Bo Toresson (born 1939) is a Swedish social democrat politician who served as the secretary general of the

Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-d ...

between 1982 and 1992. He also served at the

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Biography

Toresson was born in Hunge,

Bräcke municipality Bräcke Municipality () is a municipality in Jämtland County Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or ''län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Häls ...

, in 1939. He started his career as a forest worker. He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1956. He was among the speech writers for Prime Ministers

Tage Erlander Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and led the government for an uninterrupted tenur ...

and

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...

. Next he served as a local editor of a regional newspaper based in

Bräcke Bräcke is a locality and the seat of Bräcke Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,651 inhabitants in 2010. The community is located next to Lake Revsundssjön, 70 km south-east of Östersund. The railway has been an importan ...

. In 1982 Toresson was appointed secretary general of the Social Democratic Party, replacing

Sten Andersson Sten Sture Andersson (20 April 1923 – 16 September 2006) was a Swedish social democratic politician, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1985–1991 and as President of the Nordic Council in 1994. He worked closely with Olof Palme, ...

in the post. Toresson's tenure ended in 1992 when Mona Sahlin was appointed as secretary general. He was a member of the Parliament in 1991. Then Toresson was appointed by the Social Democratic Party to the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity which was established to assist the formation of democratic political parties in the former communist countries. The forum was based in Brussels, Belgium, and he remained in office until 1996. Toresson was elected as the chairman of the Swedish Hunters' Association shortly after his return to Sweden in 1996 and held the post until 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Toresson, Bo 20th-century Swedish journalists 1939 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Bräcke Municipality Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994