Sten Bertil Ingemund Bengtsson (30 January 1919 – 12 April 2000) was a Swedish

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politician, and Speaker of the

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from 1979 to 1988.Sandblom, Clas-Göran (1994): ''Ingemund - en biografi''. Förlag Utsikten. He was born on 30 January 1919 in Veddige. He moved to

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and started working at the

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bicycle factory at age 15. He went on to become a prominent figure in local politics before he was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1951. He served as minister of agriculture 1969–1973,

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1973 and minister for employment 1974-1976 before being elected as Speaker of the Parliament in 1979. Bengtsson also performed the duties of Regent Ad Interim 2–3 July 1988. When the

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is prevented from performing his duties as

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, for reasons of illness, travel or other, and when no other member of the Royal House, who is in the

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issues a

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that establishes a Regent ad interim who will uphold the duties as Head of State for the duration of His Majesty's incapacity. Bengtsson is the only non royal to so far serve as regent under the 1974 Instrument of Government. He died on 12 April 2000. He is buried with his wife Anna-Lisa (1919–1991) in

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1919 births 2000 deaths Regents of Sweden Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Speakers of the Riksdag Swedish Esperantists Ministers for agriculture of Sweden Ministers for employment of Sweden Ministers of the interior of Sweden People from Varberg {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub