Lennart Geijer

Lennart Geijer
Lennart Geijer
Minister for Justice
In office
14 October 1969 – 8 October 1976
Prime MinisterOlof Palme
Preceded byHerman Kling
Succeeded bySven Romanus
Personal details
Born
Johan Lennart Geijer

(1909-09-14)14 September 1909
Ystad, Sweden
Died16 June 1999(1999-06-16) (aged 89)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Occupationlawyer

Johan Lennart Geijer (14 September 1909 – 16 June 1999) was a Swedish politician and lawyer.[1] He is mainly remembered for his role in the Geijer affair and for being the Minister for Justice who himself negotiated with the robbers and terrorists in the Norrmalmstorg robbery, the aircraft hijacking at Bulltofta and the bombing of the West German embassy.

  1. ^ "Lennart Geijer". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2010.