1. Sten Sture Tolgfors was born on 17 July 1966 and is a Swedish former politician, public affairs executive and government official who is serving as Governor of Vastra Gotaland County since 1 September 2022, having been appointed to the position on 9 June 2022.
Sten Tolgfors was a Member of the Swedish Parliament for Orebro County from 1994 to 2013.
Tolgfors was born in Forshaga as the son of Sture and Anna Brita Kajsa Tolgfors but was raised in Amal.
Sten Tolgfors was a political adviser in the Ministry of Defense from 1992 to 1993, and in the Ministry of Enterprise from 1993 to 1994.
Sten Tolgfors is a conscientious objector, meaning that he refused to carry arms when called to Swedish mandatory military service.
Sten Tolgfors served in the Red Cross instead of doing the military service.
Sten Tolgfors was a member of the Committee on Social Insurance from 2002 to 2003.
Sten Tolgfors has campaigned in favor of people with disabilities to a school that is tailored to their needs.
On 24 October 2006, Sten Tolgfors was appointed Minister for Foreign Trade, succeeding Maria Borelius.
Sten Tolgfors left office on 12 September 2007 when he succeeded Mikael Odenberg as Minister for Defence.
Sten Tolgfors completed the transition from invasion to operational defense and among other things, abolished conscription.
Sten Tolgfors has brought the Swedish Armed Forces on his policies, and implemented the reforms.
Sten Tolgfors is the first Minister for Defence who has managed to balance the budget of the Swedish Armed Forces.
Sten Tolgfors was the only minister of defence worldwide that was a conscientious objector and thus he was not popular among high officers.
Sten Tolgfors received negative attention in March 2012 over the way he dealt with the issue concerning the so-called Project Simoom.
Later the same day Sten Tolgfors was registered by Gustav Fridolin to the Constitution Committee on plans for a weapons factory in Saudi Arabia.
Sten Tolgfors submitted his resignation from the Swedish Parliament on 25 January 2013.
Sten Tolgfors left his seat on 31 January 2013 and was succeeded by Lotta Olsson.
Sten Tolgfors quickly moved from his position as a minister to become an arms lobbyist at the public affairs agency Rud Pedersen - with less than six months between his resignation and his new job.