Editing Ingvar Carlsson

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Sweden (1986&ndash;1991; 1994&ndash;1996)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Ingvar Carlsson
| office              = [[Prime Minister of Sweden]]
| image               = Ingvar Carlsson på Idrottsgalan 2013.jpg
| caption             = Carlsson in 2013
| term_start          = 7 October 1994
| term_end            = 22 March 1996
| predecessor         = [[Carl Bildt]]
| successor           = [[Göran Persson]]
| deputy              = [[Mona Sahlin]] <br>[[Lena Hjelm-Wallén]]
| monarch             = [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]]
| office2             = [[Leader of the Opposition]]
| monarch2            = [[Carl XVI Gustaf]]
| primeminister2      = [[Carl Bildt]]
| term_start2         = 4 October 1991
| term_end2           = 7 October 1994
| predecessor2        = Carl Bildt
| successor2          = Carl Bildt
| term_start1         = 13 March 1986{{efn|Acting Prime Minister from 28 February to 12 March 1986}}
| term_end1           = 4 October 1991
| predecessor1        = [[Olof Palme]]
| successor1          = [[Carl Bildt]]
| deputy1             = Svante Lundkvist <br> [[Kjell-Olof Feldt]] <br> Lena Hjelm-Wallén <br> [[Odd Engström]]
| monarch1            = Carl XVI Gustaf
| order3              = [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Leader of the Social Democratic Party]]
| term_start3         = 3 March 1986
| term_end3           = 15 March 1996
| predecessor3        = Olof Palme
| successor3          = [[Göran Persson]]
{{collapsed infobox section begin|Positions held under Palme}}
| order4              = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden]]
| primeminister4      = Olof Palme
| term_start4         = 8 October 1982
| term_end4           = 28 February 1986
| predecessor4        = [[Ola Ullsten]]
| successor4          = Svante Lundkvist {{small|(Acting)}}
| office5             = [[Minister for Housing (Sweden)|Minister for Housing]]
| term_start5         = 1 January 1974
| term_end5           = 8 October 1976
| primeminister5      = Olof Palme
| predecessor5        = ''Office established''
| successor5          = Elvy Olsson
| office6             = [[Minister for Education (Sweden)|Minister for Education]]
| term_start6         = 14 October 1969
| term_end6           = 2 November 1973
| primeminister6      = Olof Palme
| predecessor6        = Olof Palme
| successor6          = [[Bertil Zachrisson]]
{{collapsed infobox section end}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=y|1934|11|09}}
| birth_place         = [[Borås]], Sweden
| birth_name          = Gösta Ingvar Carlsson
| party               = [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic]]
| spouse              = Ingrid Carlsson {{marriage||1957|}}
| residence           = [[Tyresö]], Sweden
| alma_mater          = [[Lund University]],<br/> [[Northwestern University]]
| profession          = [[Business economics|Business economist]]
| signature           = Ingvar Carlsson Signature.svg
| allegiance          = {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
| branch              = [[File:Armén vapen bra.svg|15px]] [[Swedish Army]]
| cabinet             = [[Carlsson I cabinet]]<br>[[Carlsson II cabinet]]<br>[[Carlsson III cabinet]]
}}

'''Gösta Ingvar Carlsson''' (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician who twice served as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sveriges regeringar under 100 år |url=http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/2460/a/14591 |language=sv |publisher=regeringen.se |access-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612204336/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/2460/a/14591 |archive-date=12 June 2011 }}</ref> He was leader of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] from 1986 to 1996.<ref name=ne.se>{{cite encyclopedia | title=Ingvar Carlsson | encyclopedia=[[Nationalencyklopedin]] | language=sv | url=http://ne.se/ingvar-carlsson | access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.snl.no/Ingvar_Carlsson|title=Ingvar Carlsson|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|language=no|access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref> He led Sweden into the [[European Union]].<ref>{{harvnb|Elgán|Scrobbie|2015|p=52}}</ref>

Carlsson was a [[Riksdag|member of the Riksdag]] from 1965 to 1996 representing the [[constituency]] of [[Stockholm County]] (until 1970 in the [[Andra kammaren|lower house]]). He served as [[Minister of Education]] from 1969 to 1973, as [[Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Minister of Housing]] in 1973 and again from 1974 to 1976, and as [[Minister for the Environment (Sweden)|Minister of Environmental affairs]] from 1985 to 1986. He served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden|deputy prime minister]] from 1982 to 1986, and assumed office as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] upon the [[Assassination of Olof Palme|assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme]] in 1986.

