Rune B. Johansson (1915–1982) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the

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. He served as

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(1957–1962) and minister of industry (1971–1976).

Biography

Johansson was born in

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in 1915. He joined the youth movement of the Social Democratic Party and then became part of the county council. Johansson was appointed minister of state and head of the

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on 31 October 1957. He served in the post 1962 in the cabinet led by Tage Erlander. Johansson continued to assume the post in the next cabinets, and his tenure ended on 24 January 1969. He also served as the minister of industry from 30 June 1971 to 8 October 1976. Johansson was the coauthor of a book entitled ''SABO-företagen i den nya bostadspolitiken'' which was published in 1967. He died in 1982.

References

1915 births 1982 deaths Ministers of the interior of Sweden Ministers for industry of Sweden Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Växjö {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub