Sture Henriksson

Sture Henriksson
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	Trade Unionist Ombudsman

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.[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 in 1956 and 1957.[4]

Henriksson was appointed minister of communication to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tage Erlander in 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 cabinet colleague Östen Undén later accused a ""gangster journalist" in Expressen of his death.[7]

References

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