Tage Fritiof Erlander (help· info) (June 13, 1901, Ransäter, Sweden - June 21, 1985, Huddinge, near Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish politician. Image File history File links Sv-Tage_Erlander. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ransäter is a village in Sweden. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Huddinge is one of the largest municipalities of Stockholm County, in central Sweden, 15 minutes south of the Capital by road or train. ... Stockholm panorama from the City Hall is the capital of Sweden, located on the south east coast of Sweden. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ...

Erlander holds the record as the longest serving Prime Minister of any western democracy, as he held his post for 23 years, from 1946 to 1969. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democrats. Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti or SAP), is a one of the main political parties in Sweden. ...

He was born in Ransäter, Värmland County as son of a school teacher. As a student at University of Lund he was heavily involved in student politics and met many radical students. He graduated in political science and economics in 1928. Erlander was a member of the editorial staff of the encyclopedia Svensk Upplagsbok from 1929 to 1938. In 1930 he married Aina Andersson, who became Aina Erlander. Ransäter is a village in Sweden. ... Värmland County, or Värmlands län, is a county or län in west central Sweden. ... Lund University Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a university in Lund in southernmost Sweden. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Tage Erlander was elected to the Lund city council in 1930, became a member of parliament in 1932, and was appointed Secretary of State in 1938. He became a member of the cabinet in 1944 as a minister without portfolio, a post he held to the next year, when he became Secretary of Education. When prime minister Per Albin Hansson suddenly died in 1946 Erlander was unexpectedly chosen as the successor and was also chosen as the leader of the party. or is a Scanian city in the Skåne province of southernmost Sweden. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson (October 28, 1885–October 6, 1946), leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, was Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, including the coalition government which was formed during World War II, and included all major parties except the communists. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

He formed a coalition with the Centre Party between 1951 and 1957 and the relation with their party leader, Gunnar Hedlund is known to have been good. The Centre Party (Centerpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gunnar Hedlund ( 1 October 1900– 27 November 1989) was a Swedish politician. ...

He coined the phrase "the strong society", describing a society with a growing public sector taking care of the growing demand on many services that an affluent society creates. The welfare state grew considerably during his years as prime minister, while nationalizations were rare.

He stepped down in 1969 and was succeeded by Olof Palme, who in many ways had been Erlander's student. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Sven Olof Joachim Palme ( ) (January 30, 1927 – February 28, 1986) was a Swedish politician. ...

From 1972 to 1982 he published his memoirs in six volumes. He died July 21, 1985 in Stockholm. As a literary genre, a memoir forms a subclass of autobiography, although it is an older form of writing. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Stockholm panorama from the City Hall is the capital of Sweden, located on the south east coast of Sweden. ...