Ulf Adelsohn (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and Governor of Stockholm County from 1992 to 2001.
He was a member of the Riksdag from 1982 to 1988[1] and served as Chairman of the Board of SJ AB 2001–2011, from where he resigned due to quarrels with the Reinfeldt cabinet on its railway deregulation policies.
On the side of his mother, he is a descendant (great-great-great-great-grandson) of Jacob Johan Anckarström; the assassin of Gustav III who was convicted for regicide and executed.
[2] He was assistant director at Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations from 1970 to 1973, gatuborgarråd from 1973 to 1976, and Commissioner of the Finance in the Department of the Stockholm City Administration from 1976 to 1979.
An avid supporter of Djurgårdens IF, Adelsohn was at one point chairman of the club's ice hockey department.