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'''Lars Magnus Wohlin''' was a Swedish national economist, civil servant, politician and banker and governor of the central bank [[Sveriges Riksbank]].<ref>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28144</ref><ref>https://www.expressen.se/dinapengar/tidigare-riksbankchefen-lars-wohlin-dod/</ref>
[[BIS]] board member
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[[MEP]]
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==Background==
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Wohlin was born in [[1933]] in [[Stockholm]]. He gained a PhD in economics from the [[Stockholm School of Economics]] in [[1970]].
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==Central Banker ==
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He became Managing Director of the [[Research Institute of Industrial Economics]] and state secretary in [[Gösta Bohman]]’s Ministry of Economic Affairs.<ref name=Riksbanken/>
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He was appointed Governor of the Riksbank in 1979. Wohlin had to manage the wave of [[devaluations]] that prevailed in Sweden at the end of the [[1970s]] and start of the [[1980s]]. He had great influence over economic policy in times when the Riksbank was struggling with a reduced current account and growing budget deficit.<ref name=Riksbanken>https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/about-the-riksbank/history/historical-timeline/1900-1999/lars-wohlin-becomes-governor-of-the-riksbank/</ref>
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In September, Wohlin persuaded the Government to devalue the krona by 10 per cent with the aim of improving the current account and preventing continued indebtedness.<ref name=Riksbanken/>
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He was a [[BIS]] board member.
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Lars Wohlin stood down as Governor of the Riksbank in 1982.
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==Later career==
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He was head of Stadshypotek, a mortgage bank, 1982–1996.
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Before the 2003 referendum on the introduction of the [[euro]] in [[Sweden]], he was one of the poster names for Citizens Against EMU. He was a member of the [[European Parliament]] for the Eurosceptic  June List 2004–2006. On April 8, 2006, he announced that he was leaving the June List and instead running for the Christian Democrats in Stockholm County in the [[2006]] parliamentary election. <ref>http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=535649&previousRenderType=6</ref> He sat as an independent in the European Parliament in the years 2006 to [[2009]].
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 5 March 2023

Person.png Lars Wohlin   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, central banker, deep state operative?)
Lars Wohlin.png
Born24 June 1933
Stockholm, Sweden
Died24 September 2018 (Age 85)
NationalitySwedish
Alma materStockholm School of Economics
ParentsNils Wohlin
Siblings • Anna Wohlin Andersson
• Ulla Lindström
SpouseBirgit Erngren
Governor of the central bank Sveriges Riksbank 1979-82. Attended all Bilderberg meetings those four years.

Lars Magnus Wohlin was a Swedish national economist, civil servant, politician and banker and governor of the central bank Sveriges Riksbank.[1][2]

Background

Wohlin was born in 1933 in Stockholm. He gained a PhD in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1970.

Central Banker

He became Managing Director of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics and state secretary in Gösta Bohman’s Ministry of Economic Affairs.[3]

He was appointed Governor of the Riksbank in 1979. Wohlin had to manage the wave of devaluations that prevailed in Sweden at the end of the 1970s and start of the 1980s. He had great influence over economic policy in times when the Riksbank was struggling with a reduced current account and growing budget deficit.[3]

In September, Wohlin persuaded the Government to devalue the krona by 10 per cent with the aim of improving the current account and preventing continued indebtedness.[3]

He was a BIS board member.

Lars Wohlin stood down as Governor of the Riksbank in 1982.

Later career

He was head of Stadshypotek, a mortgage bank, 1982–1996.

Before the 2003 referendum on the introduction of the euro in Sweden, he was one of the poster names for Citizens Against EMU. He was a member of the European Parliament for the Eurosceptic June List 2004–2006. On April 8, 2006, he announced that he was leaving the June List and instead running for the Christian Democrats in Stockholm County in the 2006 parliamentary election. [4] He sat as an independent in the European Parliament in the years 2006 to 2009.


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197927 April 197929 April 1979Austria
Baden
Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf
27th Bilderberg, 95 guests, Austria
Bilderberg/198018 April 198020 April 1980Germany
Aachen
The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror
Bilderberg/198115 May 198117 May 1981Switzerland
Palace Hotel
Bürgenstock
The 29th Bilderberg
Bilderberg/198214 May 198216 May 1982Norway
Sandefjord
The 30th Bilderberg, held in Norway.
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