Bo Lindor Holmberg (17 November 1942 – 11 February 2010) was a Swedish politician, Governor of

Södermanland Södermanland ( ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinisation of names, Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a Provinces of Sweden, historical province (or ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Österg� ...

, and husband of former

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

Biography

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

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () 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 Norrland", as it was in the ...

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from 1976 to 1982. In 1982, he was made minister for physical planning and local government 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 was found dead in his apartment on Södermalm in Stockholm on 11 February 2010 at age 67. He is buried at Gudmundrå Cemetery in Kramfors.

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SvD: "Jag kan höra Anna skratta"

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