Gunnar Sträng
Swedish politician (1906-1992)
Gunnar Georg Emanuel Sträng (23 December 1906 – 7 March 1992) was a Swedish trade unionist and statesman who served as Finance Minister (1955–1976) in the cabinets of both Tage Erlander and Olof Palme. He is the longest-serving cabinet member in Swedish history; he continuously held office in every Swedish government from 1945 to 1976. A member of the Social Democratic Party (S), he was also a member of the Riksdag for Västra Götaland from 1946 to 1985.
Biography
Sträng grew up in a working-class family in Lövsta, today a part of Stockholm Municipality. After finishing school he started work as a gardener. In 1927, he joined the local branch of the gardeners' union and was soon elected to the board as secretary. A few years later, in 1932, he was elected as an official to the national union organisation for agricultural workers, with the task of recruiting new members in order to force the employers to consent to collective bargaining. In 1938, he was elected vice chairman of the trade union and the following year he succeeded the chairman.
Through the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, Sträng was appointed as a representative on various state committees, and on 6 July 1945, Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson offered him the position of minister of agriculture. Sträng turned him down but, a few days later, accepted the position of cabinet member, although not with the title of minister.
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