Gösta Ingvar Carlsson (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Sweden, first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996.

[9] After finishing studies Carlsson got a job in Erlander's staff, along with other young aides such as Palme and Bengt K. Å.

[11] In 1965, Carlsson attended Northwestern University in Illinois in the United States as a Fulbright scholar studying economics.

[13] Following the assassination of Olof Palme in 1986, Ingvar Carlsson became the new prime minister or Statsminister and party leader.

[citation needed] 1980s Social Democratic neoliberal measures—such as depressing and deregulating the currency to prop up Swedish exports during the economic restructuring transition, dropping corporate taxation and taxation on high income-earners, and switching from anti-unemployment policies to anti-inflationary policies—were exacerbated by international recession, unchecked currency speculation, and a centre-right government led by Carl Bildt (1991–1994), creating the fiscal crisis of the early 1990s.

When the Social Democrats returned to power in 1994, they responded to the fiscal crisis[16] by stabilizing the currency—and by reducing the welfare state and privatizing public services and goods, as governments did in many countries influenced by Milton Friedman, the Chicago Schools of political and economic thought, and the neoliberal movement.

On 19 December 1994, Carlsson announced the decision not to recover the wreck of the MS Estonia, or even the bodies of the victims of the disaster.

On 5 December 1995, the nominating committee proposed the Minister for Finance, Göran Persson, as the new party leader candidate.

[9] His career has been shaped by the heritage of Olof Palme, with whom he worked closely, but his policies are more seen as being a continuation of the legacy established by Tage Erlander.

[6] Twelve years prior to 2024, Ingrid was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and by 2024 Carlsson had her placed in a nursing home in Tyresö, which he visits three times a week.