Bo Toresson (born 1939) is a Swedish social democrat politician who served as the secretary general of the

Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( , S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( ), is a social democratic political party in Sweden. The party is member of the Progressiv ...

between 1982 and 1992. He also served at the

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Biography

Toresson was born in Hunge,

Bräcke municipality Bräcke Municipality () is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bräcke. The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Bräcke Municipality was amalgamated with Kälarne and Revsund. The three fo ...

, in 1939. He started his career as a forest worker. He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1956. He was among the speech writers for

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and

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. Next he served as a local editor of a regional newspaper based in

Bräcke Bräcke is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Bräcke Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,651 inhabitants as of 2010. The community is located next to Lake Revsundssjön, 70 km south-east of Östersund. The rail ...

. In 1982 Toresson was appointed secretary general of the Social Democratic Party, replacing

Sten Andersson Sten Sture Andersson (20 April 1923 – 16 September 2006) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister for Social Affairs from 1982 to 1985 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1991. He was also President o ...

in the post. Toresson's tenure ended in 1992 when

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was appointed as secretary general. He was a member of the Parliament in 1991. Then Toresson was appointed by the Social Democratic Party to the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity which was established to assist the formation of democratic political parties in the former communist countries. The forum was based in Brussels, Belgium, and he remained in office until 1996. Toresson was elected as the chairman of the Swedish Hunters' Association shortly after his return to Sweden in 1996 and held the post until 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Toresson, Bo 20th-century Swedish journalists 1939 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Bräcke Municipality Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994