Harald Torsten Leonard Nilsson (1 April 1905 – 14 December 1997) was a Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister of Defence (Sweden), Minister of Defence from 1951 to 1957, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1971. Nilsson also served as Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Social Affairs and Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden), Minister of Communications (Transport). He was awarded the Illis quorum 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