Björn Folke Rosengren, born 14 April 1942 in Täby

Täby

Täby is a trimunicipal locality and the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, with 58,593 inhabitants in 2005. It is also partly located in Danderyd Municipality and Sollentuna Municipality...

, 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

TCO

TCO can mean:*Total cost of ownership — a method of cost analysis*Taken care of*Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees — a Swedish confederation of trade unions...

 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

Mälaren

Lake Mälaren is the third-largest lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and Vättern. Its area is 1,140 km² and its greatest depth is 64 m. Mälaren spans 120 kilometers from east to west...

, 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

Göran Persson

Hans Göran Persson was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Conceding defeat in the September 2006 general election, he announced that he would resign as party leader, and Mona Sahlin was elected to succeed him as...

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