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Henry Allard
Henry Allard
	Allard in May 1984
Speaker of the Riksdag
	In office; 15 January 1971 – 1 October 1979
Monarchs	Gustav VI Adolf; Carl XVI Gustaf;
Succeeded by	Ingemund Bengtsson
Personal details
Born	Karl Åke Henry Allard; 21 November 1911; Örebro, Sweden
Died	23 October 1996 (aged 84); Örebro, Sweden
Political party	Social Democratic
Relatives	Hjalmar Allard (father); Nelly Allard (mother); Folke Allard (brother); Markus Allard (grandson);

Karl Åke Henry Allard (21 November 1911 – 23 October 1996) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat).^[1] He was a member of the Riksdag from 1943 until 1979. He was the Speaker of the Riksdag's second chamber 1969–1970, and became the first speaker of the unicameral Riksdag in 1971, a post he held until 1979.

His grandson Markus Allard is the founder and longtime leader of the local populist big-tent Örebro Party.^[2]

References

^ Allard, Henry in Vem är det, 1993 edition (in Swedish)
^ "Örebropartiet". Örebropartiet. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Preceded by Fridolf Thapper	Speaker of the Riksdag's Second Chamber 1969-1970	Succeeded by None
Preceded by none	Speaker of the Riksdag 1971-1979	Succeeded by Ingemund Bengtsson