Ola Ullsten

Stig Kjell Olof Ullsten{{Cite book|title=Bihang till Riksdagens protokoll|date=1969|publisher=Marcus Boktr.|language=sv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNIdAQAAIAAJ|page=5}} was born in Teg, Västerbotten, a small town that would ultimately be annexed as a part of county capital Umeå. He was the son of forestry inspector Carl Augustin Ullsten (14 August 1892 – 27 March 1977) and schoolteacher Kristina Ullsten (née Röström; 27 February 1900 – 23 March 1993).{{cite book |last=Bergstrand |first=Mats|editor-last1=Bergstrand |editor-first1=Mats |editor-last2=Ohlsson |editor-first2=Per T. |title=Ola Ullsten |series=Sveriges statsministrar under 100 år ; 18 |year=2010 |publisher=Bonnier |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9789100119744 |id={{LIBRIS|11859245}} |pages=15–16}} Ullsten joined the Liberal Youth of Sweden and the People's Party in the spring of 1958.{{cite book |last=Ahlmark |first=Per |author-link=Per Ahlmark |title=Gör inga dumheter medan jag är död!: memoarer |year=2011 |publisher=Atlantis |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=978-91-7353-470-3 |id={{LIBRIS|12142631}} |page=307}}

In his youth he made several travels to the United States, and in 1959 took an active part in the successful campaign to elect liberal Republican Nelson Rockefeller governor of New York. He served as the head of the Liberal Youth of Sweden between 1962 and 1964 and was elected to parliament in 1964.

Upon the formation in 1976 of the first non-socialist government in Sweden in 40 years, he was appointed Minister for International Development. When Liberal Party leader Per Ahlmark resigned in 1978, Ullsten was elected party leader.

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Sweden's center-right coalition government broke up later in 1978, mainly owing to disagreements over energy policy. Ullsten then succeeded to the post of Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a minority government consisting of Liberal Party and independent ministers. After the successful survival of the coalition in the 1979 parliamentary elections, he resigned as prime minister in favor of Thorbjörn Fälldin, his predecessor.

He then went on to serve as Minister for Foreign Affairs under the new three-party government of Thorbjörn Fälldin from 1979 to 1982. He has later served as the Swedish Ambassador to Canada, also accredited to The Bahamas from 1984 to 1989 and Italy, also accredited to Albania from 1989 to 1995.{{cite book |editor1-last=Uddling |editor1-first=Hans |editor2-last=Paabo |editor2-first=Katrin |date=1992 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-914072-X |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/1127.html |page=1127}}

In 1961 he married Evi Esko (29 October 1931 – 2 January 1992),{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Evi-Ulsten/6000000010467778574|title = Evi Ulsten| date=3 February 2015 }} daughter of the teachers Roman Esko and Elsa Tammik.{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |date=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0994.html |page=978}} They divorced in 1981 and in 1989 Ullsten married Louise Beaudoin (born 1954).

Ullsten died on 28 May 2018 at the age of 86 of natural causes.{{cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/tidigare-statsministern-ola-ullsten-ar-dod |title=Tidigare stadsministern Ola Ullsten är död |publisher=Sveriges Television |date=28 May 2018 |access-date= 29 May 2018 |language=sv}}{{cite web| url = https://www.thelocal.se/20180528/swedens-former-prime-minister-dies-aged-ola-ullsten| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180528181313/https://www.thelocal.se/20180528/swedens-former-prime-minister-dies-aged-ola-ullsten| archive-date = 2018-05-28| title = Sweden's former prime minister, Ola Ullsten, dies aged 86 - The Local}} At the time of his death, he had four children and three grandchildren.{{cite web|last1=Westin|first1=Adam|last2=Svensson|first2=Olof|title=Ola Ullsten är död: "En varm person med ett stort hjärta"|date=2018-05-28|publisher=Aftonbladet|lang=sv|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/samhalle/a/J14wym/ola-ullsten-ar-dod-en-varm-person-med-ett-stort-hjarta|accessdate=2024-02-17}}

Ullsten was awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 2001.{{Cite web |date=January 2006 |title=Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152834/https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn |archive-date=2021-11-02 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Regeringskansliet |language=sv}}

• Folkpartiet och reformerna : liberala riksdagsinitiativ 1902-1960 (1960)
• Guide-lines for international development co-operation (1978)
• Liberaler om utveckling (1978)
• Sweden and the developing countries (1979)
• Vad ska vi göra med kulturpolitiken? : anföranden och kommentarer kring den svenska kulturpolitikens "fem-årsdag" (1979)
• Lättsinnet i siffror : en sammanfattning av socialdemokraternas ställningstaganden till de 15 viktigaste besparingsförslagen (1982)
• Kämpande liberalism : anförande (1982)
• Ola Ullsten : partiledaren, demokraten, internationalisten, folkpartisten, statsministern, idédebattören (1983)
• Så blev det (2013)

• Ullsten Cabinet

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