Sten Sture Andersson (20 April 1923 – 16 September 2006) 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 ...

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

politician, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1985–1991 and as President of the

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ...

in 1994. He worked closely with

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 ...

, and became known internationally for his support of Palestinian independence. In November 2010 he was posthumously awarded the Star of Jerusalem, the highest Palestinian order, by

Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...

. He was awarded the Illis quorum in 1995.

Death

Andersson died suddenly from a heart attack on 16 September 2006 in

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Appointments

* Minister for Foreign Affairs (1985–1991) *Minister for Social Affairs (1982–1985) *Member of the

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(1966–1994) *Member of the executive committee of the

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(1962–1993) *Secretary of the Social Democrat Party (1962–1982)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Sten 1923 births 2006 deaths Politicians from Stockholm Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Ministers for foreign affairs of Sweden Ministers for social affairs of Sweden Members of the Första kammaren Recipients of the Illis quorum