Sven Andersson (politician)
Sven Andersson | |
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![]() Sven Andersson in 1964 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 3 November 1973 – 8 October 1976 | |
Prime Minister | Olof Palme |
Preceded by | Krister Wickman |
Succeeded by | Karin Söder |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 22 March 1957 – 31 October 1973 | |
Prime Minister | Tage Erlander Olof Palme |
Preceded by | Torsten Nilsson |
Succeeded by | |
Minister of Communications | |
In office 1 October 1951 – 22 March 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Tage Erlander |
Preceded by | Torsten Nilsson |
Succeeded by | Sture Henriksson |
Personal details | |
Born | Sven Olof Morgan Andersson 5 April 1910 Gothenburg, Sweden |
Died | 21 September 1987 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 77)
Political party | Social Democrats |
Sven Olof Morgan Andersson (5 April 1910 in Gothenburg – 21 September 1987 in Stockholm) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician.[1] He served as Minister for Defence from 1957 to 1973, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1976. Andersson also served as Minister of Communications from 1951 to 1957.
He was during this time as a prominent Social Democratic cabinet minister a strong anti-Communist and defence hawk. He was a key player in the IB affair which became public knowledge in Sweden in 1973.
Andersson was among the editors-in-chief of Stockholms-Tidningen, a social democrat newspaper.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Sven Andersson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ Sellström, Tor (1999). Sweden and national liberation in Southern Africa. Vol. 1, Formation of a popular opinion (1950-1970) (PDF). Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. p. 94. ISBN 91-7106-430-3. OCLC 41157147.
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- Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats
- Swedish anti-communists
- Swedish newspaper editors