Gunnar Öhman

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A Swedish politician, Gunnar Öhman

Lars Gunnar Öhman (20 October 1904 – 7 October 1970) was a Swedish politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Sweden.[1]

Öhman was the son of Erik Öhman (farmer and shoemaker) and Anna Svedlund.[1] His older brother, Oscar Öhman, was a member of parliament from 1929–1932.[1][2] Gunnar Öhman worked as sawmills in Medelpad between 1918 and 1924. He worked at the Sundsvall newspaper Norrlands-Kuriren 1924 to 1928. During these four years he was the secretary of the Young Communist League district unit in Medelpad.[1]

When the Communist Party suffered a major split in 1929, Gunnar Öhman remained loyal to the party.[3] His brother, Oscar, on the other hand sided with the Karl Kilbom faction.[2][4]

Rising in the party ranks following the split, Öhman was one of the 'men of 1929' grouping (with Hilding Hagberg, Fritjof Lager, ) that would dominate the party affairs for several decades to come.[3] In 1932 he moved to Norrbotten, working at Norrskensflamman and as organizer of the Communist Party district unit.[1] In 1933 he became a Central Committee member of the party (a post he would hold until 1963). In 1934 he became secretary of the Stockholm-Mälardalen district of the party. In 1936 he was included in the politburo of the party.[1]

Öhman sat in the Stockholm City Council between 1942 and 1954. He also served as chairman of the Stockholm Communist Labour Commune.[1] He was replaced by Fritjof Lager in this post in 1952.[5] Between 1943 and 1948 he served as national party secretary. In 1953 he was appointed editor-in-chief of Ny Dag. In 1957 he became the editor of Vår Tid.[1] According to a 1961 article in Der Spiegel, Öhman was the ideologue of the party at the time.[6]

Öhman represented Stockholm in the First Chamber 1946–1953.[1] He was later elected from Göteborg, representing the constituency in the First Chamber 1955–1962. He led the communist parliamentary faction in the First Chamber 1955–1962.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Anders Norberg; Andreas Tjerneld; Björn Asker (1985). Tvåkammarriksdagen 1867–1970: Göteborgs och Bohus län, Älvsborgs län, Skaraborgs län, Värmlands län, Örebro län. Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 178. ISBN 978-91-22-01341-9.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Ture Nerman (1954). Trots allt: minne och redovisning. Kooperativa förbundets bokförlag. p. 191.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Zenit. Zenit. 1969. p. 11.
  4. ^ Lars Furuland (1971). Synpunkter på Lars Ahlin. Aldus/Bonnier. pp. 18–20.
  5. ^ Svenska dagbladet (1953). Årsbok. Almquist and Wiksells boktryckeri-aktiebolag. p. 75.
  6. ^ Der Spiegel. Am Friedens-Meer
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