== Early life ==
Carlsson was born in [[Borås]], [[Västra Götaland County]] (then [[Älvsborg County]]), Sweden and is the third son of the warehouse worker Olof Karlsson and Ida, née Johansson.<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 201">{{cite book |editor1-last=Uddling |editor1-first=Hans |editor2-last=Paabo |editor2-first=Katrin |date=1992 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-914072-X |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/0201.html |page=201}}</ref> At the age of 12, Carlsson found his father dead on the floor of the coffee roastery where he worked.<ref name=Vi25>{{cite news|last=Wahlgren|first=Anna|title=Ingvar Carlsson: "Jag har funderat så mycket över döden"|date=25 May 2023|newspaper=[[Vi (magazine)|Vi]]|language=sv|url=https://www.vi.se/artikel/ingvar-carlsson-jag-har-funderat-sa-mycket-over-doden|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Alexandersson|first=Markus|title=Långintervju med Ingvar Carlsson: "Riskabelt att det är svårare att samarbeta i dag"|date=30 October 2023|newspaper=Sydöstran|language=sv|url=https://www.sydostran.se/ledare/langintervju-med-ingvar-carlsson-riskabelt-att-det-ar-svarare-att-samarbeta-i-dag/|accessdate=8 October 2024}}</ref>

Carlsson has a diploma in business economics and a degree in political science from [[Lund University]]. In Lund he met with [[Tage Erlander]], the Swedish prime minister, and his aide [[Olof Palme]], later to become Erlander's successor. He graduated in 1952.<ref>{{harvnb|Elgán|Scrobbie|2015|p=51}}</ref> He would receive an [[Honorary degree|honorary]] doctorate from Lund University in 1989.<ref name=akademisk>{{cite news|last=Bohlin|first=Albin|title=Ex-statsminister först att få akademisk hederstitel|date=31 January 2024|newspaper=Altinget|language=sv|url=https://www.altinget.se/artikel/ex-statsminister-forst-att-faa-akademisk-hederstitel|accessdate=8 October 2024}}</ref>

== Early political career ==

[[File:Olof Palme, Tage Erlander, Sten Andersson and Ingvar Carlsson 1968.jpg|thumb|left|Carlsson (far right) in 1968, with [[Olof Palme]] (left), [[Tage Erlander]] (center), and [[Sten Andersson]] (right).]]

After finishing studies Carlsson got a job in Erlander's staff, along with other young aides such as Palme and [[Bengt K. Å. Johansson]].<ref>{{harvnb|Ruin|1989|p=131}}</ref> Erlander called this group "the boys".<ref>{{harvnb|Ruin|1989|p=134}}</ref> In 1965, Carlsson attended [[Northwestern University]] in [[Illinois]] in the United States as a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright scholar]] studying economics.<ref name="Kates (2021)">{{cite web |url=https://www.northwestern.edu/international-relations/news/2021/international-honorary-degrees.html |publisher=[[Northwestern University]] |title=Looking Back at Northwestern's International Honorary Degree Recipients |first=Margaret |last=Kates |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref> After returning home, he was elected member of the [[Parliament of Sweden|Swedish Parliament]]. In the same year, he also became leader of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Youth League]]. He had the following ministerial posts: Minister of Education 1969–1973, Minister of Housing 1973–1976, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden|deputy prime minister]] 1982–1986.

In 1984, Carlsson announced an increase in government spending on [[research and development]], to rise by 2% more than inflation. This came amid wider budget cuts, when several departments saw their spending reduced by the same percentage.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dickson|first=David|title=Sweden Boosts R & D Spending|date=23 March 1984|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|volume=223|issue=4642|page=1275|doi=10.1126/science.223.4642.1275.c |jstor=1692781|pmid=17759355 }}</ref> He was deputy prime minister to Prime Minister Olof Palme when Palme was [[Assassination of Olof Palme|assassinated]].<ref>{{harvnb|Elgán|Scrobbie|2015|p=17}}</ref>

== Prime minister ==
===First premiership (1986–1991)===
{{further|Carlsson I cabinet|Carlsson II cabinet}}
[[File:President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Ingvar Carlsson, and Ingrid Carlsson.jpg|thumb|left|Carlsson (right), with wife Ingrid (far left), First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] (left), and President [[Ronald Reagan]] (far right), in a 1987 visit to the [[White House]].]]

