Background
Modeen, Tore Gunnar Werner was born on September 25, 1929 in Helsingfors, Finland. Son of Gunnar Maximilian and Elsa Matilda (Soderstrom) Modeen.
Modeen, Tore Gunnar Werner was born on September 25, 1929 in Helsingfors, Finland. Son of Gunnar Maximilian and Elsa Matilda (Soderstrom) Modeen.
Juris Licentiat, University Helsingfors, 1956. Juris Doctor, University Helsingfors, 1962. Doctor (honorary), University Aix-Marseille, France, 1977.
Doctor (honorary), Uppsala University, Sweden, 1984.
Bar: Finland, 1952. Attorney District Court, Lojo, Pedersore, Finland, 1953-1957. Attorney Union Bank, Helsingfors, 1955-1957. Assistant Abo Akademi University, Finland, 1957-1962, associate to full professor, 1962-1977.
Alex Art professor of law U. Helsingfors,1977-1995.
President Henrik Gabriel Porthan Institute, Abo, 1970-1978. President local branch Swedish Party, Abo, 1971-1972. Member International Institute Regionalismus (board directors Munich since 1977), International Institute Human Rights (board directors Strasbourg since 1975), International Institute Administrative Sciences (board directors Brussels 1983-1992, president Finnish national section 1984-1996), International Academy Comparative Law Paris, Societas Scientiarium Fennicae Helsingfors, Abo Bar Association (president 1971-1978), International Commission of Jurists (president Finnish branch 1980-1985), International Association Legal Sciences (president Finnish section 1994-2001, board directors Paris 1997-2000).
Married Herdis Irene Ornhjelm, January 14, 1962.