Thomas Bodström
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Thomas Bodström | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minister for Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 11 October 2000 – 6 October 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Göran Persson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Laila Freivalds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Beatrice Ask | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Thomas Lennart Bodström 9 April 1962 Uppsala, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Social Democratic Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | Stockholm University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Lennart Bodström (born 9 April 1962) is a Swedish former politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He is also a former footballer, and is best remembered for representing Allsvenskan side AIK between 1987 and 1989.
Political career
Thomas Bodström was the Swedish
Thomas Bodström is the son of
However, when Prime Minister Göran Persson announced his new cabinet appointment on 11 October 2000, Bodström was a completely unknown face to most of the political journalists attending the press conference. At the time, he was not even a member of the Social Democratic Party. Although Bodström was unaccustomed to national politics at the time, he has managed to keep his job, despite calls for his resignation, especially loudly voiced after several high-profile prison breaks during the summer of 2004.
He has written a book, 700 dagar i Rosenbad (700 days in Rosenbad), about his experiences as a newcomer in the government.
Controversy
At the time of his appointment, Bodström revealed in an interview that he had used hashish in his youth, and also, that he on several occasions had employed a person in his home without paying the appropriate taxes.[4]
During his term in office, Bodström was heavily criticized by advocates of privacy and liberal think tanks,[5] as he is said to have worked towards giving the police the possibility of monitoring people who might be involved in minor crimes, as well as other things that could be seen as intrusive to privacy.
On 23 August 2010, during an interview by Swedish Radio, in light of the current drug testing debate, the reporter asked Bodström if he was willing to participate in a drug test. Bodström at first agreed, but when the nurse explained that he would be tested for
The Pirate Party defended his right not to take the test in reference to their views on privacy.[7]
Since mid-2011, Bodström has been an expert commentator on law on the crime reality TV show
Football career
Bodström played professional football in the 1980s as a defender and represented Allsvenskan club AIK between 1987 and 1989, making a total of 48 league appearances and scoring three goals for the club.[9] Prior to representing AIK, he also played for Spånga IS and Enköpings SK FK.[9]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
AIK | 1987 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
1988 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
1989 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 2 | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 48 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 3 |
Bibliography
- (2004) 700 dagar i Rosenbad Biography, Albert Bonniers Förlag, ISBN 91-85015-15-6.
- (2008) Rymmaren crime fiction, Norstedts Förlag
- (2009) Idealisten crime fiction, Norstedts Förlag
- (2010) Lobbyisten crime fiction, Norstedts Förlag
- (2013) Populisten
- (2014) Det man minns
References
- ^ a b Thomas Bodström at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "500 AIK:are - Thomas Bodström".
- ^ "Bodström i natt: Jag lämnar riksdagen" [Bodström this night: I will leave the Parliament] (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Han har prövat hasch och haft svart hemhjälp" [He has tested hashish and had illegally employed home-help] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 14 October 2000.
- ^ "Marchen mot Bodströmsamhället" [The March towards a Bodström Society] (in Swedish). Timbro. 28 June 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010.
- ^ "Former justice minister refuses a drugs test". The Local. 23 August 2010.
- ^ [1] Archived 1 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stockholm TT Spektra (9 December 2011). "Thomas Bodström till "Efterlyst" | Kultur | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Svd.se. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "500 AIK:are - Thomas Bodström". www.aik.se. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Säsongen 2005". www.aik.se. Archived from the original on 29 December 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2021.