Per-Ola Eriksson

Per-Ola Eriksson
On February 2, 2012 Ambassador Brzezinski concluded his tour of Norrbotten by having lunch at Governor Per-Ola Eriksson's residence in Luleå, visiting the site of the Facebook servers, a visit to Aurorum Science Park together with the Mayor of Luleå Karl Petersen and visiting Swerea MEFOS, a metallurgical research institute.
Governor of Norrbotten County
In office 1 August 2003 – 2012
Appointed by	Cabinet of Persson
Preceded by	Kari Marklund
Succeeded by	Sven-Erik Österberg
Personal details
Born	(1946-10-18) 18 October 1946 (age 78) Kalix, Sweden
Political party	Centre Party

Per-Ola Anders Eriksson (born October 18, 1946) is a Swedish politician. He is a member of the Centre Party.[1] Eriksson was a member of the Parliament of Sweden from 1982 to 1998,[1] and held the key post as chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1991 to 1994,[2] when his party was part of the coalition forming Cabinet of Carl Bildt, which did not have a parliamentary majority on its own. He was director general of Nutek from 1999 to 2002, and became county governor of Norrbotten County in 2003.[2]

Awards

• H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal on Seraphim Order ribbon[3]

References

1. "Landshövding Per-Ola Eriksson" [County governor Per-Ola Eriksson]. lansstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). County Administrative Boards of Norrbotten. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
2. "Per-Ola Eriksson ny landshövding" [Per-Ola Eriksson new county governor] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 13 March 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
3. "Medaljförläningar" [Medal presentations] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2 February 2016.