Bengt Lindqvist

Bengt Olof Lennart Lindqvist (3 June 1936 – 3 December 2016) was a Swedish politician. Born in Helsingborg in 1936, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party and known as an advocate for the visually impaired.[1] First elected to the Riksdag in 1982, he stepped down in 1995. Lindqvist also served as a deputy minister for social security in the Carlsson I Cabinet and was later named minister without portfolio with the same responsibilities in the Carlsson II Cabinet. From 1994 to 2002, Bengt Lindqvist served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability.

He died at the age of 80 in 2016.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bengt Lindqvist död". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bengt Lindqvist död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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