About Sven Andersson (politician)
Sven Olof Morgan Andersson (5 April 1910 – 21 September 1987) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister for Defence from 1957 to 1973, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1976. Andersson also served as Minister for Communications (Transport) from 1951 to 1957. == Biography == Andersson was born in Gothenburg. Prior to his political career, he held various jobs as a bookshop clerk, bookbinder's apprentice and carpenter. From 1929 to 1937 he was on the leadership of the Gothenburg branch of the Social Democratic Youth League, and from 1934 to 1940 on the national leadership. After studies at the Nordic Folk High School in Geneva, he worked as an instructor with the Workers' Educational Association (ABF) in Gothenburg from 1932 to 1935, and as an ombudsman for the Social Democratic labour commune there from 1935 to 1945. Andersson was also an editor of Stockholms-Tidningen, a Social Democratic newspaper. From 1945 until 1948, Andersson was party secretary of the Social Democratic Party, and remained in the leadership of the party until 1975. He served as a minister without portfolio in the government of Tage Erlander from 1948 to 1951, and then became Minister for Communications (Transport).
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