Björn von Sydow
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Björn von Sydow | |
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Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
In office 22 March 1996 – 31 January 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Mats Hellström |
Succeeded by | Leif Pagrotsky |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 November 1945 |
Political party | Social Democratic |
Occupation | Politician |
Björn Gustaf von Sydow (born 26 November 1945) is a former
Apart from leading the Riksdag sessions, von Sydow was also while in office eligible to serve as acting-regent (
The speaker also had a key role when the government resigned. However, when Göran Persson asked for his resignation after the lost 2006 election, the parliamentary situation was very clear, so already on 19 September 2006 Sydow could formally ask Fredrik Reinfeldt to begin the formation of a new government to take office after the new Riksdag has assembled to approve it. On 2 October 2006, the changed majority situation in the Riksdag also had Sydow replaced by Moderate Party politician and previous Vice Speaker Per Westerberg. Already before the election, Sydow had stated that he was not interested in a Vice Speaker position, so that office went to fellow Social Democrat Jan Björkman.[1]
von Sydow was awarded a Ph.D. in political science at Linköping University in 1978, and later worked as rector of the Social Work College at Stockholm University. In 2008, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Björn von Sydow has taken his mother's surname and is a distant relative of the actor
References
- ^ Press release from the Riksdag Archived February 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, 2 October 2006