Following the [[Olof Palme assassination|assassination]] of [[Olof Palme]] in 1986, Ingvar Carlsson became the new [[Prime Minister of Sweden|prime minister]] and party leader. In the weeks following the assassination, Carlsson garnered record-high approval ratings.{{sfn|Esaiasson|Granberg|1996|p=429}} [[Carlsson I cabinet|Carlsson's first government]] was formed on 12 March of that year.{{sfn|Elgán|Scrobbie|2015|p=xxix}}

Together with [[Minister of Finance (Sweden)|Minister for Finance]] [[Kjell-Olof Feldt]], the government turned a [[budget deficit]] of 90&nbsp;billion [[Swedish krona|SEK]] to a surplus of a few hundred billion [[Swedish krona|SEK]], which initially led to large investments and record low unemployment. {{Citation needed|reason=it is just a speculation|date=August 2013}} 1980s Social Democratic [[neoliberal]] measures—such as depressing and [[deregulating]] the currency to prop up Swedish exports during the economic restructuring transition, dropping corporate taxation and taxation on high income-earners, and switching from anti-unemployment policies to anti-inflationary policies—were exacerbated by international [[recession]], unchecked [[currency speculation]], and a centre-right government led by [[Carl Bildt]] (1991–1994), creating the fiscal crisis of the early 1990s.<ref>Englund, P. 1990. "Financial deregulation in Sweden." ''European Economic Review'' 34 (2–3): 385–393. Korpi TBD. Meidner, R. 1997. "The Swedish model in an era of mass unemployment." Economic and Industrial Democracy 18 (1): 87–97. Olsen, Gregg M. 1999. "Half empty or half full? The Swedish welfare state in transition." ''Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology'', 36 (2): 241–268.</ref>

However, Sweden's economy began to deteriorate in the early 1990s. In 1990 the [[First cabinet of Ingvar Carlsson|Carlsson cabinet]] resigned after failing to gain a majority for its economic policy agenda, but was reinstated immediately with a slightly changed agenda.

In 1987, he visited United States President [[Ronald Reagan]] at the [[White House]], becoming the first Swedish prime minister to visit a U.S. president since Erlander met [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Washington Talk: Briefing; A Swedish Visit|date=24 August 1987|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/24/us/washington-talk-briefing-a-swedish-visit.html|accessdate=16 August 2023}}</ref>

Going into the [[1988 Swedish general election|1988 general election]], Carlsson was viewed as less divisive along party lines compared to his predecessor Palme.{{sfn|Esaiasson|Granberg|1996|pp=432, 434}} In the election, held on 18 September, although the party lost 3 seats, Carlsson and the Social Democrats were able to remain in power, ending with 156 seats out of 349. The centre-right [[Moderate Party]], [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberal Party]], and [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] collectively lost 19 seats, while the [[Left Party (Sweden)|Communist Party]] won 2 new seats and the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] became the first new party to enter the [[Riksdag]] in decades.{{sfn|Scammon|1988|p=152}}

The [[1991 Swedish general election|1991 election]] saw losses for Sweden's left-wing parties. The Social Democrats lost 18 seats, the Left Party lost 5, and the Greens fell below the 4% threshold to maintain any seats in the Riksdag. The Liberals and Centrists both lost 11 seats. The Moderates gained 14 more seats, while two new right-wing parties, the [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] and [[New Democracy (Sweden)|New Democracy]], entered the Riksdag, with 26 and 25 seats respectively.{{sfn|Sander|1996|p=64}} Carlsson was then succeeded as prime minister by Moderate leader [[Carl Bildt]], who headed [[Carl Bildt cabinet|a new four-party right-wing cabinet]].<ref name=xES>{{harvnb|Elgán|Scrobbie|2015|p=xxx}}</ref>

The [[1994 Swedish general election|elections in 1994]] saw a turnaround for the Social Democrats. Although the Moderates maintained their 80 seats and saw a slight percentage increase, all of the other right-wing coalition partners lost seats, and New Democracy fell below the 4% threshold. The Social Democrats won 23 new seats and saw their percentage increase to 45%.{{sfn|Sander|1996|p=66}} As a result, the Social Democrats returned to power, with Carlsson again becoming prime minister and [[Carlsson III cabinet|a new government]].<ref name=xES/>

===Second premiership (1994–1996)===
{{further|Carlsson III cabinet}}
[[File:Madrid European Council (1995).jpg|thumb|right|A 1995 meeting of the [[European Council]] in Madrid. Carlsson is the third from the right in the second row, behind French President [[Jacques Chirac]].]]

