Harald Torsten Leonard Nilsson (1 April 1905 – 14 December 1997) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

from 1951 to 1957, and as

Minister for Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

from 1962 to 1971. Nilsson also served as Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Communications (Transport). He was awarded the

Illis quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') ( English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gu ...

by the Swedish government in 1984.

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1905 births 1997 deaths Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Swedish Ministers for Foreign Affairs Swedish Ministers for Social Affairs Swedish Ministers for Communications Nuclear weapons programme of Sweden Swedish Ministers for Defence Recipients of the Illis quorum {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub