Sven Lindgren (born 1946) is a former Moderate Party politician and former Governor of Kalmar County, Sweden,.
He was born in Västervik [ citation needed ] and later pursued an academic career at Linköping University. [1] He was later elected Leader of the Opposition on Linköping Municipal Council. Between 1991 and 1994 he led a non-socialist administration in the city. After losing the 1994 election, Lindgren returned to leading the opposition. Between 2002 and 2009, he served as Governor of Kalmar County. [2] Lindgren is chairperson of the Swedish Civil Protection Association.
He is married to Anna Lindgren, a Moderate Party member of the Riksdag.
Blekinge County is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona. It is the smallest of the present administrative counties of Sweden, covering only 0,7% of the total area of the country.
Jönköping County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capital and largest city is Jönköping. About one quarter of the total county population lives in the combined Jönköping-Huskvarna urban area around the southern point of Lake Vättern.
Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.
Västervik Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.
Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a sea border with Västra Götaland to the west, and borders the Baltic Sea to the east.
Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland.
The Diocese of Växjö is one of 13 dioceses within the Lutheran Church of Sweden. It's episcopal see is located in the city of Växjö. The diocese was established in the 12th century as a Roman Catholic bishopric, but was taken over by the Church of Sweden as a result of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden.
The Moderate Youth League, officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. Of the political youth organizations that received financial support from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society in 2019, it had the highest number of members.
Linköping Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With more than 165,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.
Lindgren is a Swedish surname.
The Diocese of Linköping is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. It comprises nine deaneries subdivided into 176 parishes with a total of 443,000 members. The diocese's largest parish is Motala. The Diocese of Linköping has a rank directly below the Archdiocese of Uppsala of the Church of Sweden. The current bishop is Marika Markovits.
Paul Lindvall is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and leader of the ruling right-center coalition in Linköping. It consists of the Moderate Party, the Liberal People's Party, the Christian Democrats and the Centre Party, together forming a majority in the Municipal Council.
Anna Lindgren was a Swedish Moderate Party politician and former member of the Riksdag.
Carl Gustav Boberg was a Swedish poet, preacher, government official and member of parliament, best known for writing the Swedish-language poem "O Store Gud" from which the English language-hymn "How Great Thou Art" is derived.
Sturefors is a locality situated in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 2,229 inhabitants in 2010.
Småland is a historical province in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. The Latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages. The highest point in Småland is Tomtabacken, at 377 metres (1,237 ft). In terms of total area, Småland is similar in size to Belgium and Israel.
Sven-Erik Österberg is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is the former Governor of Stockholm County from 1 February 2018 to 28 February 2023 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006.
Erik Reimhult was a Swedish sculptor (born 6 September 1915 in Hjorted Parish, Kalmar County, Sweden; died 20 September 1999 in Törnsfall Parish, Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County.
Eric Krönmark is a Swedish farmer, Moderate Party politician and civil servant. He was Minister of Defence between 1976 and 1978 and again from 1979 until 1981. He also represented Kalmar as Member of Parliament of Sweden from 1965 to 1981. From 1981 to 1996 he was Governor of Kalmar County.