Karl Boo

{{Short description|Swedish politician (1918–1996)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|office=Member of the Parliament of Sweden

|term_start=1961

|term_end=1988

|office1=Minister for Physical Planning and Local Government

|term_start1=1979

|term_end1=1982

|office2=President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities

|term_start2=1977

|term_end2=1980

}}

Karl Boo (9 September 1918 – 22 February 1996) was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party.{{cite book |last1=Paxton |first1=J. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1982-83 |date=15 December 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27111-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9G4DQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Karl+Boo%22+-wikipedia+Swedish+politician+centre&pg=PA1138 |language=en}} He was a member of the Parliament of Sweden (lower chamber) 1961–1970, and of the unicameral parliament 1970–1988. From 1979 to 1982 he was minister for physical planning and local government in the Government of Sweden.

From 1977 to 1980, Boo was the president of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities (Svenska Kommunförbundet), an association that existed from 1969 to 2007 (now part of the Swedish Association of Regions) to interact with the Riksdag of Sweden.