Hugo Hegeland

Hugo Hegeland (* 1922 in Gothenburg ; † October 10, 2009 ibid) was a Swedish economist , journalist , writer and politician .

Life

Hegeland grew up in a children's home and later described his experiences there in the novels “Barnhemsbarn” (Children's Home Children, 1984) and “Skyddslingarna på Ekedalen” (Protégés von Ekedalen, 1994).

After attending school, he began studying economics , political science and philosophy at the University of Gothenburg in 1942, graduating in 1945 with a master's degree in political science and in 1947 with a licentiate in philosophy. He then began his professional career in 1948 as a teacher at the Gothenburg Business School, before he became a lecturer at Lund University in 1953, after receiving his doctorate in philosophy in 1952 .

After further teaching activities at the Universities of Gothenburg, Lund and Uppsala , he accepted a position as professor at the Department of Economics at Umeå University in 1965 . In the following years he was also editor-in-chief of the business newspaper “ Veckans Affärer ” between 1969 and 1970 . He then became rector of the Gothenburg Social University. In addition to his work as editor-in-chief of the business newspaper "Företagsekonomi" from 1978 to 1987, he also held a teaching position at the University of Gothenburg.

He began to be politically active at an early stage and was initially a member of the Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti (SAP), but then joined the bourgeois camp as a member via the Centerpartiet and the Folkpartiet liberalerna and was ultimately a representative of the Moderata samlingspartiet from 1982 to 1994 Reichstag . He described his experiences in the Reichstag in his memoir "Hegeland om Helgeandsholmen " (Hegeland on Helgeandsholmen).

In the 1990s he was the presenter of the television program "Debatt".

Web links

• HD: "Professor blev politisk profile"