Bo Lindor Holmberg (17 November 1942 – 11 February 2010), born in
Härnösand
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,
Västernorrlands län,
Sweden
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, was a Swedish politician, Governor of
Södermanland
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, and husband of former
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Anna Lindh
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.
Biography
Holmberg's first major political assignment was as a Commissioner of the
Västernorrland County
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The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrl ...
Council
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from 1976 to 1982. In 1982, he was made Minister for Municipal Affairs in the newly elected
Social Democrat
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Government, and in the following year
Minister for Civil Service Affairs
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, on which post he remained until 1988. He then served as a Member of the
Parliament
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for his home constituency of
Västernorrland until being appointed Governor of Södermanland on 1 July 1996. His term ended in 2005.
[
Holmberg was married to Lindh from 1991 until she was assassinated in 2003.] They had two sons, David and Filip.
Holmberg died on 11 February 2010 at age 67.
See also
*List of Södermanland Governors
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, Government of Sweden
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References
SvD: "Jag kan höra Anna skratta"
Aftonbladet: Bo Holmberg har avlidit
1942 births
2010 deaths
County governors of Sweden
People from Härnösand
Government ministers of Sweden
Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats
20th-century Swedish politicians
21st-century Swedish politicians
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