Gösta Skoglund

Gösta Skoglund (29 April 1903 – 14 June 1988) was a Swedish social democrat politician who was the minister of communications between 1957 and 1965.

[1] He received a degree in primary school education in 1925 after which he moved to Umeå where he began to work as a teacher in 1927.

[1] Skoglund started his political career in 1938 when he became a county councilor in Västerbotten and later a member of parliament where he served between 1940 and 1970.

[1] His term as the minister of communications (Transport) ended in September 1965, and he was succeeded by Olof Palme in the post.

[5][6] Skoglund was made the head of Commission for High Level Road Planning in 1965.