The Social Democrats lost the [[Elections in Sweden|elections]] in 1991, but Carlsson returned to power after the elections in 1994. When the Social Democrats returned to power in 1994, they responded to the fiscal crisis<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070627060024/http://hdr.undp.org/docs/publications/ocational_papers/oc26c.htm (archive date: 27 June 2007) Between 1990 and 1994, per capita income declined by approximately 10%] hdr.undp (original URL: [http://hdr.undp.org/docs/publications/ocational_papers/oc26c.htm]) (access date: 5 July 2007) (dead URL)</ref> by stabilizing the currency—and by reducing the [[welfare state]] and [[privatizing]] public services and goods, as governments did in many countries influenced by [[Milton Friedman]], the Chicago Schools of political and economic thought, and the [[neoliberal]] movement.
As Prime Minister, he also carried out a comprehensive reform of the tax system.

After three years in opposition and an election victory in the 1994 elections, Carlsson formed a new government. This government realigned its focus on cleaning up Swedish Government finances, and the task was assigned to the newly appointed [[Minister of Finance (Sweden)|Minister of Finance]] [[Göran Persson]]. The ensuing governing period was difficult and it was strongly criticized by trade unions and party members for government service cuts and tax increases that were instituted. On 19 December 1994, Carlsson announced the decision not to recover the wreck of the [[MS Estonia]], or even the bodies of the victims of the disaster.

Bildt's government had significantly cut taxes, although they were still considered high. In his second government, Carlsson reduced some welfare benefits and halved the value-added food tax. However, he also raised the top marginal income tax rates on the wealthiest, and tax revenue increased as the decade progressed.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Resilient Swedish Model|date=Winter 2003|journal=[[The Wilson Quarterly]]|volume=27|issue=1|page=108|jstor=45270996}}</ref>

Carlsson pushed for Sweden to join the [[European Union]], seeing it as necessary for Sweden to strengthen its economy, although other members of his party were sceptical of the idea.<ref>{{harvnb|Elgán|Scrobbie|2015|p=90}}</ref> After four years of negotiations and a large campaign credited with increasing EU support, [[1994 Swedish European Union membership referendum|a national referendum was held]] on 13 October 1994, with 83% voter turnout (the highest for a Swedish referendum up to that point), and 52.3% voting to join.<ref name=":SwedenEU20">{{Cite web|title=Twenty years since Sweden voted to join the EU – what's changed?|date=13 November 2014|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/nov/13/twenty-years-since-sweden-voted-to-join-the-eu-whats-changed|accessdate=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Swedes Vote In Referendum To Join The European Union|date=14 November 1994|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/14/world/swedes-vote-in-referendum-to-join-the-european-union.html|accessdate=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____223857.aspx|title=Folkomröstningar 1922–2003|date=21 December 2007|publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]]|language=sv|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402200018/http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____223857.aspx |archivedate=2 April 2012|url-status=dead|accessdate=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/det_svenska_valsystemet/folkomrostningar/nationella/index.html|title=Nationella folkomröstningar|publisher=[[Election Authority (Sweden)|Swedish Election Authority]]|language=sv|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817192957/http://www.val.se/det_svenska_valsystemet/folkomrostningar/nationella/index.html |archivedate=17 August 2010|url-status=dead|accessdate=8 October 2024}}</ref>{{sfn|Sander|1996|p=49}} Sweden joined in January 1995 alongside [[Austria]] and [[Finland]].<ref name=":SwedenEU20"/> After joining, Carlsson was critical of the lack of gender diversity in EU institutions, stating in a ministerial meeting that "we don't do it this way in Sweden".{{sfn|Ingebritsen|2002|p=257}}

[[1995 European Parliament election in Sweden|Sweden held an election]] for the [[European Parliament]] in September 1995. The pro-European Social Democrats received only 28% of the vote, while the [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]] [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] and [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] together won 30%. The Social Democrats' poor showing was seen as a major blow to Carlsson.{{sfn|Sander|1996|p=50}}

In August 1995, Ingvar Carlsson announced that he would resign as party leader and Swedish Prime Minister. His successor was long considered to be the then Minister of Equality and Deputy Prime Minister [[Mona Sahlin]]. However, due to the so-called [[Toblerone]] Affair, she took back her candidacy and also later resigned from the government. On 5 December 1995, the nominating committee proposed the Minister for Finance, Göran Persson, as the new party leader candidate. He was elected on 15 March 1996 at the Social Democratic Party Congress as party leader and on 22 March 1996 he was elected Prime Minister.

