Sture Henriksson Explained

Office:Minister of Communications
Primeminister:Tage Erlander
Term Start:1957
Term End:1957
Birth Date:1917
Party:Social Democratic Party

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

Henriksson was appointed minister of communication to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tage Erlander in 1957.[4] [5] Shortly after his appointment Henriksson committed suicide by hanging himself.[6] [4] The event occurred after Henriksson was arrested for drunkenness.[7] His cabinet colleague Östen Undén later accused a ""gangster journalist" in Expressen of his death.[7]

Notes and References

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