Torsten Nilsson
Harald Torsten Leonard Nilsson (born April 1, 1905 in Nevishög , Malmöhus län ; † December 14, 1997 in Oscars församling , Stockholm ) was a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Labor Party ( Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ) .
Life
After graduating in real life, he completed vocational training in Germany and then worked as a bricklayer between 1922 and 1929 .
In addition, he began his political career within the Social Democratic Workers' Party and was initially secretary of its youth association in Skåne in 1927 . In 1934 he was elected chairman of the youth association of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( Sveriges socialdemokratiska ungdomsförbund ) to succeed Adolf Wallentheim . He held this office for six years until he was replaced by Ossian Sehlstedt in 1940.
He then became Party Secretary of the Social Democrats in 1940 as the successor to Anders Nilsson and in 1941 a member of the Reichstag . In 1945 he handed over the office of party secretary to Sven Andersson , after he himself was appointed communications minister in the government of Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson and retained this office under Hansson's successor, Tage Erlander .
As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Erlander appointed him on October 1, 1951, first Minister of Defense and then, when the government was reshuffled, on March 22, 1957, Minister of Social Affairs. As such, he introduced numerous reforms such as the general old-age pension .
In another government reshuffle, Erlander finally appointed him on September 19, 1962 to succeed Östen Undén as Sweden's foreign minister . Nilsson held this position for almost nine years until June 30, 1971. As Foreign Minister, on January 1, 1969, he proposed in a telegram to North Vietnam that diplomatic relations should be established. This made Sweden the first western country to recognize North Vietnam.
After leaving the Reichstag in 1976, Nilsson largely withdrew from political life.
Web links and sources
- Meyers Großes Personenlexikon , Mannheim 1968, p. 953
- Torsten Nilsson in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nilsson, Torsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nilsson, Harald Torsten Leonard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish politician (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti), member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nevishög , Malmöhus län |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1997 |
| Place of death | Oscars församling , Stockholm |