Johan Lennart Geijer was a Swedish politician and lawyer. The son of the postmaster Åke Geijer and Anna Sylvan.

Biography

Lennart Geijer studied at Lund University

Lund University

Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

, and took a Candidate of Law

Candidate of Law

Candidate of Law is the degree awarded to jurists who have passed the law exam in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland after studying law for about 5–6 years....

 in 1933. After two years of service he got a leading position at Hyresgästföreningen. He was minister 1966-76, minister without portfolio 1966-69 and Minister of Justice 1969-76.

Geijer strove during his tenure as minister to reduce the use of imprisonment and to make imprisonment more humane and focused on care and rehabilitation.

Geijer was Swedish Minister of Justice during the occupation of the Embassy in Stockholm in 1975, when Holger Meins

Holger Meins

Holger Klaus Meins was a German cinematography student who joined the Red Army Faction in the early 1970s and died on hunger strike in prison.-As a Revolutionary:...

's commando, of the armed left extremist organization Red Army Faction

Red Army Faction

The radicalized were, like many in the New Left, influenced by:* Sociological developments, pressure within the educational system in and outside Europe and the U.S...

 (RAF) took the West German Embassy in Skarpö Street in Gärdet

Gärdet

Gärdet is a part of Stockholm east and northeast of Östermalm. Its official name is Ladugårdsgärdet. It is renowned for its large number of modernist apartments...

 in Stockholm. During the drama Geijer negotiated with the terrorists in the embassy building.

The Geijer scandal

Geijer was one of the involved in the political scandal known as "The Geijer Scandal" in the 1970s, which involved exploitations of prostitutes organized by the brothel madam Doris Hopp

Doris Hopp

Doris Hopp was a Swedish brothel madam who organized a network of call girls in Stockholm, Sweden, in the early 1970s. She was arrested on pimping charges in 1976...

. The scandal has been the subject of prostitute and criminal Lillemor Östlin's autobiography Hinsehäxan (2005) as well as journalist Peter Bratt

Peter Bratt

Peter Bratt is a Swedish journalist. For many years he worked for the national Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter until he stopped there in 2003. Through he career he has written many critical texts on the Swedish Social Democratic Party....

's memoirs Med rent uppsåt (2007).