Ulf Adelsohn
| Ulf Adelsohn | |
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In office 1992–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Lennart Sandgren |
| Succeeded by | Mats Hellström |
| Leader of the Moderate Party | |
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In office 1981 – 23 August 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Gösta Bohman |
| Succeeded by | Carl Bildt |
| Minister for Communications | |
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In office 12 October 1979 – 5 May 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Anitha Bondestam |
| Succeeded by | Claes Elmstedt |
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In office 1976–1979 |
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| Preceded by | John-Olof Persson |
| Succeeded by | John-Olof Persson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 October 1941 , Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (m. 1981-present) |
| Alma mater | |
Ulf Adelsohn (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and from 1992 to 2001. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1982 to 1988 and served as Chairman of the Board of SJ AB 2001–2011, from where he resigned due to quarrels with the Reinfeldt cabinet on its railway deregulation policies.
Adelsohn studied law at , earning a Candidate of Law degree in 1968. He was the chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, opposed the occupation of the Student Union Building in Stockholm in 1968 and was a co-founder of Borgerliga Studenter – Opposition '68 later in the same year.
Adelsohn became the chairman of the Moderate Students in 1966–1968, and became the deputy chairman of the Moderate Party in Stockholm in 1968. He was municipal commissioner for traffic in Stockholm 1973-1976 and was 1976–1979. He served as Minister for Communications in the centre-right government of Thorbjörn Fälldin from 1979 to 1981 and of from 1992 to 2001. Adelsohn was party leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986, the second largest party (after the dominant Social Democrats) and was thus the leader of the main opposition party in the 1985 election.
From 2001 to 2011 was he chairman of the board for SJ. In 2005 he decided to stand for election for City Council again, declaring himself to be a candidate for Speaker of the Council. His candidacy was however withdrawn before the elections in 2006.
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