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John-Olof Persson (1938–1989), often called "John-Olle", was a
Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
politician. He was a member 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 ...
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Mayor of Stockholm This is a list of municipal commissioners for finance of Stockholm (''finansborgarråd''). In English, the title is often translated as Mayor of Stockholm.c.f. :sv:Stockholms författningsreform 1940 The office of municipal commissioner for fin ...
1973-1976 and 1979-1986. From 1983 to 1986, Persson was the president of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities (''Svenska Kommunförbundet''), an association that existed from 1969 to 2007 (now the Swedish Association of Regions) to interact with the
Riksdag of Sweden The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
. Persson died in an airplane accident in
Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chang ...
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in 1989. 1938 births 1989 deaths Mayors of Stockholm Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Municipal commissioners of Sweden Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Sweden 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-mayor-stub