== Later life ==

[[File:Ingvar Carlsson, Mona Sahlin, Stefan Löfven in 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Carlsson (left), in 2016 with [[Mona Sahlin]] (center), and Prime Minister [[Stefan Löfven]], photo by {{ill|Frankie Fouganthin|sv}}]]

Ingvar Carlsson was Chairman of the inquiry after the [[Protests during the EU summit in Gothenburg 2001|Gothenburg Riots of 2001]] to investigate the events. Their report was submitted to the Government on 14 January 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2024&artikel=3421833 |newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]] |title=Hård kritik mot polisen för Göteborgskravallerna |trans-title=Harsh criticism against the police for the Gothenburg riots |first1=Kristina |last1=Hedberg |first2=Sanna |last2=Klinghoffer |date=14 January 2003 |access-date=10 June 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>

Ingvar Carlsson was the Chairman of the Independent Inquiry into United Nations actions during the 1994 [[Rwandan genocide]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.un.org/sc/committees/918/htm/6843e.html |publisher=United Nations |title=Press Release SC/6843 |date=14 April 2000 |access-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707202029/http://www.un.org/sc/committees/918/htm/6843e.html |archive-date=7 July 2015 }}</ref> He is also chairman of the Bergman Foundation Center on [[Fårö]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/nyheter/ingvar-carlsson-precis-det-vi-hoppats-pa/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |title=Ingvar Carlsson: "Precis det vi hoppats på" |trans-title=Ingvar Carlsson: "Just what we hoped for" |date=23 October 2009 |access-date=10 June 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>

With [[Shridath Ramphal]], he was in 1995 one of the co-chairs of the [[Commission on Global Governance]], which reported on issues of [[international development]], [[international security]], [[globalization]] and [[global governance]].

In 2024, he was made the first honorary [[academician|member]] of Lund University.<ref name=akademisk/>

His career has been shaped by the heritage of [[Olof Palme]], with whom he worked closely, but his policies are more seen as being a continuation of the legacy established by [[Tage Erlander]].

==Personal life==
On 10 July 1957<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92bJlWbPeKMC&q=ingvar+carlsson+10+July+1957 | title=Who's who in the World | isbn=978-0-8379-1110-6 | author1=Marquis | date=13 February 1990 | publisher=Marquis Who's Who }}</ref> Carlsson married librarian Ingrid Melander (born 9 April 1934<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merinfo.se/person/Tyres%C3%B6/Ingrid-Margareta-Carlsson-1934/bij5l-d2kh|title=Ingrid Margareta Carlsson (Tyresö, 89 år)|website=Merinfo.se|accessdate=3 March 2024}}</ref>), daughter of the wholesaler Sven H. Melander and Gerda Melander (née Eriksson).<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 201"/> They have two daughters and three grandchildren.<ref name=Vi25/> Twelve years prior to 2024, Ingrid was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]], and by 2024 Carlsson had her placed in a nursing home in [[Tyresö Municipality|Tyresö]], which he visits three times a week.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lagerström|first=Ola|title=Efter 67 år – Ingvar Carlsson tvingas leva ifrån sin älskade Ingrid: "Det är plågsamt"|date=18 July 2024|newspaper=Hänt|language=sv|url=https://www.hant.se/livshistorier/fore-detta-statsministern-ingvar-carlssons-saknad-efter-frun-ingrid/10348471|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> As of 2023, he lives in an apartment in the same municipality.<ref name=Vi25/>

