Ulf Adelsohn (born 4 October 1941) is a

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politician, leader of the

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from 1981 to 1986 and

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from 1992 to 2001. He was a member of the

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from 1982 to 1988 and served as Chairman of the Board of

SJ AB SJ (formally ''SJ AB'') is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2001, out of the public transport division of ''Statens Järnvägar'', when the former government agency was divided into six separate government- ...

2001–2011, from where he resigned due to quarrels with the

Reinfeldt cabinet The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt ( sv, Regeringen Reinfeldt) was the cabinet of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Lib ...

on its railway deregulation policies.

Political career

Adelsohn studied law at

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

, earning a

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degree in 1968. He was the chairman of the

Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students The Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students ( sv, Fria moderata studentförbundet, ''FMSF'', "Free Moderate Student League") is a Swedish student organisation. It considers itself to be non-partisan, but is politically close to ...

, opposed the

occupation of the Student Union Building The occupation of the Student Union Building was one of the most talked about events in Sweden in 1968. Students at Stockholm University decided to occupy the Stockholm University Student Union's building at Holländargatan in Stockholm on 24� ...

in Stockholm in 1968 and was a co-founder of

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later in the same year. Adelsohn became the chairman of the Free Moderate Students in 1966–1968, and became the deputy chairman of the Moderate Party in Stockholm in 1968. He was municipal commissioner for traffic in Stockholm 1973-1976 and was

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1976–1979. He served as Minister of Communications (Transport) in the centre-right government of

Thorbjörn Fälldin Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (24 April 1926 – 23 July 2016) was a Swedish politician. He was Prime Minister of Sweden in three non-consecutive cabinets from 1976 to 1982, and leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985. On his ...

from 1979 to 1981 and

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from 1992 to 2001. Adelsohn was party leader of the

from 1981 to 1986, the second largest party (after the dominant

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) and was thus the leader of the main opposition party in the 1985 election. From 2001 to 2011 was he chairman of the board for SJ. In 2005 he decided to stand for election for

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again, declaring himself to be a candidate for Speaker of the Council. His candidacy was however withdrawn before the elections in 2006.

Personal life

Adelsohn was born in

, Sweden, the son of Oskar Adelsohn and Margareta (née Halling). His paternal grandparents were

Polish Jews The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the lo ...

and his mother was of Swedish descent. On the side of his mother, he is a descendant (great-great-great-great-grandson) of

Jacob Johan Anckarström Jacob Johan Anckarström (11 May 1762 – 27 April 1792) was a Swedish military officer who is known as the assassin of King Gustav III of Sweden. He was convicted and executed for regicide. Life He was the son of Jacob Johan Anckarström the E ...

; the assassin of

Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...

who was convicted for

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and executed. He is married to

Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth Lena Elisabeth Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 24 November 1955) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Culture and Sports from 2006 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2014. Persona ...

, who was the

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in the

, and has two children, Erik and Ebba. An avid supporter of

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

, he was at one point chairman of the club's ice hockey department.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adelsohn, Ulf 1941 births Living people Governors of Stockholm County County governors of Sweden Leaders of the Moderate Party Mayors of Stockholm Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Municipal commissioners of Sweden Swedish Ministers for Communications Swedish people of Polish-Jewish descent