Bo Toresson | |
|---|---|
| Secretary General ofSwedish Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 1982–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Sten Andersson |
| Succeeded by | Mona Sahlin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1939 (age 85–86) Hunge,Bräcke Municipality, Sweden |
| Political party | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Bo Toresson (born 1939) is a Swedish social democrat politician who served as the secretary general of theSwedish Social Democratic Party between 1982 and 1992. He also served at theParliament.
Toresson was born in Hunge,Bräcke municipality, in 1939.[1][2] He started his career as a forest worker.[2] He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1956.[2] He was among the speech writers forPrime MinistersTage Erlander andOlof Palme.[2] Next he served as a local editor of a regional newspaper based inBräcke.[2]
In 1982 Toresson was appointed secretary general of the Social Democratic Party, replacingSten Andersson in the post.[3] Toresson's tenure ended in 1992 whenMona Sahlin was appointed as secretary general.[3] He was a member of the Parliament in 1991.[1] Then Toresson was appointed by the Social Democratic Party to the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity which was established to assist the formation of democratic political parties in the former communist countries.[2] The forum was based in Brussels, Belgium, and he remained in office until 1996.[2] Toresson was elected as the chairman of the Swedish Hunters' Association shortly after his return to Sweden in 1996 and held the post until 2003.[2]