List of Political Families - Sweden

Sweden

House of Bernadotte

• Folke Bernadotte diplomat and politician and he is noted for his negotiation for the release of prisoners from the German concentration camps in World War II, grandson of King Oscar II and nephew of King Gustaf V.

Bildt family

• Gillis Bildt (1820–94), Swedish independent conservative politician, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1888 to 1889.
  • Carl Bildt, leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party 1986-99, Prime Minister of Sweden 1991–94, European Union Special Envoy to Former Yugoslavia 1995 and Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2006, former son-in-law of Gösta Bohman, great-great-grandson of Gillis Bildt.
  • Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Italian-Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party politician, Member of the European Parliament since 2009, wife of Carl Bildt

Bodström family

• Lennart Bodström, social democratic Minister for Foreign Affairs 1982–1985 and Minister for Education (Sweden) 1985–1989.
  • Thomas Bodström, social democratic Minister for Justice 2000–2006, son of Lennart Bodström

Bohman family

• Gösta Bohman, leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, Minister for the Economy 1976–78 and 1979–81
  • Mia Bohman, Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party politician, former wife of Carl Bildt, daughter of Gösta Bohman

Cederschiöld family

• Carl Cederschiöld, conservative mayor of Stockholm 1991–94 and 1998–2002
• Charlotte Cederschiöld, conservative member of parliament 1988–95 and Member of the European Parliament 1995–2009, married to Carl Cederschiöld
  • Sebastian Cederschiöld, conservative member of parliament 2006, son of Charlotte and Carl Cederschiöld

De Geer family

• Louis De Geer the elder (1818–96), Justice Prime Minister 1858–70, Prime Minister of Sweden 1876–80
  • Louis De Geer the younger (1854–1935), Prime Minister of Sweden 1920–1921, son of Louis De Geer the elder
  • Gerard De Geer (1858–1943), Member of Parliament 1900–1905, son of Louis De Geer the older
    • Gerard De Geer (1889–1980), liberal Member of Parliament 1937–43 and 1951–58, grandson of a brother to Louis De Geer the elder
      • Lars De Geer (1922–2002), liberal Minister of Defence 1978–79, son of Gerard De Geer (1889–1980)

Douglas family

• Gustaf Douglas, Moderate Party
• Walburga Douglas, Conservative member of parliament since 2006.

Hammarskjöld family

• Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden 1914–17
  • Dag Hammarskjöld, cabinet minister without portfolio 1951–53, UN Secretary General 1953–61, son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld

Heckscher family

• Gunnar Heckscher, conservative party leader 1961–65
  • Sten Heckscher, social democratic Minister of Industry and Employment 1994–96, son of Gunnar Heckscher

Leijon family

• Anna-Greta Leijon, social democratic cabinet minister 1973–1976 and 1982–1988
  • Britta Lejon, social democratic cabinet minister 1998–2002, member of parliament since 2002, daughter of Anna-Greta Leijon

Myrdal family

• Gunnar Myrdal, social democratic cabinet minister 1945–47
• Alva Myrdal, social democratic cabinet minister 1966–73, wife of Gunnar Myrdal
  • Jan Myrdal, author and independent communist political writer and columnist, son of Alva and Gunnar Myrdal

Ohlin family

• Bertil Ohlin, party leader of the liberal Folkpartiet 1944–1967, minister of commerce in the wartime government 1944–1945.
  • Anne Wibble, representing the same party, Minister of Finance in 1991–94, daughter of Bertil Ohlin.

Reinfeldt family

• Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party since 2003, current Prime Minister of Sweden since 2006
• Filippa Reinfeldt, Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party politician, former Mayor of Täby, and since 2006 Health Service Commissioner of the Stockholm County, former wife of Fredrik Reinfeldt (1992–2012)

Wallenberg family

• Knut Wallenberg (1853–1938), banker, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs 1914–17
  • Raoul Wallenberg (1912–47?) businessman and diplomat, he helped many Hungarian Jews during the later stages of World War II, by issuing temporary Swedish "protective passports", grandnephew of Knut Wallenberg.