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Minister For Education (Sweden)
The Minister for Education () is the education minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden), Ministry of Education and Research. The current minister for education is Johan Pehrson of the Liberals (Sweden), Liberals. History As a result of the ministry reform in 1840, the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs was instituted. The head of the ministry was the Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs, with the responsibility of culture, the Church of Sweden, research and education. In 1968, the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs changed its name to the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (), today called the Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden), Ministry of Education and Research. The head of the Ministry of Education and Research is the minister for education. List of officeholders Minister for Education (1968—present) {{Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Coat Of Arms Of Sweden
The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden () is the arms of dominion of the Monarchy of Sweden, King of Sweden. It has a greater and a lesser version. The shield displays the "Three Crowns of Sweden" quartering the "Lion of Bjälbo", with an inescutcheon overall of the House of Vasa impaling the House of Bernadotte. Regulated usage The usage of the coats of arms is regulated by Swedish Law, Swedish Code of Statutes, Act]1970:498which states (in unofficial translation) that "in commercial activities, the coats of arms, the flag or other official insignia of Sweden may not be used in a trademark or other insignias for products or services without proper authorisation. This includes any mark or text referring to the Swedish State which this can give the commercial mark a sign of official endorsement. This includes municipal coats of arms which are registered." Any representation consisting of three crowns ordered two above one are considered to be the lesser coat of arms, and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tage Erlander
Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party from 1946 to 1969. Previously, he served as Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, minister of education from 1945 to 1946, and was a Member of Parliament (Sweden), member of the Riksdag from 1932 to 1973. During his premiership, Sweden developed into one of the world's most advanced welfare states, with the Nordic Model#Sweden, "Swedish Model" at the peak of its acclaim and notoriety. His uninterrupted tenure of 23 years as head of the government is the longest ever in Sweden and in any modern Western democracy. Born to a poor family in Ransäter, Erlander later studied at Lund University. He was elected to Lund's municipal council in 1930, and 1932 Swedish general election, in 1932 he was elected as a member of the Riksdag. Becoming a member of the Third cab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1985.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 159 of the 349 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 Incumbent prime minister Olof Palme of the Social Democrats was able form a minority government with support from the Left Party Communists. However, Palme was assassinated in 1986. Campaign At a campaign meeting in Sundsvall on 22 August, Minister of Social Welfare Sten Andersson promised to increase the state pensions as a compensation for the price increases following the devaluation of the krona in 1982. The Social Democrat (''Socialdemokraterna'') government also stressed that it had managed to decrease the budget deficit from 90 billion to 60 billion kronas. The Social Democrats also promised not to increase taxes or lower the quality of the welfare system. The Centre Party had a technical coopera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennart Bodström
Ture Lennart Bodström (20 April 1928 – 30 April 2015) was a Swedish politician born in Gothenburg, who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Olof Palme's Social Democratic cabinet from 1982 to 1985. His refusal, without further evidence, to participate in the accusations against the Soviet Union regarding its possible submarine operations in Swedish waters led to a motion of confidence against him in the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ..., which failed. This is still the only time such a motion has been raised against a single member of a Swedish government (although some have resigned facing the threat of one). Following the 1985 election, Bodström was reassigned to the post of Minister for Education. Bodström's son Thomas Bodström is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1982.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 They saw the return of the Swedish Social Democratic Party to power after six years in opposition, the longest period in opposition by the Social Democrats since the 1910s. The center-right coalition of Thorbjörn Fälldin had earlier suffered a loss upon the breakup of the government in 1981, the year before the election, when the rightist Moderate Party chose to withdraw from the government, protesting against the centrist tax policies of the Fälldin government. After regaining power, Social Democratic leader Olof Palme succeeded in being elected Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister again, having earlier held power between 1969 and 1976. The 2,533,250 votes for the Social Democrats is, in spite of a larger electorate, as of 2022 the highest number of people voting for a single party in Swedish electoral history, although the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén (born 14 January 1943) is a Swedish politician. In 1968 Hjelm-Wallén became a member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) and she held several cabinet positions, starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date. A member of the Social Democratic party, she served as Minister for Education from 1982 to 1985, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998 and as deputy prime minister from 1995 to 2002. She has served as chair of the