Ingvar Carlsson

Gösta Ingvar Carlsson [ jɶsta Invar kɑ ː ɭsɔn ] ( born November 9, 1934 in Borås ) is a former Swedish politician. He was the Prime Minister of Sweden in the years 1986 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1996.

Ingvar Carlsson grew up in a working class family and studied at Lund University political science. From a young age he became a member of Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti (SAP). After completing his studies he began in 1958 in the Government Chancellery of Prime Minister Tage Erlander to work. Between 1961 and 1967 Carlsson was Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League. In 1964 he became a deputy of the Reichstag and in 1967 the first Cabinet Secretary. After the accession of Olof Palme in 1969 Ingvar Carlsson first took over the office of Erziehungsminsters and then from 1973 to the lost parliamentary elections in 1976, the Office of the Minister for Housing issues. When the SAP after the Reichstag elections in 1982 could again take over the government, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Future Studies in the cabinet of Olof Palme. In 1985, he also became the first Minister of Environment of Sweden. After the murder of Olof Palme on 28 February 1986 Ingvar Carlsson took over the party presidency and the Office of the Prime Minister, which he - held until 1996 - with a break between 1991 and 1994. 1996 Ingvar Carlsson retired.

Ingvar Carlsson's political activity is strongly influenced by the close cooperation with Olof Palme, whose policy he continued after 1986. In Ingvar Carlsson's reign of EU accession of Sweden, for the Ingvar Carlsson became involved heavily falls. However, he could not prevent the divisiveness of the Social Democratic Party, whose members are in the majority against the EU on this issue.