Sture Henriksson | |
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Minister of Communications | |
In office 1957–1957 | |
Prime Minister | Tage Erlander |
Personal details | |
Born | 1917 |
Died | 1957 (aged 39–40) |
Political party | Social 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.
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]