Eric Krönmark (2 June 1931 – 12 January 2024) was a Swedish farmer,

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politician and civil servant. He was

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between 1976 and 1978 and again from 1979 until 1981. He also represented

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

as Member of

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from 1965 to 1981. From 1981 to 1996 he was

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Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg County, Kronoberg, Jönköping County, Jönköping, Blekinge County, Blekinge and Östergötland County, Östergötland. To the ...

Biography

Krönmark was a reserve officer in the

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(infantry), with the rank of

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from 1968. He was elected to parliament in 1965 and was the second vice chairman of the Moderate Party from 1970 to 1971. Following the 1976 election he became Minister of Defence in the Fälldin I Cabinet, which lasted until 1978. Following the 1979 election, he returned as Minister of Defence in the Fälldin II Cabinet until the Moderate Party left the cabinet in 1981. Krönmark was then appointed Governor of Kalmar County, and remained in that post until his retirement in 1996. He was noted for his Conservative views in the Moderate Party.

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1931 births 2024 deaths Ministers for defence of Sweden Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Governors of Kalmar County Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences People from Vimmerby Municipality {{Sweden-Moderate-politician-stub