Mats Hellström (born 12 January 1942[1] in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician.[1] He was minister of foreign trade from 1983 to 1986, minister for agriculture from 1986 to 1991 and minister of foreign trade again from 1994 to 1996.[1] He replaced Svante Lundkvist as agriculture minister in 1986.[2][3] During his term as agriculture minister Michael Sohlman was his state secretary.[2][3]
He was the Swedish Ambassador to Germany from 1996 to 2001.[1] He also served as the governor of Stockholm County between 2002 and 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae - Mats Hellström" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-02-14. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ^ a b Henrik Lindberg (May 2007). "The Role of Economists in Liberalizing Swedish Agriculture". Econ Journal Watch. 4 (2): 225.
- ^ a b Mats Lundahl (2022). Twelve Figures in Swedish Economics. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 406. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94327-1_11. ISBN 978-3-030-94327-1.
External links
edit- Media related to Mats Hellström at Wikimedia Commons