholm. The event was a collaboration between the Commercial Law Research Centre at Lund University (ACLU), the Oslo Centre for Commercial Law, the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL), and the Gothenburg Centre for Commercial and Maritime Law. The opening speakers included Janne Kaisto (Finland), Astrid Millung-Christoffersen (Denmark), Roger Stelander Magnussen and Erik Røsæg (Norway), and Annina H. Persson (Sweden).
Göran Millqvist and P. G. Ekbom spoke on the Cape Town Convention, while Johan Schelin provided an overview of the rules governing the creation of security interests in maritime law.
Niklas Dahlgren addressed property law issues in connection with a Swedish register for communally-owned apartments, while Kieran Finn offered a much appreciated insight into a common law–based system regarding the possibility of taking security over movable property. Per Henriksson led an in depth discussion on the enforcement of security interests, with a particular focus on how a potential Swedish system of registered security interests might be designed. Finally, Emil Elgebrant presented a summary of the work on adapting Swedish law to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) concerning electronic trade documents.
The theme of this year’s conference was registered security interests in movable property. The symposium aimed to deepen understanding of the regulation of security interests in the Nordic countries and to facilitate the exchange of experiences with different legal solutions.
In addition, the symposium gave special recognition to the fact that Göran Millqvist has now stepped down from his role as director of the SCCL after six intensive years. Participants received an anthology featuring a selection of Göran’s writings (Sakrätt med mera). Annina H. Persson delivered a lecture on Göran’s contributions, Hugo Jacobson spoke on the significance of property law in crisis management, and Göran himself concluded with a lecture on the development of Swedish property law over the past 100 years.
Nordic cooperation is both important and rewarding, and much remains to be done. We look forward to next year’s symposium!