governing board of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), an intergovernmental organisation with 25 member states whose objective is supporting sustainable democratic change worldwide. References External linksLena Hjelm-Wallenat the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 16 September 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 154 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag,Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 the liberal interim government of Ola Ullsten was succeeded by another centre-right coalition government composed of the People's Party, the Moderate Party and the Centre Party, led by Centre Party leader Thorbjörn Fälldin. The three parties together won 175 seats, compared to the 174 won by the Social Democrats and Communists. It was the only time that non-socialist parties retained power in an election between 1928 and 2010. The Moderates dramatically increased their representation in the Riksdag, becoming the largest party of the non-socialist bloc, a position they maintained until 2022. Despite the unexpected victory, the coalition split in 1981 when the Moderates withdrew support in prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1976. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 152 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag,Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 a coalition government was formed with the Centre Party, the People's Party and the conservative Moderate Party (who won a combined 180 seats), which formed Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936. Centre Party leader Thorbjörn Fälldin, who had widely been expected to take over the government in the previous election of 1973 (which turned out to bring a 175-175 draw between the left and right blocs), was appointed prime minister, the first not from the Swedish Social Democratic Party since Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp's brief interregnum 40 years earlier. Debates Results Seat distribution By municipality Image:Sweden.1976.coalition.largest.map.svg, Votes by municipality. The municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Ullsten
Stig Kjell Olof "Ola" Ullsten (23 June 1931 – 28 May 2018) was a Swedish politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979 and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1978 to 1983. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister briefly in 1978 and then again from 1980 to 1982 and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982. Ullsten is Sweden's only Liberal prime minister since the 1930s. Background and early career Stig Kjell Olof Ullsten was born in Teg, Västerbotten, a small town that would ultimately be annexed as a part of county capital Umeå. He was the son of forestry inspector Carl Augustin Ullsten (14 August 1892 – 27 March 1977) and schoolteacher Kristina Ullsten (née Röström; 27 February 1900 – 23 March 1993). Ullsten joined the Liberal Youth of Sweden and the People's Party in the spring of 1958. In his youth he made several travels to the United States, and in 1959 took an active part in the successful campaign to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorbjörn Fälldin
Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (24 April 1926 – 23 July 2016) was a Swedish politician and farmer who served as the prime minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1979 to 1982, heading three non-consecutive cabinets. He was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985. On his first appointment in 1976, he was the first non- Social Democrat Prime Minister for 40 years and the first since the 1930s not to have worked as a professional politician since his teens. He was also the last Prime Minister to not be from the Social Democrats or Moderate Party. Early life Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin was born on 24 April 1926 in Högsjö parish, Ångermanland. He was the son of the farmer Nils Johan Fälldin and his wife Hulda (née Olsson), who were involved in agriculturally focused political and civic associations. Fälldin grew up in a farming family in Ångermanland. He grew up on the family farm in Ramvik, which later became his home as an adult. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Erik Wikström
Jan-Erik Wikström (11 September 1932 – 1 July 2024) was a Swedish publisher and politician, who served as Minister for Education between 1976 and 1982. His father, Börje Wikström, was a pastor in the Swedish Evangelical Mission (EFS) and his mother, Essy Wikström, was an elementary school teacher. Wikström was head of the publishing house Gummessons from 1963 to 1976. He was elected into the Swedish Parliament in 1970, representing the People's Party (subsequently the Liberals). He became Minister for Education in the Fälldin I Cabinet in 1976, and remained on that post in the cabinets Fälldin II, Ullsten and Fälldin III, with a brief stint as acting Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1981. When the Social Democratic second Cabinet of Olof Palme took over after the 1982 Swedish general election, Wikström left the government. He was appointed Governor of Uppsala County This is a list of governors for Uppsala County of Sweden. Uppsala County and Stockh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 16 September 1973.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Social Democrats remained the largest party, winning 156 of the 350 seats. For most of the campaign, the opposition parties had led the socialist parties in the polls. It has been speculated that several events influenced the outcome of the election in favour of the government: the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf the previous day, the Norrmalmstorg robbery and the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. Prime Minister Olof Palme had delivered an impassioned speech on Salvador Allende's legacy on the eve of the election, in which he praised the democratic system. The elections instead produced a draw, with the socialist and liberal-conservative blocs each winning 175 seats. Inter-Parliamentary Union Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
