Lennart Villiam Bladh (July 3, 1920 – July 10, 2006) was a Swedish politician who served as member of the Riksdag (MP) from 1974 to 1985. Bladh was born in 1920 in

Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish language, Danish ''Christianstad'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has ...

, and was educated at

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

and university. He was employed as a laborer before transitioning into schoolteacher roles as crafts teacher and careers master. A member of the

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, Bladh was elected member of the Riksdag from Skåne Northern and Eastern in the 1973 general election and held his seat until 1985. Bladh passed to unspecified causes in 2006.

Personal life

Lennart Villiam Bladh was born on July 3, 1920, in the city and then county of

, to Matilda Jakobsson and railway worker Nils Bladh. Lennart resided in Hässleholm and was married to a woman named Gunvor. Bladh passed away to unspecified causes on July 10, 2006, aged 86. He was buried at Östra begravningsplats in Hässleholm.

Education and career

Bladh attended

in 1947 to 48 and again 1957 to 59, before studying at university in the early 60s. He worked as a laborer in the wood industry from 1935 to 1953 and was afterwards employed in schoolteacher roles as slöjdlärare (crafts teacher) and careers master. As a member of the

, Bladh was elected to the

Riksdag 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 ...

for

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's Skåne Northern and Eastern constituency in the 1973 general election. He held the seat for 12 years, re-elected in

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, and

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. During his tenure, he was a member and chair of the

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and Culture Affairs Committees.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bladh, Lennart 1920 births 2006 deaths Members of the Riksdag 1974–1976 Members of the Riksdag 1976–1979 Members of the Riksdag 1979–1982 Members of the Riksdag 1982–1985 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Kristianstad Municipality Swedish schoolteachers