Carl Persson

For the Swedish ice hockey player, see Carl Persson (ice hockey).
National Police Commissioner Carl Persson, Per-Gunnar Vinge from the Swedish Security Service and public prosecutor Lars Ringberg examines part of the Nazi organization's seized weapons store in 1965.

Carl Johan Gunnar Persson (14 December 1919 – 6 November 2014) was a Swedish jurist and politician. Persson served as the National Police Commissioner of the Swedish Police Authority from 1964 to 1978.[1] His highest profile investigations during his tenure as National Police Commissioner included the hijacking of Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 to Bulltofta Airport in 1972, the Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973, and the West German Embassy siege by the Red Army Faction in 1975.[2] Persson also served as the president of the Interpol from 1976 to 1980 and as Governor of Halland County from 1978 to 1979 and the Governor of the former county of Gothenburg and Bohus from 1979 to 1980.[3]

  1. ^ Rundkvist, Fredrik (2014-11-07). "Förre rikspolischefen Carl Persson är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  2. ^ "F d rikspolischefen Carl Persson död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). TT. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  3. ^ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 893. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.