Ingvar Carlsson
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Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 19
Carlsson in 2013
Carlsson (far right) in 1968, with Olof Palme (left), Tage Erlander (center), and Sten Andersson (right).
Carlsson (right), with wife Ingrid (far left), First Lady Nancy Reagan (left), and President Ronald Reagan (far right), in a 1987 visit to the White House.
A 1995 meeting of the European Council in Madrid. Carlsson is the third from the right in the second row, behind French President Jacques Chirac.
Göran Persson
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Hans Göran Persson is a Swedish former politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and as Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Since 2019, he has se
Ingvar Carlsson
…This government realigned its focus on cleaning up Swedish Government finances, and the task was assigned to the newly appointed Minister of Finance Göran Persson. The ensuing governing period was difficult and it was strongly criticized by trade unions and party members for government service cuts and tax increases…
Persson in 2026
Persson at 5 years old in 1954
Prime Minister Göran Persson speaking at May Day event in 2006, at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm
Persson meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Stockholm, Sweden, 23 March 2001.