Early Life
Carlsson was born in Borås, Västra Götaland County (then Älvsborg County), Sweden. Carlsson has a diploma in business economics and a degree in political science from Lund University. In Lund he met with Tage Erlander, the Swedish prime minister and his aide Olof Palme, later to become Erlanders successor.
Ingvar Carlsson is the son of the stock person Olof Karlsson and Ida, née Johansson. He is married since 1957 with librarian Ingrid Carlsson, born Melander in 1934, with whom he has two daughters.
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