Sture Henriksson
Minister of Communications
In office
1957–1957
Prime MinisterTage Erlander
Personal details
Born1917
Died1957 (aged 39–40)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Occupation

Sture Henriksson (1917–1957) was a Swedish trade unionist, ombudsman and social democrat politician who killed himself in 1957 while serving as the minister of communications.

Biography

Henriksson was a trade unionist.[1] He worked as an ombudsman in Civilian Personnel Association of the Swedish Armed Forces.[2] He was a member of the Social Democratic Party and served at the Swedish Parliament.[3] In 1949 he was one of the members of the tax commission at the Parliament.[3] He edited the monthly journal of the Social Democratic Party entitled Tiden between 1956 and 1957.[4]

Henriksson was appointed minister of communication to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tage Erlander 1957.[5][6] Shortly after his appointment Henriksson committed suicide by hanging himself.[1][5] The event occurred after Henriksson was arrested for drunkenness.[7] His colleague Östen Undén later accused a journalist in Expressen of his death.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Olof Ruin (1989). Tage Erlander: Serving the Welfare State, 1946-1969. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 103, 300. ISBN 978-0-8229-7667-7.
  2. ↑ "Det grå brödraskapet. En berättelse om IB" (Report). regeringen.se (in Swedish). 2002. p. 70. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 Lena Andersson-Skog; Martin Eriksson (2020). "Family Taxation as Tax Reduction. The Introduction of Income Splitting in Swedish Taxation, 1945–1952". Umeå Papers in Economic History (48): 15, 17. ISSN 1653-7378.
  4. ↑ "Nyckeltitel: Tiden" (in Swedish). Libris. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 Olov Abrahamsson (18 April 2020). "Thunborgs självmord blev en chock för Erlander". Norrländska Socialdemokraten (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Martin Ejnar Hansen (2017). "Cabinets and ministerial turnover in the Scandinavian countries". In Peter Nedergaard; Anders Wivel (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Scandinavian Politics. London; New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315695716.ch7. ISBN 9781315695716.
  7. 1 2 Ulrika Knutson (20 June 2018). "Mediedrev leder sällan till självmord". Journalisten (in Swedish).
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