Björn Rosengren

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Björn Folke Rosengren, born April 14, 1942 in Täby, county of Stockholm; Swedish, active in the labour union and a Social Democratic politician; chairman of the Swedish community salaried employees' association (SKTF) 1976-1982 and the white-collar's central organisation TCO 1982–1994 (a position he was forced to leave after a visit to a strip club, called Tabu), county governor in the county of Norrbotten 1995-1998, minister of business 1998-2002, member of the parliament 2002.

Currently resides at Arnöbergs country manor on Arnö in lake Mälaren, with a magnificent corps-de-logis from the 18:th century, that was bought for roughly 12 million Swedish Kronor (SEK). Controversial with his role as a well-paid advisor to the Swedish Stenbeck-family and very close ties with prime minister Göran Persson.

Unwillingly, he stopped the Telenor-Telia fusion when he called Norway the last Soviet-state in 1999.

• Holmqvist, Anette. "Björn Rosengren ber om ursäkt", Aftonbladet, 1999-09-24. Retrieved on 2007-09-23. 

Preceded by Ines Uusmann	Swedish Minister for Communications 1998—2000	Succeeded by Ulrica Messing
Preceded by Anders Sundström	Swedish Minister for Enterprise 1998—2002	Succeeded by Leif Pagrotsky