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Thorbjörn Fälldin
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Carl XVI Gustaf
- Deputy
- Ingemar Mundebo Ola Ullsten
- Preceded by
- Ola Ullsten
- Succeeded by
- Olof Palme
- Constituency
- Västernorrland County
- Born
- Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin , ( 1926-04-24 ) 24 April 1926, Högsjö , Sweden
- Died
- 23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) (aged 90), Ås , Sweden
- Party
- Centre
- Spouse
- Solveig Fälldin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 )
- Cabinet
- I II III
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olof
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Political party
- Centre Party
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Image
- Thorbjörn Fälldin 1970.jpg
- Work location
- Stockholm
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- date of birth
- 1926-04-24
- Commons category
- Thorbjörn Fälldin
- date of death
- 2016-07-23
- name in native language
- Thorbjörn Fälldin
- name
- Fälldin i Ramvik
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Encyclopedic overview
Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (24 April 1926 – 23 July 2016) was a Swedish politician and farmer who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1979 to 1982. From 1971 to 1985, he was leader of the Centre Party.
Upon first taking office in 1976, he was the first non-Social Democratic prime minister in 40 years, and the first since the 1930s not having worked as a professional politician since his teens. He was also the last Swedish prime minister to not be from the Social Democrats or Moderate Party.
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