Odd Engström

Odd Erik Lennart Engström (20 September 1941 – 18 May 1998) was a politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.

He was born in Silbodal, Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden and was educated at University of Uppsala.

Engström served as one of two State Secretaries (the other was Ulf Larsson) to Prime Minister Olof Palme 1982–1983.

From 1995 he served as chairman of the board of investment company Kinnevik, where his friend Jan Stenbeck was the major owner.

(According to journalist Jutta Rabe he died the day before he wanted to give an interview about the real cause of the sinking of the MS Estonia.