Born 1945. Citizenship Swedish.

Member of the Riksdag, Social Democratic Party 1994-2018.
Deputy Chair of the Committee on the Constitution 2014-2018.
Government Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade 1996-1997,
Minister and Head of the Ministry of Defence 1997-2002.
Speaker of the Riksdag 2002-2006.

Chair of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe (PACE) 2010-2011 and 2013.
Chair of the Riksdag Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
2014-2018.

Inquiry Chair of Research and Development in the Area of Defence 2016.
Chair of the Defence Commission 2017- 2019.
Chair of Swedish Defence Research Agency 2019-
Chair of the Letterstedtska Association (Nordic Cooperation) 2012-
Chair of European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity 2020 -
Chair of The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences 2022 -
Chair of The Advisory Committee on HMK Orders 2023 -

PhD and Associate Professor in Political Science.
Publications about, inter alia, research, constitutional, defence and
security policy.
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the
Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.