Björn Eriksson (civil servant)

Björn Gustaf Eriksson, born December 7, 1945 in Stockholm, [1] is a Swedish official who included the national police chief and governor of Östergötland years 1996-2009.

Eriksson graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1968. He then served on the Ministry of Finance / Budget Ministry, as Desk Officer from 1969 to 1976, Director from 1977 to 1981 and budget director from 1981 to 1983. He was then the General Customs Director and Head of the Customs Service and the Coast Guard 1983-1988 and the national police chief from 1988 to 1996. 1988 Eriksson was appointed to the Chair of the World Customs Organisation. Eriksson was also president of Interpol from 1994 to 1996. After this period, he was appointed for the first time in its history honorary president and retain than the title.

As governor of New York, he has been appreciated and has been voted both the year of Linköping 2005 [2] as the year östgöte in 1998, in a poll organized by Radio Östergötland. [3] Eriksson has been a driving force in efforts to establish a center for research on economic crime and supported the Research of Gender Studies and research on St. Birgitta. He has also supported Linköping University and became the spring of 2006, degree conferred Honorary Doctor of Philosophy.

During his landshövdingetid he invited annually Ostgota to the song and theater performances at Linköping Castle, where he participated as an actor sometimes alternately as bullbakande and coffee Server spirit host. Artistic Director of the performances was his wife Helena Eriksson. In Rimforsa Kinda municipality has a street named after Eriksson.

1996 gave Eriksson Bear Hugs book with anecdotes about his polistid.

After Eriksson's resignation as governor, he runs the company Björn E Consulting, where he engaged to give lectures in various subjects. In 2009-2010 he was the government's coordinator for the reception of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. [4] Since 2011, Eriksson member of the Swedish Sports Board and was in 2015 elected to the union's president. He was also chairman of the Swedish Biathlon Federation 2001-2011, and is now sitting in the same union Advisory Board and the Advisory Board for the security BRM. Eriksson is a board member of the Martial Arts Delegation, Vätternrundan International, Biathlon Federation's Development Committee, and the security industry training organization Bya. Eriksson has since 2013 president of the private security industry's trade association. Previous boards Eriksson sat up in include Gunnebo, AIK, Falcon and Stjärnurmakarna. Eriksson is chairman of the Year settlers, ED Building Dreams, Stenhammar Foundation, Older research at Linköping University, and the Foundation Yump most modern authority.

2013 Eriksson became Chairman of the Sport and the School Board and the industry association security industry. [5] [6] 2014-2015 was Eriksson Chairman of the Swedish Athletics Association.

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