BJ RN Von Sydow

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Bjorn Gustaf von Sydow (born 26 November 1945) was the speaker (talman) of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament.

He held this office following the 2002 election, when he succeeded Birgitta Dahl, until he was replaced on 2 October 2006.

A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, he had been Minister of Defence in Goran Persson's government between 1997 and 2002, preceded by a short term as Minister of Trade.

Apart from leading the Riksdag sessions, von Sydow was also while in office eligible to serve as acting-regent (Riksforestandare) in the absence of the King and his three children, e.g. if they all went abroad simultaneously, although that never happened.