Björn Eriksson (civil servant)

Björn Eriksson in 2014

Björn Gustaf Eriksson (born December 7, 1945) is a Swedish civil servant. A former director of the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish Customs Service, the Swedish police, and Interpol. He was, from 1996 to August 31, 2009, governor of Östergötland County, residing at the castle in Linköping.

Career

Eriksson graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1968. He then served at the Ministry of Finance/Ministry of Budget, as desk officer from 1969 to 1976, director from 1977 to 1981 and budget director from 1981 to 1983. He was then the General Customs Director and Head of the Swedish Customs Service and the Swedish Coast Guard 1983-1988 and the National Police Commissioner from 1988 to 1996. In 1988 Eriksson was appointed to the chair of the World Customs Organization. Eriksson was also president of Interpol from 1994 to 1996, after which he was appointed its first honorary president; he retains that title today.

As governor of Östergötland County, he was voted Linköping resident of the year in 2005,[1] and as the Östergötland resident of the year in 1998, in a poll organized by Radio Östergötland.[2] Eriksson has been a driving force in efforts to establish a center for research on economic crime and supported the Tema genus and research on Bridget of Sweden. He has also supported Linköping University and was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree in the spring of 2006.

During his time as county governor, Eriksson annually invited Östergötland residents to song and theater performances at Linköping Castle, where he participated as an actor sometimes alternating as a bun baking and coffee serving host. His wife Helena Eriksson was artistic director of the performances. The town of Rimforsa, Kinda Municipality has a street named after Eriksson.

In 1996, Eriksson published Björnkramar with anecdotes from his time with International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

After Eriksson's resignation as governor, he ran the company Björn E Consulting, where he was engaged to give lectures on various subjects. In 2009-2010 he was the government's coordinator for the reception of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.[3] Since 2011, Eriksson has been a member of the board of the Swedish Sports Confederation, and was elected chairman in 2015. He was also chairman of the Swedish Biathlon Federation 2001-2011, and is now on the same union's Advisory Board and the Advisory Board for the security company BRM. Eriksson is a board member of the Martial Arts Delegation (Kampsportsdelegationen), Vätternrundan International, the Development Committee of the Swedish Biathlon Federation, and the Säkerhetsbranschen's training organization Bya. Since 2013 Eriksson has been the chairman of the private security industry's trade association. Eriksson was previously on the board of Gunnebo Group, AIK, Falcon Brewery and Stjärnurmakarna. Eriksson is chairman of the Årets nybyggare ("Settler of the Year"), ED Bygger Drömmar, Stenhammar Foundation, Äldreforskningen vid Linköpings universitet ("Older research at Linköping University"), Yump and the Stiftelsen Sveriges Modernaste Myndighet ("Sweden's Most Modern Authority Foundation").

In 2013 Eriksson became chairman of the board of the Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan and the trade association Säkerhetsbranschen.[4] 2014-2015 was Eriksson Chairman of the Swedish Athletics Association.

Björn Eriksson was the government's national coordinator on sports-related violence between 2011-2013. In April 2013, he presented the report "Less Violence for Money" (Mindre våld för pengarna), and the following year presented the final report "More Joy For the Money" (Mer glädje för pengarna). He has previously proposed including a tightening of the refusal of access which enables the banning of hooligans, as well as a masking ban for those attending sports arenas.[5] For his work as national coordinator against sports violence Eriksson was named 2013 Security Ambassador by the magazine SecurityUser.com think tank Säkerhet för Näringsliv och Samhälle (SNOS).[6]

Eriksson worked in 2015 as leader of Cash Uprising (Kontantupproret), a movement that wants to see cash as a means of payment in the future.

Eriksson was elected chairman of the Swedish Sports Confederation, Riksidrottsstyrelsen and the Svenska Idrottsrörelsens Studieförbund on 31 May 2015.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Grattis Björn, Årets Linköpingsbo!". Östgöta Correspondenten (in Swedish). 31 January 2006.
  2. ↑ "Nomineringarna till Årets Östgöte klara". Radio Östergötlands (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Åtgärder för förstärkt mottagande av ensamkommande asylsökande barn" (in Swedish). Ministry of Justice. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Björn Eriksson leder nystartade Säkerhetsbranschen". www.securityuser.com (in Swedish). 2013-04-19. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Intervju i Jusektidningen". Jusektidningen (in Swedish). 2012-11-01.
  6. ↑ "Björn Eriksson utsedd till Årets Trygghetsambassadör". www.securityuser.com (in Swedish).
  7. ↑ "Björn Eriksson vald till ordförande för RF och SISU" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. 2015-05-31.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Lennart Eriksson		 Director-General of Swedish Customs Service
1983–1988		 Succeeded by
Ulf Larsson
Preceded by
Nils Erik Åhmansson		 National Police Commissioner
1988–1996		 Succeeded by
Sten Heckscher
Preceded by
Rolf Wirtén		 Governor of Östergötland County
1988–1996		 Succeeded by
Magnus Holgersson (acting)
Preceded by
Norman Inkster		 President of Interpol
1994–1996		 Succeeded by
Toshinori Kanemoto
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