Thage G. Peterson

Thage G. Peterson
Speaker of the Riksdag
In office
3 October 1988 – 30 September 1991
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Preceded byIngemund Bengtsson
Succeeded byIngegerd Troedsson
Minister for Justice
In office
7 June 1988 – 30 September 1988
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Preceded byAnna-Greta Leijon
Succeeded byLaila Freivalds
Minister of Defence
In office
7 October 1994 – 1 February 1997
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Göran Persson
Preceded byAnders Björck
Succeeded byBjörn von Sydow
Minister of Industry
In office
8 October 1982 – 30 September 1988
Prime MinisterOlof Palme
Ingvar Carlsson
Preceded byNils G. Åsling
Succeeded byIvar Nordberg
Member of the Riksdag
In office
1971–1998
ConstituencyStockholm County
Personal details
Born (1933-09-24) 24 September 1933 (age 91)
Berg, Sweden
AwardsIllis quorum
1998

Thage Edvin Gerhard Peterson (born 24 September 1933) is a Swedish politician (Social Democrat).[1][2]

Peterson was one of the leading Swedish Social Democrats in the 1980s and 1990s. He was a member of parliament from 1971 to 1998, its speaker from 1988 to 1991, and served in several ministerial posts from 1975 to 1976, 1982 to 1988 and 1994 to 1998, most notably as minister of industry from 1982 to 1988 and as minister of defence from 1994 to 1997.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Thage G Peterson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 920. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.