Odd Engström

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Odd Erik Lennart Engström (20 September 1941 – 18 May 1998) was a politician of the

University of Uppsala
.

Engström served as one of two

Parliament of Sweden
from 1991 to 1993, when he resigned from his seat.

From 1995 he served as chairman of the board of investment company

Kinnevik, where his friend Jan Stenbeck was the major owner. He was married to Gunilla Engström and has one son and one daughter.[1]

Engström also did some amateur acting. In 1993 he had a small role in the TV series Morsarvet, which was set in his native Värmland.

Engström died of a heart attack at age 56. (According to journalist Jutta Rabe he died the day before he wanted to give an interview about the real cause of the sinking of the MS Estonia.)[2]

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  2. ^ WDR5 interview, 26 sep 2002 -- rtsp://ras02.wdr.de/radio/radio5/real/neugier/FF2-Estonia-26092002.rm