Ingvar Carlsson is a big supporter of football teams [[IF Elfsborg]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2024&artikel=3421833 |newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]] |title=Ingvar Carlsson på besök |trans-title=Ingvar Carlsson to visit |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=10 June 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
* [[File:Noribbon.svg|50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[H. M. The King's Medal]], 12th size gold medal worn around the neck on a chain of gold (silver-gilt) (1996)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/sveriges-monarki/ordnar-och-medaljer/sok-medaljforlaningar?medaljar=1996&medaljtyp=0&medaljnamn=Carlsson#! |publisher=[[Royal Court of Sweden]] |title=Sök medaljförläningar |trans-title=Search medal awards |access-date=11 December 2024 |language=sv}}</ref>
* [[File:Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg|50px]] {{flagicon|France}} Commander of the [[Legion of Honour]] (17 February 2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://se.ambafrance.org/Ingvar-Carlsson-utnamnd-till-kommendor-av-franska-Hederslegionen-av-Frankrikes |publisher=[[Embassy of France, Stockholm]] |title=Ingvar Carlsson utnämnd till kommendör av franska Hederslegionen av Frankrikes EU-minister Harlem Désir |trans-title=Ingvar Carlsson appointed Commander of the French Legion of Honor by France's EU Minister Harlem Désir |date=17 February 2017 |access-date=8 March 2022 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Honours==
* Honorary doctor of philosophy, [[Lund University]] (1989)<ref name="Jönsson (2000), p. 603">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0603.html |editor-last=Jönsson |editor-first=Lena |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 |year=2000 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9172850426 |id={{SELIBR|8261515}} |page=603}}</ref>
* Honorary degree, [[Northwestern University]] (1991)<ref name="Jönsson (2000), p. 603"/><ref name="Kates (2021)"/>
* Honorary doctor of technology, [[Luleå University of Technology]] (1996)<ref name="Jönsson (2000), p. 603"/>

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Ingvar |title=Lärdomar: personliga och politiska |year=2014 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |isbn=9789113052687 |language=sv}}
* {{cite book |last1=Carlsson |first1=Ingvar |last2=Lindgren |first2=Anne-Marie |title=Vad är socialdemokrati?: en bok om idéer och utmaningar |edition=[New edi.] |orig-year=1974 |year=2007 |publisher=Arbetarrörelsens tankesmedja |location=Stockholm |isbn=978-91-976756-0-4 |language=sv}}
* {{cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Ingvar |title=Så tänkte jag: politik & dramatik |edition=1st |year=2003 |publisher=Hjalmarson & Högberg |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89660-22-6 |language=sv}}
* {{cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Ingvar |title=Ur skuggan av Olof Palme |year=1999 |publisher=Hjalmarson & Högberg |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89080-37-8 |language=sv}}
* {{cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Ingvar |title=Tillväxt och rättvisa |year=1994 |publisher=Tiden |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-550-4167-1 |language=sv}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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===Sources===
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*{{cite journal|last1=Esaiasson|first1=Peter|last2=Granberg|first2=Donald|title=Attitudes towards a Fallen Leader: Evaluations of Olof Palme before and after the Assassination|date=July 1996|journal=[[British Journal of Political Science]]|volume=26|issue=3|pages=429–439|doi=10.1017/S0007123400007535 |jstor=194108}}
*{{cite journal|last=Ingebritsen|first=Christine|title=The Scandinavian Way and Its Legacy in Europe|date=Fall 2002|journal=Scandinavian Studies|volume=74|issue=3|pages=255–264|jstor=40920388}}
*{{cite book|last=Ruin |first=Olof |year=1989 |title=Tage Erlander: Serving The Welfare State, 1946–1969|publisher= University of Pittsburgh Press|isbn=9780822976677 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOBed9FyYr0C}}
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==Further reading==
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* Ruin, Olof. "Three Swedish Prime Ministers: Tage Erlander, Olof Palme and Ingvar Carlsson." ''West European Politics'' 14.3 (1991): 58–82.
* {{cite book |editor-last=Bjereld |editor-first=Ulf |title=Socialdemokratin i krig och fred: Ingvar Carlsson 75 år |trans-title=Social democracy in war and peace: Ingvar Carlsson 75 years |year=2009 |publisher=Gidlund |location=Hedemora |isbn=9789178447893 |language=sv}}
* {{cite book |last=Kratz |first=Anita |title=Ingvar Carlsson: Erlanders siste pojke |trans-title=Ingvar Carlsson: Erlander's last boy |year=1996 |publisher=Bonnier Alba |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-34-51888-6 |language=sv}}

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