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|name = Ulf Adelsohn |
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[[File:Ulf Adelsohn 0c225 3181.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Adehlsohn in 2010]] |
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|order = [[Leader of the Opposition (Sweden)|Leader of the Opposition]] |
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|term_start = 8 October 1982 |
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|term_end = 23 August 1986<br/><small>({{Age in years and days|1982|10|8|1986|8|23}})</small> |
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|primeminister = [[Olof Palme]]<br>[[Ingvar Carlsson]] |
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|predecessor = [[Olof Palme]] |
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|successor = [[Carl Bildt]] |
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|order2 = Leader of the [[Moderate Party]] |
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|term_start2 = 1981 |
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|term_end2 = 23 August 1986 |
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|predecessor2 = [[Gösta Bohman]] |
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|successor2 = [[Carl Bildt]] |
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|10|4|df=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |
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|party = [[Moderate Party]] |
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|spouse = [[Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth]] <br><small>(m. 1981-present)</small> |
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|alma_mater = [[Stockholm University]] |
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'''Ulf Adelsohn''' (born 4 October 1941) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] politician, leader of the [[Moderate Party]] from 1981 to 1986 and [[landshövding]] of [[Stockholm County]] in 1992–2001. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Sweden]] from 1982 to 1988 and served as chairman of [[Swedish Railways]] in 2001–2011, resigning due to quarrels with the government.<ref>[http://riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=040421445103 Parliament of Sweden: Ulf Adelsohn], accessed on 2010-05-07 {{sv icon}}</ref> |
'''Ulf Adelsohn''' (born 4 October 1941) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] politician, leader of the [[Moderate Party]] from 1981 to 1986 and [[landshövding]] of [[Stockholm County]] in 1992–2001. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Sweden]] from 1982 to 1988 and served as chairman of [[Swedish Railways]] in 2001–2011, resigning due to quarrels with the government.<ref>[http://riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=040421445103 Parliament of Sweden: Ulf Adelsohn], accessed on 2010-05-07 {{sv icon}}</ref> |
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Ulf Adelsohn | |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 8 October 1982 – 23 August 1986 (3 years, 319 days) | |
| Prime Minister | Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson |
| Preceded by | Olof Palme |
| Succeeded by | Carl Bildt |
| Leader of the Moderate Party | |
| In office 1981 – 23 August 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Gösta Bohman |
| Succeeded by | Carl Bildt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1941 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (m. 1981-present) |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Ulf Adelsohn (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and landshövding of Stockholm County in 1992–2001. He was a member of the Parliament of Sweden from 1982 to 1988 and served as chairman of Swedish Railways in 2001–2011, resigning due to quarrels with the government.[1]
Adelsohn became the chairman of the Moderate Students in 1966–1968, earned a Candidate of Law degree in 1968 and in the same year became the deputy chairman of the Moderate Party in Stockholm. Mayor of Stockholm 1976–1979. Minister of Communications in the centre-right government of Thorbjörn Fälldin from 1979 to 1981, party leader of Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and Governor of Stockholm County from 1992 to 2001.
Since 2001 he was chairman of the board for SJ, the Swedish Railways, resigning in 2011. In 2005 he decided to stand for election for Stockholm City Council again, declaring himself to be a candidate for Speaker of the Council. His candidacy was however withdrawn before the elections in 2006.
He is married to Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, who is the current Minister for Culture, and has two children, Erik and Ebba. An avid supporter of Djurgårdens IF, he was at one point chairman of the club's ice hockey department.[2]
He studied at Stockholm University. He was the chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, was opposing the occupation of the Student Union Building in Stockholm in 1968 and was a co-founder of Borgerliga Studenter – Opposition '68 later in the same year.
He is also a descendant (great-great-great-great-grandson) of Jacob Johan Anckarström, the assassin of king Gustav III of Sweden. Anckarström was convicted of regicide and executed.
References
- ^ Parliament of Sweden: Ulf Adelsohn, accessed on 2010-05-07 Template:Sv icon
- ^ "Historia – 1970–1979". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
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