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BRIEFING PAPER
Biographical Sketch - Prime Minister Tage Erlander
ARCHIVES TRUMAN "NATIONAL AND LIGHT
RECORDS
ADMIN."
The Prime Minister is 50 years old and has been in
Swedish politics as a Social Democrat since the age of
30. Most of that time he was a member of the Parliament
(Riksdag) or held Cabinet positions concerned with social
welfare and education. Upon the death of the well-known
Per Albin Hansson in October 1946, Mr. Erlander was
chosen, somewhat unexpectedly, as a compromise candidate
to succeed him as chairman of the Party and head of the
Social Democratic Government, positions which he still
holds. He is representative of the younger, less doctrinaire
group of Swedish Social Democrats. A man of integrity of
mind and purpose, he is considered receptive and still in
the period of growth. Although modest and inclined toward
shyness, Mr. Erlander is an easy conversationalist, friendly
and earnest. He has grown steadily in stature and strength
in his own party and with the Swedish public; he probably
will continue in power for many years to come. As the
Social Democrats have only a bare majority of votes in the
Riksdag, they combined with the Agrarian Party last October
to form a Labor-Farmer Government which commands a comfortable
margin of support, but in which the Social Democrats continue
dominant.
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