Sten Gustaf Wickbom was a Swedish civil servant and member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
16 Facts About Sten Wickbom
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Sten Wickbom then became the Governor of Kronoberg County from 1988 to 1995.
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Sten Wickbom was born on 14 March 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of colonel Borje Sten Wickbom and his wife Elsa.
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Sten Wickbom obtained a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1954.
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Sten Wickbom did his clerkship from 1955 and 1957 and worked as an extra legal clerk in Svea Court of Appeal in 1958.
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Sten Wickbom then served as court secretary from 1960 to 1962 and assessor in Svea Court of Appeal in 1964.
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Sten Wickbom became Hovrattsrad in 1969 and worked as an expert in the Ministry of the Interior in 1964, served as deputy director in the Ministry of Communications in 1967 and as director-general for legal affairs at the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs from 1969 to 1973 and in the Ministry of Housing in 1974.
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Sten Wickbom served as Director General of the National Swedish Land Survey Administration from 1974 to 1983.
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Sten Wickbom served as chairman, expert, and secretary in a number of government investigations.
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Sten Wickbom was board member of Liber from 1974 to 1977, of the Swedish Central Board for Real Property Data from 1981 to 1983 and of the Geological Survey of Sweden from 1982 to 1983.
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Sten Wickbom, who served minister for justice from 1983 to 1987, oversaw the investigation into the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme, which occurred on 28 February 1986, during his tenure.
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One year later, Sten Wickbom left the government shortly after the escape of Stig Bergling, a former Swedish Security Service convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
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Sten Wickbom served as Governor of Kronoberg County from 1988 to 1995 and was director general and chairman of the Administrative Policy Commission from 1995 to 1997.
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Sten Wickbom was chairman of Dalalvsdelegationen from 1987 to 1994, and of Concerts Sweden from 1989 to 1996.
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Sten Wickbom moved back to Vaxjo during the 1990s after completing his tenure as Governor of Kronoberg County.
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Sten Wickbom died in Vaxjo on 26 December 2015, at the age of 84.