Eric Krönmark

Eric Krönmark
Krönmark (right) in 1977
Minister of Defence
In office 8 October 1976 – 12 October 1978
Preceded by	Eric Holmqvist
Succeeded by	Lars De Geer
Minister of Defence
In office 12 October 1979 – 5 May 1981
Prime Minister	Thorbjörn Fälldin
Preceded by	Lars De Geer
Succeeded by	Torsten Gustavsson
Governor of Kalmar County
In office 1981–1996
Preceded by	Erik Westerlind
Succeeded by	Anita Bråkenhielm
Personal details
Born	2 June 1931 Vimmerby, Sweden
Died	12 January 2024 (aged 92) Vimmerby, Sweden
Political party	Moderate Party

Eric Krönmark (2 June 1931 – 12 January 2024)^[1] was a Swedish farmer, Moderate Party politician and civil servant. He was Minister of Defence between 1976 and 1978 and again from 1979 until 1981. He also represented Kalmar as Member of Parliament of Sweden from 1965 to 1981.^[2] From 1981 to 1996 he was Governor of Kalmar County.^[3]

Biography

Krönmark was a reserve officer in the Småland Regiment (infantry), with the rank of captain from 1968. He was elected to parliament in 1965 and was the second vice chairman of the Moderate Party from 1970 to 1971.^[2] Following the 1976 election he became Minister of Defence in the Fälldin I Cabinet, which lasted until 1978. Following the 1979 election, he returned as Minister of Defence in the Fälldin II Cabinet until the Moderate Party left the cabinet in 1981. Krönmark was then appointed Governor of Kalmar County, and remained in that post until his retirement in 1996.

He was noted for his Conservative views in the Moderate Party.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Eric Krönmark (in Swedish)
2. Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok 1997 (in Swedish). Norstedts. 1997. p. 622.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.