[1] He was appointed National Police Commissioner by the Swedish government on 18 June 1987 after Holger Romander retired, and took office at the turn of the year 1987/88.
At the same time, Sven-Åke Hjälmroth succeeded Hans Holmér as Chief Commissioner of Stockholm County.
On 9 October, however, the government decided that Åhmansson would assume office prematurely, due to Stig Bergling's escape, in order to investigate what measures were required to avoid such recurrence.
Chancellor of Justice Hans Stark suspended the investigation of possible crimes against the confidentiality against Ebbe Carlsson on 3 October, and announced on the same day that he should instead review Åhmansson's duties.
He has also been chairman of the National Society for Road Safety in Scania and Svenska stöldskyddsföreningen ("Swedish Theft Protection Association").