Tage Fritiof Erlander (help·info) (13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969.
Erlander holds the record as the longest serving head of government of any democratic country, as he held his post for 23 years.
He was born in Ransäter, Värmland County as son of the school teacher Erik Gustaf Erlander (1859-1936). His mother was Alma Ni...
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Tage Fritiof Erlander (help·info) (13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969.
Erlander holds the record as the longest serving head of government of any democratic country, as he held his post for 23 years.
He was born in Ransäter, Värmland County as son of the school teacher Erik Gustaf Erlander (1859-1936). His mother was Alma Nilsson (1869-1961). As a student at Lund University he was heavily involved in student politics and met many radical students. He graduated in political science and economics in 1928. Erlander was a member of the editorial staff of the encyclopedia Svensk Upplagsbok from 1929 to 1938. In 1930 he married Aina Andersson, who became Aina Erlander.
Tage Erlander was elected to the municipal council in Lund in 1930, became a member of parliament in 1932, and was appointed a State Secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1938. As State...
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