Anders Sundström

Anders Sundström
Sundström in February 2015
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 7 October 1998 – 26 October 1998
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Margot Wallström
Succeeded by	Lars Engqvist
Minister of Enterprise
In office 22 March 1996 – 7 October 1998
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Jörgen Andersson
Succeeded by	Björn Rosengren
Minister of Employment
In office 7 October 1994 – 22 March 1996
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson
Preceded by	Börje Hörnlund
Succeeded by	Margareta Winberg
Mayor of Piteå
In office 1979–1994
Personal details
Born	(1952-07-26) 26 July 1952 (age 69)
Political party	Social Democrats
Alma mater	Umeå university
Profession	banker, politician

Anders Sundström (born 26 July 1952) is a Swedish banker and former politician. Sundström became mayor of Piteå in 1979, at the age 27, he was the youngest at the time.^[1] He served as government minister, first as Minister of Employment from 1994 to 1996, Minister of Enterprise from 1996 to 1998, and Minister of Social Affairs in 1998, a position he left after only 20 days.^[2] Sundström served as Member of Parliament in 1998 and 2002-2004, and was a possible contender for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party after Håkan Juholt's resignation in January 2012. He was director of Folksam from 2004 to 2013, and later Swedbank from 2013 to 2016. Sundström is domestic partner with Social Democratic politician Anna Hallberg.

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