Carl Olof Tallgren
Minister of Finance
In office
15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971
Prime MinisterAhti Karjalainen
Preceded byPäiviö Hetemäki
Succeeded byPäiviö Hetemäki
Chairman of Swedish People's Party of Finland
In office
1974–1977
Preceded byKristian Gestrin
Succeeded byPär Stenbäck
Personal details
Born (1927-01-28) 28 January 1927
Turku
Political partySwedish People's Party of Finland
SpouseGurli Vivica Öhman
Alma materTurku Academy

Carl Olof Tallgren (born 28 January 1927) is a Finnish politician who served as the minister of finance between 1970 and 1971. He is one of the former heads of the Swedish People's Party of Finland.

Early life and education

Tallgren was born in Turku on 28 January 1927, and his parents are office manager and deputy consul Karl Nikolai Tallgren and Ella Alica Lindh.[1][2] He graduated from the Swedish Classical High School in 1945.[2] Then he attended the Turku Academy and in 1951 graduated with a bachelor's degree in politics.[3] He also received a PhD.[3]

Career

Following graduation Tallgren was employed as an ombudsman at the Åboland Municipal Association in 1952 and worked there for ten years until 1962.[2] In 1957 he also became an operations manager in Åboland district for the Finnish Red Cross.
[2] Next year he was appointed deputy to Foreign Affairs Minister Ralf Törngren. In 1961 Tallgren was elected to the Finnish Parliament for the Swedish People's Party of Finland representing Åboland when Törngren died and served at the Parliament until 1975.
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Tallgren was appointed the minister of finance in Ahti Karjalainen's second cabinet on 15 July 1970, and his term lasted until 29 October 1971.[1] He succeeded Kristian Gestrin in 1974 as chairman of the Swedish People's Party of Finland which he held until 1977 when Pär Stenbäck took over the post.
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He was also employed as a treasurer at the Turku Academy Foundation in between 1964 and 1973.[2] Following his retirement from politics he was named as managing director of the Art Society Association, and his term lasted until 1991. He served in the boards of different companies and foundations, including the Foundation for Åbo Akademi University (1982–1997), Oy Partek Ab, Konstsamfundet, Oy Stockmann Ab, Oy City Forum Ab, and Hufvudstadsbladet Ab m.fl.[3][5]

Personal life

Tallgren married the economist Gurli Vivica Öhman in 1950.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tallgren, Carl Olof Kristian" (in Finnish). Finnish Government. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lars-Folke Landgrén (2011). "Tallgren, Carl Olof". Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Partek" (PDF). Aalto University Learning Centre. p. 6. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Anna-Maja Henriksson är SFP:s nya ordförande - första kvinnan på posten". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). 12 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
  5. ↑ R. Whiteside; G. Bricault; S. Carr, eds. (2012). The International Corporate 1000: A Directory of Who Runs the World's 1000 Leading Corporations 1987 Edition. Springer Netherlands. p. 23. ISBN 978-94-009-3243-2.
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