Bengt Holgersson (born September 16, 1941) was the first Governor of
Skåne County
Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Krono ...
after a merger of
Malmöhus County and
Kristianstad County in 1997. Holgersson was involved in a corruption scandal in April 2006. Both Holgersson and municipal commissioner
Ilmar Reepalu
Ilmar Reepalu (born 11 October 1943) is an Estonian-born Swedish Social Democrat politician who was the 17th chairman of the municipal board in Malmö from 1994 to 2013.
After a professional life as an urban planner in Borås and Malmö, he be ...
were tried for corruption regarding a trip to
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
which they had accepted from
Sigma AB. In the end Both Holgersson and Reepalu were acquitted.
In 2006 he was succeeded by
Göran Tunhammar as Governor of Skåne.
References
1941 births
Living people
Governors of Skåne County
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