Bo Lindor Holmberg (17 November 1942 – 11 February 2010), born in

Härnösand Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north o ...

, Västernorrlands län, Sweden, was a Swedish politician, Governor of

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, and husband of former Minister for Foreign Affairs

Anna Lindh Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her death. She was also a Member of the Riksdag (member of parliament ...

Biography

Holmberg's first major political assignment was as a Commissioner of the

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western ...

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from 1976 to 1982. In 1982, he was made Minister for Municipal Affairs in the newly elected

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Government, and in the following year

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, on which post he remained until 1988. He then served as a Member of the

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for his home constituency of Västernorrland until being appointed Governor of Södermanland on 1 July 1996. His term ended in 2005. Holmberg was married to Lindh from 1991 until she was assassinated in 2003. They had two sons, David and Filip. Holmberg died on 11 February 2010 at age 67.

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SvD: "Jag kan höra Anna skratta"

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