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Sven Hulterström

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Sven Hulterström
Minister of Communications (Transport)
In office
1985–1989
Prime Minister
Preceded byCurt Boström
Succeeded byGeorg Andersson
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office
1989–1990
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Personal details
Born (1938-05-14) 14 May 1938 (age 86)
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Sven Hulterström (born 14 May 1938) is a Swedish social democrat politician who held several political and government posts, including minister of communications (Transport) and minister of health and social affairs. In addition, he was a long-term member of the Riksdag.

Biography

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Hulterström was born on 14 May 1938.[1][2] He was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.[1] He worked at the Gothenburg City Council in the period 1971–1985 and served as the chairman of the municipal board for two terms, in the periods 1976–1979 and 1982–1985.[2] During his term Hulterström was one of the leading figures in the regionalisation process and was instrumental in the establishment of the county of Västra Götaland.[3]

Hulterström was the minister of communications (Transport) in the period 1985–1989 and minister of health and social affairs between 1989 and 1990.[2] The cabinets were led by first Olof Palme and then by Ingvar Carlsson.[4]

Hulterström was elected to the Riksdag in 1985 and served there until 2002.[2] He held several posts at the Riksdag, including the chairman of the general assembly from 1998 to 2002.[2] In 2003 he was named as the chairman of Stokab, an infrastructure company owned by the Stockholm Municipality.[5]

In November 2019 a book entitled Sven Hulterström – Ett liv i politikens centrum was published by the author Mats Wångersjö.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Start Ledamöter & partier Sven Hulterström (S)" (in Swedish). Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Anders Svennson (14 April 2017). "Sven Hulterström" (in Swedish). Det Gamla Göteborg. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ Alex Warleigh-Lack; Malin Stegmann Mccallion (2012). "'Usages of Europe' and Europeanisation: Evidence from the Regionalisation of Sweden". Journal of European Integration. 34 (4): 386. doi:10.1080/07036337.2011.595790. S2CID 154627153.
  4. ^ J. Paxton, ed. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1989-90. London; Basington: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1150. ISBN 978-0-230-27118-0.
  5. ^ "Sven Hulterström ordförande för Stokab". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). 8 September 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Boksläpp: Sven Hulterström – Ett liv i politikens centrum" (in Swedish). Socialdemokraterna Goteborg. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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